Ten Strands leads the California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI) to create a system of support in California that enables all students to have local, standards- and environment-based experiences that enhance […]
California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts have a timely and relevant place in the new state frameworks. In 2003, the California Education and the Environment Initiative, Assembly Bill 1548, was passed by California’s legislature […]
To be successful, students need to learn key skills—such as critical thinking, problem solving, and communication—and meet academic goals. Teachers need access to high-quality professional learning experiences that help them […]
The California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum is a powerful, state board of education-approved instructional resource that helps educators teach to state standards in science, history–social science, and […]
We believe that every student in California can achieve environmental literacy; that all students deserve the opportunity to understand, interact, and connect with their environment in meaningful ways that promote learning and growth. We act as a connector, building partnerships and forging pathways to ensure that California’s K–12 students receive a high-quality education with an environmental component. Together we create a healthy future for our planet and its inhabitants.
I have been working in the field of environmental and outdoor education and place-based learning in Plumas County, [...]
This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have [...]
On April 21, 2020, the California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) held a virtual environmental justice charrette. The charrette [...]
For four years, we at the California State University, Northridge, Science Learning Colaboratory have been working with Los [...]
Ten Strands launched the San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative in 2015 in partnership with the San Mateo County [...]
Note: Since the time this article was written, the world has focused on facing the COVID-19 global pandemic. [...]
The excitement was palpable after the self-introductions at the Water, Energy, and Education Alliance (WEEA) leadership roundtable, with [...]
As an educator for over 20 years, I have started questioning the goal of education. With an overemphasis [...]
Even though our classroom at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) sat adjacent to a parking lot in [...]
UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science recently released “A Field at Risk: The Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental and Outdoor Science Education.”