Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Releases Six New Publications
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies has released six new publications in its award-winning North American Conservation Education Strategy Tool Kit for Achieving Excellence. The new publications include Fostering Outdoor Observation Skills, Landscape Investigations Guidelines, Schoolyard Biodiversity Investigations Educator Guide, Project-Based Learning Model, Outdoor Skills Education Handbook, and Sustainable Tomorrow: Applying Systems Thinking to Environmental Education Curricula, for Grades 9-12. These and other publications are available for free download.
http://www.fishwildlife.org/index.php?section=cons...
Cool The Earth
Free, fun, and empowering climate change program for K-8 students and their families that inspires them to take simple actions to reduce their carbon emissions. Includes action coupons kids earn and a banner the school can post to show how their actions are adding up to make a difference.
http://cooltheearth.org/our-program/
My Garbology
NatureBridge launched this new online game for kids, teachers, and parents to teach users to reduce waste and encourage awareness of their impact on the environment and encourage community involvement. Learn more about this initiative here. Play the game:
http://www.naturebridge.org/garbology
Project Wet
Check out Project WET's DiscoverWater.org. This free, interactive web experience provides valuable information about the role that water plays in all of our lives, giving the world the gift of water education.
Please help us in our goal of reaching all children with water education by trying DiscoverWater.org in your classroom or with your kids at home--and by sharing it with others. Forward the invitation using the share it on Facebook or Twitter or just tell someone about DiscoverWater.org!
Sustainable Food Systems Education Guide
The education team at the Stop Community Food Centre has just released a new Sustainable Food Systems Education Guide for elementary school teachers and community educators. The guide provides the background information used to design many of the Stop’s activities and workshops for children. While this 54-page guide was originally designed for fifth-grade classroom teachers in Ontario, it includes information on food systems that can be useful to most teachers at the elementary level and educators in community settings that are developing programs around food issues. It is divided into five short units, includes 25 suggested activities, and four personal stories that help illustrate issues around social justice. There's also list of additional resources that includes books, websites, blogs, and videos that have become popular in our programs.
http://thestop.org/grade-5-program
Teacher Academy in Aeronautics Education
June 18-22, 2012- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott, Arizona
A week-long professional development workshop including faculty lectures on Aeronautics topics, and related Math & Science standards-based classroom activities, sponsored by ERAU’s NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC). Targeting 5th – 9th grade science teachers (all levels, including pre-service and informal educators welcome to apply); acceptance based on individual need/justification. Receive 32.5 professional development contact hours; plus $500 worth of resources for your classroom. Housing provided. Visit: http://prescott.erau.edu/about/nasa/ for more information. Application (attached) must be received by May 18. Applicants will be notified by May 21.
Arizona Science and Engineering Fair
April 2-4, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center
Plan now for your students to participate in April! School, Teacher, Student/Project, and Judge and Volunteer registrations are now all open. Student/Project registration will be open until March 16, 2012. Visit: http://azsef.org/ for more information.
Detecting Radiation in Our Radioactive World
Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
A Teacher Workshop For Science Educators -- High School & Middle School (biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, physical science, life science, environmental, general science, etc.). This full-day workshop will prepare attendees to teach the basics about radiation, how we detect radiation, and uses of nuclear science and technology in society. Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a wealth of materials - background information, hands-on activities, supplementary resources - and a Geiger counter. Career opportunities in nuclear science and technology will be highlighted during the sessions. Workshop will include discussion of recent events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan. Deadline for registration is February 14.
Teaching Inquiry-Based Science: An Institute for K-12 Educators will be offered in partnership with SRP and ASU. Explore the 5E Model for Inquiry through the lens of children’s literature and create an instructional plan or product to take back to your classroom. Specially selected resources from NSTA, related literature, and stipend will be part of your package.
Date: June 12-15, 2012
Application deadline: March 30, 2012 4 p.m.
Site: ASU Polytechnic
Don’t miss out click here to read more or to apply today!
Global Climate Change in the Southwest: An Academy for Educators will be offered twice one week for teachers in grades 7-12 and the following week for teachers in grades 3-6. Investigate the basics of climate change and its implications for the desert Southwest. Receive classroom-ready resources and create an instructional plan or product to take back to your classroom. (Grade 6 teachers attending as part of a middle school team with grades 7 and/or 8 should apply for the 7-12 Academy.) Stipends provided upon completion.
Dates: June 19-22, 2012 for educators in grades 7-12 or June 26-29, 2012 for educators in grades 3-6
Application deadline: March 30, 2012 4 p.m.
Site: Tempe
Don’t miss out click here to read more or to apply today!
National Nuclear Science Week is Jan. 23-28 and is sponsored by the National Museum for Nuclear Science and History, a Smithsonian affiliate.
“Get to Know Nuclear” is the theme promoting interest and careers in nuclear and all sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. FREE curriculum and information is available online www.NuclearScienceWeek.org
Crow Canyon will once again offer a summer institute for educators, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities: "Bridging Cultures: Diversity and Unity in the Pueblo World" at its Archaeological Center in Cortez, Co. It's a great professional development opportunity for teachers! From June 24 - July 14, 2012 there will be a three-week Summer Institute for K–12 educators and graduate students. For more information: Visit www.crowcanyon.org/NEHsummer2012 or http://www.crowcanyon.org/programs/campus/NEHsummer2012.asp , e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or call 970.564.4346.
To Apply: Application deadline is March 1, 2012. Prospective applicants can access more information and the online Participant Application Cover Sheet on the NEH Web site: www.neh.gov/projects/index.html.
Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, E-Learning (CAMEL), is a free, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, multi-media online resource for faculty members and other educators to enable them to effectively teach about climate change causes, consequences, solutions, and actions. You can upload resources, build your own website, collaborate on curricular materials, teach a course, give an exam or implement a survey at:www.camelclimatechange.org.
Websites
Discover Water: The Role of Water in Our Lives. A newly launched interactive website for teachers and students. http://www.discoverwater.org
EPA announces new students’ website: EPA has revamped our kids, teachers, students and high school websites into a one-stop shop for our users. You can check out the new website at: http://www.epa.gov/students/
Other Resources
The Four Corners School hosts the directory for Four Corners area state and national resources, including educational and curriculum resources.
