WHAT: Premiere Broadcast of New Discovering Alabama Documentary “Discovering Alabama – Project Community, 2010”
· In this show, Discovering Alabama visits Alabama schools, teachers and students for a first-hand look at hands-on learning using Alabama’s outdoors to augment the natural sciences and many other subjects.
· Show also features recent technological innovations linking hands-on nature study to Discovering Alabama’s various computer-based K-12 resources, including the Discovering Alabama Virtual Field Trips.
WHEN: Sunday, November 21, 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Alabama Public Television (check local listings)
WHY: Today, awareness grows for the importance of close cooperation between the school community and the surrounding local community.
· For most of Discovering Alabama’s 25 years, the series has been offering assistance to Alabama schools encouraging close engagement of the local community with the school community and promoting learning that connects the needs of Alabama’s human communities to the role of Alabama’s natural communities.
· Now, through an innovative collaborative called Project Community, Discovering Alabama has teamed with a statewide partnership of agencies and organizations to provide added K-12 assistance with hands-on natural science and conservation education.
Discovering Alabama is celebrating 25 years showcasing Alabama’s natural wonders.
For more information about Discovering Alabama programs and K-12 resources, visit www.discoveringalabama.org.
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