By Linda Waggener, marketing and media relations coordinator
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - 青瓜视频's seventh annual Science Connection Institute (SCI) in Forest Ecology was held this summer at the Clay Hill Memorial Forest (CHMF) and Joan White Howell Environmental Education Center.
The annual outdoor classroom event is designed to provide environmental inquiry and exploration for teachers. This year teachers attended from schools in Marion, Nelson, Mercer and Taylor counties. E.ON US sponsored the program this year.
The 鈥淕etting to Know Clay Hill Memorial Forest鈥� Forest Walk began the program of study led by Dr. Gordon Weddle, professor of biology and director of CHMF; Dr. Glenn McQuaide, associate professor of biology; and E. Kay Sutton, assistant professor of chemistry.
Featured speakers were Dr. Jean Oostens, adjunct professor; and Belinda Smith from the Division of Forestry.
Workshop topics included: biodiversity with Weddle;
鈥淎phrodite to Zeus: The Botanical Buzz鈥� with Brenda Tungate, assisant professor of biology; 鈥淭iptoe Through the Toxins鈥� with Sutton; and 鈥淧roject Learning Tree鈥� by Jennifer Turner.
鈥淪ome Pitfalls of Entomology鈥� was presented by McQuaide; and 鈥淭he Bird Lab鈥� was conducted by Dr. Richard Kessler, program coordinator and associate professor of biology/environmental studies.
CHMF is a 158-acre educational and research woodland located eight miles from campus, being developed by the CU College of Arts and Sciences as a regional center for environmental education and research.
Dr. Teresa Spurling, CU assistant professor of education and director of SCI, said, 鈥淭eachers tell us that the training helps them greatly in their quest to be more effective science educators.鈥�
Weddle said, 鈥淐lay Hill Memorial Forest is committed to environmental education at all levels. The relationships forged during summer workshops will pay educational dividends by enhancing environmental education across Kentucky.鈥�
鈥淭he SCI sponsor, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, has taken an impressive stand for our environment,鈥� said Emma Revis, CU director of foundation relations, 鈥渁nd they back that up with action.鈥�
For more information visit or phone 270-465-9570.
青瓜视频 is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, 青瓜视频 is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,405 students who represent 98 Kentucky counties, 25 states and 36 foreign nations. Listed in U.S.News & World Report's 2009 鈥淎merica's Best Colleges,鈥� CU is ranked 22nd in 鈥淏est Baccalaureate Colleges鈥� in the South for the second consecutive year. CU has been ranked 16 consecutive years with U.S.News & World Report. The university has also been named to America's Best Christian Colleges庐. 青瓜视频 is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his tenth year as president.