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June 25, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing an article written by Deedee Chao, a master’s student in community development at UC Davis. Deedee’s article describes a virtual charrette that took place on April 21 focused on environmental justice and environmental literacy within...
Connecting Environmental Justice and Environmental Literacy to Education
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On April 21, 2020, the California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) held a virtual environmental justice charrette. The charrette brought together CSMP leaders, environmental justice organizers and scholars, and student leaders with the goals of exploring the following questions: What is...
Notes from the Field: An Elementary District Describes Three Shifts in Supporting the Practice of Fieldwork
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This article originally appeared in GreenNotes, a publication of the Green Schools National Network, and was republished with permission. There’s no question that real work and research makes for more engaging learning. That’s never more obvious than when we put...
In Solidarity
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May 26, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing a story written by Dr. Virginia (Gini) Vandergon, director of the San Fernando Valley Science Project, about a professional learning institute attended by Los Angeles middle and high school teachers to learn how to integrate...
San Fernando Valley Science Project and FoLAR Work With Teachers to Integrate Environmental Literacy
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For four years, we at the California State University, Northridge, Science Learning Colaboratory have been working with Los Angeles-area science teachers to develop relevant and engaging lessons and activities that integrate California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) into the California...
May 5, 2020 Newsletter
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We share a story written by Robyn Stone, instructional coach for the San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative, about how teachers are creating solutionary units of study to help students see the interconnections between themselves and the environment around them.
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Building Leadership Capacity in Environmental Literacy: A Coach’s Perspective
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Ten Strands launched the San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative in 2015 in partnership with the San Mateo County Office of Education. This article is from one of the instructional coaches at the 2019 summer institute. The author, Robyn Stone, offers...