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Igniting the Imagination of Students
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For the last 15 years, we have collaborated to create standards-aligned integrated learning models for environmental literacy and the arts in order to support issues of justice. Using these models in the classroom has ignited our students’ imaginations. In early...
Our Changing Planet
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Environmental justice IS community building. They go hand in hand. And when we include all people and perspectives, we bring creativity and learning to our practice and world. ~Our Changing Planet teacher At 22, our first US Youth Poet Laureate,...
Sept. 15, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing an article written by Constance Moore and Trena Noval, co-leaders of Our Changing Planet, a district-wide project of Alameda Unified School District for teacher professional development in environmental literacy, justice, and creativity.
... Aug. 26, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing an article written by Ed Lyon, California Association of Science Educators’ four-year college director, about the 2019 climate summit where K–12 educators gained valuable professional learning to teach about climate change in their classrooms.
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The 2019 CASE Conference Climate Summit: From Understanding to Action
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On October 17, 2019, over 100 educators from across California gathered to kick off the annual California Association of Science Educators (CASE) California Science Education Conference in San Jose with the Climate Summit Pre-Conference Day. This event was brought back...
A Magical Journey to the Emergence of Thematic Seventh-Grade World History Instruction
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Looking at the seventh-grade standards for history–social science (HSS), it is easy to have a panic attack. How is it possible to teach almost 1,500 years of history over five continents in ten months? This has been an ongoing struggle...
Aug. 19, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing an article written by Megan Anderson and Gabriella Rubino, two social science educators in Salinas, California. Their article highlights how history-social science instruction can integrate environmental learning to help students understand their role in history...
July 28, 2020 Newsletter
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This week we are sharing an article written by Rob Wade, outdoor education and science coordinator for the Plumas County Office of Education. In his article, Rob discusses outdoor learning and education strategies in Plumas County, which are facilitated by...