John R. Oishei Foundation

National Science Foundation

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Alfred University-- Stull Observatory

Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo

The Buffalo Zoo

The Buffalo Public Schools

Buffalo Reads

Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum

Education Development Center (EDC)

Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry

Good Schools for All

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

The Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

St. Louis Science Center

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FHL introduces THE YOUNG OBSERVER'S NOTEBOOK - a science notebook for young inquirers, grades K-3. Order now and save.

FHL at NSTA 2009

Join FHL at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans for an NSTA 2009 Professional Development Institute. This day-long workshop will offer practical approaches for using the outdoors and nonfiction science texts to spark curiosity, increase content knowledge, develop and hone inquiry skills, and communicate ideas and facts verbally and graphically. Learn more here.

FHL offers OUTDOOR INQUIRIES® Professional Development Workshops

Do you want to engage young people in investigation of their local environment, but are not sure how to structure the experience so that it meets your educational goals?

First Hand Learning professional development experiences can help. Workshops outline a set of practical tools and techniques that can be used to launch student-driven investigations of the natural world. Learn more about OUTDOOR INQUIRIES® workshops

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