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Land Use Education Course Group Offered This Summer at UW-Stevens Point! UW-Stevens Point is offering a two-credit graduate course group this summer in land use education! The two-credit course group is NRES 744: Land and Its Human Uses and NRES 603: Land Use Curriculum Resources. The classes are offered on July 8-11, 2002 from 8am to 5pm at the UW-Stevens Point campus. The cost is $484.25 for 2 graduate credits. The course is designed for teachers of grades 4-12, with an emphasis on social studies curriculum. The courses will feature guest speakers and activities to use in the classroom such as mapping, geography and issues investigation. It will also feature field trips to planning offices and education on the Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Law. All activities and topics covered will be correlated to Wisconsin DPI Social Studies and Environmental Education Standards. Additional help with the infusion of the topics and activities into the classroom will be offered in the fall of 2002. In addition, lunch and both mid-morning and late-afternoon snack will be furnished. As well, a $100 stipend will be given to all participants completing the course. Resources will be furnished, including a Land Use Map of Wisconsin. (This is generously funded by a WEEB Grant.) If there are any general questions, please contact Heidi Hoover at (715)-346-3783, hhoov678@uwsp.edu. For any registration questions, please contact Tim Byers at (715)-346-4176, Tim.Byers@uwsp.edu.
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