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Docent Resources

Docent Guide

Overview

Historical Overview

Organizational Overview

Docent Programs Overview

Ohlone and Animal Tour Guidelines

Online Information for Docents

How to be a great Docent

Watching Children Grow

Evacuation and Emergency Plan

Ohlone

School Tours

Preschool- The Special Trees

Ohlone K-1

Ohlone 2-4

Tips for Ohlone Tours

Supplements

Ohlone Background

Ohlone Lexicon

Spanish Vocabulary for Ohlone Tours

Exhibits

Animal Exhibit Guide

Regional Habitats

Touch tank FAQ

Touch tank background

Prometheus, our King snake

Our Honeybee Observation Hive

Ohlone Notes

Geology Exhibit Overview

Sea cow fossil

Keen Eyes overview and engagement

Ohlone Stories

The Magic Dice

The Acorn Maidens

The Story of Dog's Choice

How Coyote Made People

Coyote Attends a Dance

How Coyote Brought Fire to the People

Coyote's Squirrel Hunt

Cricket and Cougar

Neary Lagoon Field Programs

Background Information

Wetland Walk

Watershed Walk

Appendix

Neary Plant Guide

Wetlands English Vocab

Wetlands Vocab in Spanish

Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour Notes

Sandhills

Background Information

Classroom Presentation

Classroom Presentation Power Point

Field Trip

S.A.N.D.

Animal Tours

School Tours

Myrtle the Turtle - Preschool

Animal Habitats - K-1

Animal Adaptations - 2-4

Tips for Animal Tours

Foundation Information

Common Animals of Santa Cruz

Animal Background

Animal Groups

Regional Habitats

Suggested Readings

Animal Background ALL (136 pages!)

Spanish Supplements

Bilingual Vocabulary Animales - Preschool

Bilingual Vocabulary Animales - K-1

Bilingual Vocabulary Animales - 2-4

Hosting

Hosting Overview

Visitors Bill of Rights

Museum Visitors

Tips for Hosting

Host Reporting

 

Storytime

Nat Time Guidelines

Nat Time Themes, Artifacts, & Resources

Nat Time Sample Songs & Movements

Nat Time Log

Art of Nature

Tours

Background

K-1 tour

2-4 tour

5-6 tour

Supplements

Interview with David Sibley

Nature Illustration Bibliography

Art & Design principles

On The Spot Hosting

Overview

Using the Scopes

Seabright Geology

Marine Mammals

Coastal Birds

Plastic Pollution

 

Naturalist Schol tours

Naturalist Exhibit & tours overview

Naturalist K-1 script

Naturalist 2-4 script

Supplements

 

Docent Enrichments

Storytelling Workshop (29 Oct 2012)

Instructions for use of Ohlone Midden Materials (12/01/09)

Notes from Mark Hylkema's Presentation on Ohlone Culture and History (11/16/09)

Notes from Todd Newberry's Bird Walk (11/2/09)

State Park Enrichment Activities for Interpreters

English Language Learners (ELL) inservice:

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ELL Proficiency Levels
ELL_Acronyms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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