Randi Beckmann

1st grade teacher Belle Sherman School, Teacher Liaison to Kids Discover the Trail! Ithaca

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Today is first of season @IthacaNYSchools fifth grade excursion to @CayugaNature to learn about Survival with a focus on Wilderness Skills and Animal Adaptations. They learn how people can be prepared for the worst case in the wilderness and how animals adapt. #kdtithaca2023

[The History Center in Tompkins County @TompkinsHistory]

What a phenomenal return to in-person @KDTIthaca trips this spring! We are thrilled to have hosted hundreds of local 4th graders at the #EightSquareSchoolhouse! Thank you to our schoolmarms and all #ICSD educators!

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Under the guidance of @CornellBirds staff and docents, teams of @IthacaNYSchools fifth grade students conduct biodiversity surveys and collect data along trails in four habitats of Sapsucker Woods. Pond habitat can be zoomed in with binoculars and spotting scopes. @kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

.@DiscoveryTrail educators and their volunteers are key to the programming for @IthacaNYSchools students. Here fifth graders are counting species in the Sapsucker Woods natural world with adults at the @CornellBirds Lab of Ornithology #kdtithaca2022

[Ithaca City School District @IthacaNYSchools]

More photos from some of our @KDTIthaca trips!
1. 4th grade, Eight Square Schoolhouse
2. 5th grade, Cayuga Nature Center
3. PreK, Johnson Museum of Art
4. 5th grade, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Check out all of this year's KDT photos here: https://t.co/neQs1MPEFO

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Fifth grade @IthacaNYSchools students visited @CayugaNature today where they were introduced to some of the animals that live at this @DiscoveryTrail site. The educator shared about Animal Adaptations as part of the program theme: "Survival". #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

PreK students visiting @Cornell @johnsonmuseum ride elevator to fifth floor with @DiscoveryTrail educators and @IthacaNYSchools teachers to view Cayuga Lake and downtown Ithaca! Many have never seen this view or taken such a ride before. It’s part of the experience #Kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

When @tcplny Library educators planned an engaging programming for Kindergarten students, they know to combine large motor activities with quieter ones. Since "Interrupting Chicken" is the puppet show that tells the story of the book they each receive. #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Teachers Discover the Trail is a new offering for @IthacaNYSchools teachers to have their own experiences at @DiscoveryTrail sites so they have more understanding of KDT! program. On Sat 4th grade teachers were at the 8 Square Schoolhouse of the @TompkinsHistory #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Second graders @IthacaNYSchools are at @Sciencenter today for "Power the Future". After the facilitated energy engineering activity, students have time to explore museum on their own, and with their teachers & chaperones. @IthacaPEI @DiscoveryTrail DiscoveryTrail #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

It’s been windy in Ithaca this week! @IthacaNYSchools second graders understand how more energy is captured by wind turbines based on the weather. More second grade classes are at @Sciencenter today for grade-level field experience with @DiscoveryTrail educators. #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

#kdtithaca2022 TCPL BINGO is played when Kindergarteners learn about Tompkins County Public Library through their KDT! experience. Thanks to the library staff and the KDT! Ithaca collaborators Discovery Trail Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI) & Ithaca City School District

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

First graders @IthacaNYSchools build a wooden mastodon puzzle together with the @PRInstitution Museum of the Earth educator. This great hands-on effort happens as they observe the mastodon skeleton, and they take notes as paleontologists @IthacaPEI @DiscoveryTrail #KDTIthaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

TODAY marks the return to in-person KDT! field experiences after two years of remote programming offered by Discovery Trail organizations. First graders are back to the Museum of the Earth. #kdt2022 @DiscoveryTrail @IthacaNYSchools @IthacaPEI

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

In the Fossil Lab of the Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth, first graders explored and observed New York local fossils and rocks. Each student can take one home with them as well as their journal of scientific notes. #kdtithaca2022

[KDTIthaca @KDTIthaca]

Dr Maureen reads ”Old Rock” to first graders experiencing #KDTIthaca2022 program at Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth this week as the first in-person trips started!

[Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews]

Strengthening K-12 outreach: Moira Hintsa ’74 and her family have endowed the Hintsa Family Manager of School and Family Programs at the @johnsonmuseum, supporting a program that reaches thousands of children annually. @CornellAlumni https://t.co/UHjpdq8AqK

[Joe Volpe @MrjVolpe]

In depth Discussion, Brainstorming and Planning were all part of the @IthacaNYSchools @KDTIthaca Teachers Discover the Trail session @johnsonmuseum!

#professionaldevelopment #education #art #communtiy #PreK #KDTIthaca2022 @KDTIthaca

[Joe Volpe @MrjVolpe]

“Ownership”, “Incredible” & “Priceless” were just some of the words being used as @IthacaNYSchools Teachers Discovered the Trail yesterday @johnsonmuseum!

#professionaldevelopment #education #communtiy #PreK #KDTIthaca2022 @KDTIthaca

[Randi Beckmann @RandiBeckmann]

���@IthacaNYSchools⁩ teachers learning about geologic time ⁦@PRInstitution⁩ by studying fossils ⁦@KDTIthaca⁩