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Hastings
has supported K-12 teaching since 1999. Our primary focus is providing
teachers with the background about the biology of Monterey County and
central, coastal California. Teachers can then take this information,
or resources provided by Hastings, to their classrooms and work with their
students in the many open spaces and parks of California set up to handle
large groups. Hastings has primarily been a research facility and the
impact of K-12 teaching on research facilities can be significant. Thus,
Hastings has zoned part of the reserve most recently acquired for teaching.
Hastings is seeking funds for a large housing
and classroom facility, strictly to be used for teaching, that will accomodate
classes on this area zoned for teaching. To protect our research resources,
we will only accomdate K-12 students on Hastings in the most controlled
teaching environments with clear and demanding curricula in hand and adequate
student supervision.
Currently Hastings offers the following
resources for K-12 educators:
-
Information on this website,
including
- Bats
of Monterey County- photos, keys, natural history
-
Oak Woodlands- natural history
and oaks, conservation and biology
-
Landowner's
Guide to Managing Native Grasslands
-
Amazing
Monarch Butterflies of Monterey County
-
.....for more.....look at the section (left) on Natural History.
- Box
of Mammals; Scientific preparations: dried skins, skull, bones and workbook
with grade 5-8 exercises
- Box
of Birds; Scientific preparations: dried skins, skulls, bones and workbook
with grade 5-8 excercises
Camel
Middle School Habitat Program Hastings has been working with
Craig Hohenbeger and Ellen
Fondiler for the past few years. A great article on
the Habitat Project was published in June 2005 by the Monterey County Herald. This
combination garden, natural amphitheater, wildlife area and restored grassland
offers a wide variety to ways to link students with the natural world around
them as they learn.
- Exploring
California Biodiversity NSF-funded Program Partnering UC Graduate
Students, Teachers, K-12 Students. This is a major program that
involves about 50 K-12 students with Hastings, along with 4-6 graduate
students and the teachers from Bay Area Schools. Check out their
link (above, or here)
and read more about this great program that links underserved kids
with the UC Museums and field stations. If we are approved by NSF,
Hastings will formally enter into an agreement with Carmel Unified
School District as a partner with the Explore California Biodiversity
program. This will mean a UC Berkeley graduate student in life sciences
will be available to the CMS teachers and we will work out a program
of sharing Hastings' biological knowledge with the students in CUSD.
-
Jamesburg Family Cooperative. For
many years, Lily Kotler, with support from the Community Foundation of
Monterey County, has offered a chance for parents and children of local
families to work together in an environment of creative arts. The class
uses a part of the School House, the residence of Janis Dickinson and
Walt Koenig. The Jamesburg Family Co-op sponsors an art class which meets
at Hastings Reservation every Monday from 2 p. m. until 7 p. m.
The class offers an opportunity for community members to explore a variety
of media such as ceramics, weaving, paper art, etc. All ages are welcome.
Children must be supervised by a designated responsible adult. Funds
for materials are currently provided through a grant from the Community
Foundation of Monterey County, so there is no fee. Lily Kotler,
an Occupational Therapist, facilitated this program. For further information,
please contact her at lilykotler@redshift.com.