Kavita Gupta shares information about a 2019 Youth Climate Action Summit and the Youth Participatory Action Research model. Unfortunately, the 2020 Youth Climate Action Summit was cancelled due to COVID-19.
... Shelley, Brooks, program coordinator for the California History–Social Science Project, shares her story.
... Michele Whiteaker, creator of free online community resource FunOrangeCountyParks.com, shares her experiences with environmental literacy as a parent.
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San Diego-based science educator Crystal Howe writes about her role in introducing teachers in San Diego to local environmental phenomena that can be used as a focus for instruction both in and out of the classroom.
... Nathan Fairchild, director of science programs at Shasta County Office of Education, discusses the use of outdoor outings to support educators teaching Next Generation Science Standards.
... Annie Ransom, science coach at University Preparation Charter School at California State University, Channel Islands, shares experiences from a summer institute, the Ventura County STEMposium.
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There are 6.2 million reasons why Ten Strands is focused on bringing environmental literacy into every classroom in California—that’s the number of K–12 public school students in our state. Here are the top ten headlines from 2018 that we hope...
This week’s newsletter imagines if the approximately 400,000 students who graduate from California’s public schools each year experienced environmental literacy along with science, math, and English language arts skills.
... We discuss the third annual San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative where K–8 teachers came together to learn how to increase student engagement, cultivate cooperative group work, and develop their students’ critical thinking skills by teaching science using the local environment...
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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