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Teaching Climate Science to Empower Students and Create Positive Change

Posted By  Jill Grace
  • ON August 30, 2018

As teachers dig deeper into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and move past the newness of the three dimensions, there’s something beautiful that begins to illuminate. It becomes immediately apparent there are strong connections between the standards and science...

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There is Always an Environmental Context: A Los Angeles Professional Learning Collaborative

Posted By  Dr. Virginia Vandergon , Jeannie Chipps
  • ON July 31, 2018

Introduction The San Fernando Valley Science Project (SFVSP) recently hosted a two-week summer institute for middle and high school science teachers focused on incorporating the California Environmental Principles & Concepts (EP&Cs) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) into classroom lessons....

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Exploring Climate Change And Taking Action Using A Geo-Inquiry Process

Posted By  Laura McHugh
  • ON July 17, 2018

Students at Foulks Ranch Elementary School, with teacher and National Geographic Education Fellow Jim Bentley, completed the final phase of their Geo-Inquiry project to address the question, “How can we make water more accessible and reduce plastic waste in our...

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A Transformative Experience: Students and Nature

Posted By  Dr. Al Mijares
  • ON July 2, 2018

Outside the urban glare of Los Angeles, we found a night sky packed with stars and a still silence interrupted only by the wind’s whisper and the chatter of crickets and frogs. It was different, yet familiar. My father packed...

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Engaging Students to Act on Climate with Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Lesley Taylor
  • ON June 22, 2018

“The students of today will be the architects of future climate strategies and our champions for achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets.” ~State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson 2015 was a big year for environmental and sustainability education, and a...

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Nature Journals: Science, Design, Calculations, and Curiosity

Posted By  Jeanne Knapp
  • ON June 15, 2018

Let’s think about life and learning. Journals are perhaps the most grounded (literally and figuratively!) tool we have for relationship building in life and for learning. Elegant, simple by design and accessible, nature journals are adaptive, easily created, inclusive, and...

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Planting the Seeds of Environmental Literacy with School Districts Through a Science Leadership Network

Posted By  Mary Walls
  • ON May 10, 2018

Region 10 of the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is massive. It encompasses all of what is affectionately called RIMS: Riverside, Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino counties, almost a quarter of the state’s geographic area. Expanding the work...

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Exploring Environmental Literacy through Global Book Bags

Posted By  Emily M. Schell, Ed.D.
  • ON April 24, 2018

“Kate felt the trees were her friends. She loved the way they reached toward the sky and how their branches stretched wide to catch the light. Trees seemed to Kate like giant umbrellas that sheltered her and the animals, birds,...

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Earth Day: Past, Present, and Future

Posted By  Tracey Ritchie
  • ON April 16, 2018

Happy Earth Month! April is an exciting time; flowers are blooming, the temperature is gradually increasing (then suddenly crashing, but hopefully increasing again!), and there is global excitement about taking care of our planet. Earth Day is celebrated each year...

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Youth Empowerment through Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Shelley Brooks, PhD
  • ON April 10, 2018

This article was written by Dr. Shelley Brooks in collaboration with Candice Dickens-Russell, Jose Flores, Nate Ivy, and Mary Walls. “Social studies is essential to understanding and addressing our environmental challenges. We usually think of science as the lens for...

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