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Michigan
L.A.P.’s™ Program
In order to increase public knowledge and appreciation for
Michigan’s wonderful natural resources, EDCO and the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources partnered to create L.A.P.’s™
Learn from the past,
Appreciate the present and
Preserve our outdoor heritage.
This complimentary program teaches
Michigan fourth graders about
Michigan’s history and natural
resources.
120,000 Michigan 4th graders learn
about Michigan history and natural
resources in their classrooms
through our L.A.P.’s™ program each
year.
Nearly 4,500 fourth grade teachers use L.A.P.’s™ in their classrooms.
This is nearly 80% of all Michigan fourth grade teachers.
Over 9,000 Teachers, Consultants and Administrators have attended
complimentary, voluntary, inservice training on the program.
Over the past five years over 600,000 Michigan fourth graders have used
the L.A.P.’s™ materials.
Subscriptions to the complimentary Outdoor Explorers Club Newsletter –
A quarterly newsletter that is sent to children 12 and younger has grown
over the past five years from 5,000 to nearly 50,000.
More teachers and children know about natural resources and about the
DNR and what it does then at any other time in our state’s history.
Michigan On The Move Program
EDCO collaborated with the Ford Motor Company
to create the Michigan On The Move Program to
help students learn about and gain an
appreciation for Michigan’s rich automotive
history, and learn about the many innovations
taking place at the historic Ford Rouge Center.
Like the L.A.P.’s™ Program the materials and
activities in this unit supplement the existing
curriculum and ...
- are aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework.
- are aligned with the Grade Level
Expectations for “No Child Left Behind”
- reinforce skills and strategies
students need to be more successful
on the MEAP tests
- reinforce the research on brain-compatible
learning and best practices.
Over 4,300 teachers requested this complimentary program and were sent the program in October, 2003.
Cars, Children and Community –
Cruising Through TimeWalter P. Chrysler Museum
Designed for the Walter P. Chrysler Museum,
this thematic educational unit contains pre,
during and post field trip lessons that help
students have a richer field trip experience.
Lessons are aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework and supplement
existing curriculum.
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