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SMELC 2017-61

How Environment-Based Learning Encouraged Me to Master Next Generation Science Standards

Posted By  Katherin Konomi
  • ON August 29, 2017

Being an educator is not an easy job. In my short career in education I have learned how much education policy, standards, and frameworks can change. For me, the first change came with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and now...

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CREEC Coordinators Connect Educators to Local Ecosystem

Posted By  Karen Swan , Deborah Bruns
  • ON August 23, 2017

“A free-flowing river—the last of its kind—winds through 80 miles of rich habitat. Down the western side of the Sierra Nevada and across the Central Valley, the Cosumnes River flows through farmland, pastures, rare oak woodlands, and wetlands that support...

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Environmental Literacy: One Teacher’s Journey Towards Implementation

Posted By  Kirsten Franklin
  • ON August 14, 2017

I enjoyed a much needed sojourn into the Eastern Sierras this summer. For two weeks, my husband, our two Queensland Heelers, and I cruised our truck camper in and out of the mountains north and south of Bridgeport, California. We...

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My Journey Through SM ELC: Environmental Literacy in the Kindergarten Classroom

Posted By  Carolina Orlando
  • ON August 9, 2017

As a kindergarten teacher, one of my goals at the beginning of each school year is to have my students reading and (hopefully!) writing by June. At the beginning of every year I realize what a monumental task it is...

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The CREEC Network Turns 20: Marking A New Chapter for Environmental Literacy for California’s 6.2 Million Students

Posted By  Mary Walls
  • ON July 26, 2017

As a new-ish CREEC Coordinator, I experienced a combination of awe, humility, and a call to activism at this June’s first conference for the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network in nearly a decade. I became a CREEC coordinator...

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Let’s Get This EP&Cs Party Started!

Posted By  Laura Walls
  • ON July 20, 2017

Last week at the 16th floor penthouse of the Holiday Inn Sacramento, something great was going on. But it wasn’t the swanky party you might expect. Instead, a party of dedicated Education and the Environment (EEI) Curriculum Teacher Ambassadors and...

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July 2017 Newsletter

Posted By  Ariel Whitson
  • ON July 14, 2017

On June 27, in a landmark victory for environmental literacy, Governor Jerry Brown approved the California 2017–18 Budget with a one-time $4,000,000 funding allocation for environmental literacy.

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This Is Environmental Literacy: Brawley

Posted By  Kim Moon
  • ON June 15, 2017

It’s a sunny May morning in the Imperial Valley; by 8:00am it’s already 90° and climbing. I arrived the afternoon before and decided to avoid the interstate by taking the 78, a winding two-lane road that at times looks like...

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June 2017 Newsletter

Posted By  Ariel Whitson
  • ON June 6, 2017

Senate Bill 424 (Allen), the bill seeking permanent funding for the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network, passed the State Senate last Thursday in a 28-11 vote! Sponsored by Ten Strands, this bill will now move on to be...

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An Introduction to the CREEC Network: An Environmental Resource for Educators

Posted By  Amity Sandage
  • ON May 31, 2017

Science is central to how we understand and make sense of the world around us. Could it be that the best way to teach science might be to turn that idea on its head? The natural world is central to...

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