Programs
Teaching Students in the Real World
It has been said: hands-on, real-world experience is education like no other.
Operating on that time-tested premise, INSTAR extends its reach to college and high-school students through mentoring and internships, giving unparalleled hands-on experience, while actively involving them in something simpler, something even more important: the joy of learning.
Fascinating classes, which delve into entomology, ecology, and conservation will be offered alongside lectures and demonstrations on biodiversity, habitat conservation and gardening for butterflies and pollination among others.
Students delight in visits from the traveling "Bugmobile," which transports live insect demonstrations and age-appropriate lessons right to the doors of the schools!
Professional Development for Teachers
Teachers are still learning too!
The INSTAR Center conducts teacher-training workshops that bring environmental science right into the classroom and will demonstrate the best ways to optimize the inimitable facilities of Butterfly Kingdom during field trips. An effective combination is to utilize these lessons in school, in the children's own classroom, followed by a rewarding day-long visit to Butterfly Kingdom, reinforcing the lessons even deeper in their minds. Butterfly Kingdom's in-house staff will treat each classroom to custom-tailored, hands-on programs that will awaken a sense of awe and awareness about butterflies, insects, and the environment in every teacher and student.
Through state-of-the-art technology such as Internet conferencing in addition to face-to-face training, teachers will learn innovative ways of educating that will capture - and hold spellbound -- the attention of students.
For a list of currently available programs for school groups, youth clubs, and adult and community orginizations see our 2001 speaker's bureau.