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Launching a First Green Field Trip is Easier Than You Think!
Monday, February 6
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Orange Tree Golf Club will be the location for this interactive facility tour.
• Orange Tree Golf Club – GCSAA Host Superintendent: Rob Torri
• Observe as experienced First Green host superintendents facilitate 5 Interactive Learning Stations with the students from the Florida Virtual School!
First Green instructors will be joined by superintendent Rob Torri to show you first-hand how to work with students. GCSAA’s First Green program is a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) environmental outreach program that uses your golf course as a learning laboratory. K-12 students participate in hands-on, outdoor learning stations that include lessons on:
• wildlife habitat
• soil science
• environmental sustainability
• mathematics
• water quality
• water conservation
• career exploration and much more.
GCSAA has taken the guess work out of how to pull this together for you and created easy to follow lesson plans that correlate to each learning station on your golf course. We will walk you through how to contact a school, bring the students out to your golf course and who to call to assist you on the day of the field trip. It’s all at your fingertips and easier than you think it will be - join us.
Can’t join us for the Learning Tour? Swing by the GCSAA Member Services Booth on Thursday, February 9 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for “Cookies and Coffee with First Green.” We will be available to answer questions and share best practices. And there will be cookies!
Room Number: W313
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