Turning Rotten into Right: A Kindergarten Study of Decomposition
How a year-long study of decomposition turned a class of Kindergarten students into unlikely environmental stewards.
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Jan 7
Conquering Nature Deficit Disorder with Phenology
As a biology teacher in the early 1980's, Larry Weber noticed that students were not going outside as they did earlier. They also seemed to be unaware of common local flora and fauna.
Webinar Announced: Water Quality Monitoring in Outdoor Education
On February 27th, 2014 we will explore water quality monitoring as an educational tool to engage students in learning about water and the local environment.
Nov 25
From Footprints to Thoughtprints
While most environmental teaching focuses on actions required to solve environmental problems, it does little to challenge the underlying attitudes and assumptions which led to these problems in the first place. Stephen K. Goobie encourages educators to tackle not only our ecological footprints, but also our ecological “thoughtprints”.
Nov 25
Assessment & Evaluation for Outdoor/Enviro-Education
Strategies for assessing changes in the environmental knowledge, skills and attitudes of students aged 6-14
New Webinar Announced: “Animal Tales: Creating Critical Thinking Through Literature”
Stories have been used since ancient times to entertain, awaken the imagination, and impart moral and community virtue. Learn more in our webinar on December 3rd, 2013.
New Webinar Announced: “Young Adults as Change Agents”
Our first webinar of 2014 will be "Young Adults as Change Agents" presented by Dave Bauer, organizer of the Young Adults Environmental Leadership Program (YAELP).
Yoga in the Classroom Webinar Postponed
With almost 400 people now registered for Lisa’s upcoming presentation, this is destined to be one of our most popular sessions ever. We hope to see you in our online classroom on October 23rd, 2013 at 7:30pm EST.
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World as ‘Lasting Storm’: Educating for Disaster Risk Reduction
Now recognized globally as an important and urgent educational focus, here is a framework and 6 activities to enable you to educate for disaster risk reduction
By David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa
Read the full article from Green Teacher's Summer 2013 issue.
