Agenda - Monday, July 13, 2015

Welcome

Review Syllabus LINK

Environmental Education Methods in General

• This is NOT an environmental science course. Although you will learn quite a bit about environmental science facts, principles, and theories, the intent is to focus on how teachers can approach environmental science instruction and methods.

• The focus will be to approach teaching environmental science through an experiential perspective.

• Explore the teaching of environmental science from the point of view of municipal, public, governmental, and commercial perspectives.

Environmental Education Methods (Teaching Environmental Science) is a course that ascribes to provide K-12 teachers and informal science educator

• with an opportunity to learn about environmental resources within their community
• with an opportunity to meet with environmental agencies and environmental education providers to learn first hand about their role in maintaining and promoting the idea of a healthy environment to children
• with opportunities to participate in field trips to actual environmental sites and observe, first hand, how organizations and individuals do their work
• will gain first-hand knowledge and experience in a variety of habitats
• will knowledge about environmental principles (sustainability, non-point source pollution)
• will be able to apply appropriate strategies to teach children the inter-relatedness of the environment to all science disciplines (e.g., biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, earth/space science)
• will be able to apply appropriate methods to convey the interdisciplinary nature of an environmental science course other subjects (e.g., mathematics, language arts, fine arts, health and human performance, social studies)
• will view environmental science from a cultural, historical, and social perspective

Field Trip Schedule LINK

Field Trip Times (Blackboard Calendar)

Expectations

• Timeliness - Prepare in Advance
• Documentation - Written and Technology

Conducting Field Trips/Tours

• Day
• Overnight
• Extended

Flora and Fauna

Geology