STEM Learning in Your Own Backyard
Designing a place-based middle school summer program
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Jan 18
A “Cap”tivating Masterpiece
An elementary school’s journey in using bottle caps to beautify the school, save a small piece of the planet, and increase knowledge of sustainability
Jan 18
Imaginative Ecological Education
Teaching that interweaves curricular topics, human emotions, our bodies & place
Engineering to do Nothing
Put to work the basic astronomy knowledge of 10-14 year olds in teaching passive solar house design
Feeling the Heat
A student-centered approach to reducing the urban heat island effect on campus
Put Up a Paradise
It is not as hard as it looks. Isn’t it time to depave schoolyards and begin collecting stormwater?
Sep 10
Teaching Empathy Through Animals
Pets in preschool classrooms allow students to establish an emotional connection while also learning about responsibility
Take the Green Challenge
Green Challenges provide easy access points for incorporating environmental themes into school culture, and help green schools get back to the basics
Love Our Coral Reefs
Teaching 6-14 year-olds about environmental stewardship and coral reefs using modeling materials found in most cupboards
Inspiring the Bioregional Imagination
Deepening the connection to place through reading, writing and ecology
