Environmental Science

Mapping DR K-12 Project Activities to Climate and Environmental Literacy Principles - Steps Toward Leveraging Efforts and Broader Impacts

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Day: 
Fri

Presenters explore how DR K-12 projects address the Climate Literacy Essential Principles and Environmental Literacy Competencies and how that information can increase projects' effectiveness.

Date/Time: 
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Type: 
PI-organized Discussion
Presenters: 
Tamara Ledley
Karen Hollweg

The objectives of this session are for the group to map DR K–12 projects onto the Climate Literacy Essential Principles (CLEP) and Environmental Literacy Competencies (ELC) and to use that map to explore how to leverage all of the projects’ efforts both within the DR K–12 projects and in the larger community of climate and environmental education efforts. The session sets the stage for thinking about how DR K–12 projects address the CLEP and ELC with two brief presentations of these initiatives and examples of how specific projects align to them. For each example, the following information is presented: the project’s intended audience, learning objectives addressing specific climate concepts and competencies, instructional activities or sequences, and evidence from pilot/field test(s) showing student learning achieved by the project.

First Name: 
Jeremy Price
LinkedIn URL: 
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyfprice
Professional Title: 
Doctoral Candidate
Organization/Institution: 
Boston College
About Me (Bio): 
Jeremy Price is graduate research assistant on the Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle School Science Classrooms project. He is researching factors that impact the teaching of scientific argumentation in order to better support teacher learning with multimedia scaffolding. Previously, he has worked on a NSF IMD grant at Boston College focused on developing and researching a yearlong high school capstone course in urban ecology, as Learning and Media Specialist for the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), and as Education Technology Specialist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Jeremy is a doctoral candidate in science and technology education at the Lynch School of Boston College and writing his dissertation on how a classroom of high school students and their teacher negotiate meaning, significance, and identities around the science curriculum.
URL: 
http://about.me/JeremyForestPrice
21st Century Skills, Biology, Classroom Practice, Curriculum, Discourse, Educational Technology, Environmental Science, Science, Social Science, Technology
First Name: 
Amy Kamarainen
Professional Title: 
Project Director
Organization/Institution: 
Harvard Graduate School of Education
About Me (Bio): 
Amy Kamarainen is co-director of the EcoMobile project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She holds a B.S. in Zoology from Michigan State University, a Certificate in Research, Teaching and Learning (through the NSF-funded CIRTL), and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Amy uses ecosystem models to study nutrient and pollutant processing in aquatic ecosystems embedded in urban and agricultural watersheds. She is also interested in using technology to enhance learning of complex concepts related to ecology and ecosystems science. In particular, she is interested in combining technology with outdoor experiences to build student efficacy in 21st-century modes of scientific inquiry. Amy is designing teaching materials and curricula that place science learning in the context of real-world issues and that appeal to a diversity of students.
URL: 
http://ecomobile.gse.harvard.edu/
Educational Technology, Environmental Science, Science

U.S. EPA Teaching Center

Submitted by Leana Nordstrom on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 3:11pm
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http://www.epa.gov/teachers/

The US EPA provides teaching resources, publications, conference suggestions, etc. that pertain to the environment.

Earth: The Operator's Manual

Submitted by Leana Nordstrom on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 3:08pm
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URL: 
http://earththeoperatorsmanual.com/

Earth: The Operators' Manual is supported by NSF. It includes PBS broadcasts on the environment, as well as environmental resources.

Environmental Issues Inspire Children to Dig Into Science

Submitted by Leana Nordstrom on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 1:17pm
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URL: 
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/04/06/27is-green.h30.html?tkn=MQYFd%2B0F5...

After-school and summer activities offer the flexibility for young people to pursue their own interests—without the stress of the grades.

ProjectEarth.NET

Submitted by Leana Nordstrom on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 11:46am
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URL: 
http://www.projectearth.net

ProjectEarth.NET is a global environmental network where members showcase projects and activities from around the globe.

Environmental Project Descriptions

Submitted by Leana Nordstrom on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 10:47am
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Email contact: 
lnordstrom@edc.org
Organization: 
Education Development Center
Year: 
2011
Month: 
April
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Enviromental Project Descriptions.doc

The document lists and describes DR K-12 projects that have a focus or element of project work that falls into one or more of the following categories: earth science, environmental science, climate change, life science, ecology, or geology.

Environmental SIG

Environmental SIG

This SIG aims to bring together researchers,developers and evaluators interested in environmental education to share resources and collaborate.

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