grade at Fox Lane Middle School, is among
those learning about the environment at
Westmoreland”™s Conservation Camp.
Westmoreland Sanctuary Nature Center & Wildlife Preserve in Mount Kisco has received a $20,000 grant from Con Edison to support its Earth science and civic conservation education programs.
The funds will enable Westmoreland to hire an experienced science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educator. Westmoreland staff, interns and other organizations will receive updated teacher training.
The STEM educator will use workshops, exercises and fieldwork to help ensure that innovative and effective techniques are used in advancing the curriculum.
Ann Paul, executive director of Westmoreland Sanctuary, said, “Whether it”™s work done in the classroom to work done in the field, we remain dedicated to educating the community to better understand, embrace, protect and restore our natural habitat.” She said that once the initial STEM project is completed a year from now, the principles would become embedded in Westmoreland Sanctuary”™s efforts.
