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Show Environmental workshop at College An Environmental Education Workshop for Teachers and Management People has begun at Southern Utah State College during the past week and will continue for two more week ends, it was announced by Dr. Bob Moss of the SUSC Educa- wlth the course. Personnel from the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Ser-vice, Park Service, and other agencies are taking the course, In addition to a number of teachers from are.a school districts. dis-tricts. Dr. Moss said that participants partici-pants may still enroll for the balance of the program, and may either take the class for two hours credit, or do makeup work to receive the three hours credit the entire course pro- , vides. The workshop is being conducted con-ducted at the SUSC Ranch in Cedar Canyon. tlon Department. The workshop agenda will Include indoor and outdoor experiences ex-periences with concentrated study on basic environmental concepts preceding field Investigation. Invest-igation. Studies on Nov. 9 and 10 involved in-volved the process and problem solving approach to learning and survival values in learning. learn-ing. The Saturday field investigation invest-igation provided study in soil, water, plant environment, and animal habitats. Meetings on Nov. 16 and 17 will begin with simulation games and strategies and proceed pro-ceed on Saturday to more environmental en-vironmental investigations. Friday, Dec. 7, the group will discuss methods of problem solving and prepare special presentations on urban investigation. invest-igation. Concluding sessions on Dec. 8 will deal with develop, ing environmental awareness for an environmental council. A special team from the Clark County schools in Las Vegas is leading the workshop sessions, Dr. Moss said. Leon Hunter of Las Vegas is the workshop leader. Vern Fridley, information and education officer of-ficer for the Regional Forest Service Office 18 also assisting |