Educating the
Community: A Watershed Model Project... pp. 6-10
by C.S. Perryess
Students from Monarch Grove Elementary in California created a
12’ x12’ model of the 48,000 acre Morro Bay watershed.
They enthusiastically share what they've learned about the
importance of watersheds to a group of parents, teachers and
other students in a presentation to their community. Included are
instructions for “Building a Watershed Model”.
Tempting the
Inner Beaver: A Working Stream Model... pp. 10-12
by William F. Hammond
The Kingfisher Centre in British Columbia helps schoolchildren
discover their "inner beaver" - and learn about local
streams and land use practices - by asking them to create a model
village by a stream. The catch? They must manipulate the stream
system with dams and diversions to ensure that their
"village" doesn't become flooded by sudden overflows.
The idea has been expanded and used in EE centres and schools
throughout North America.
Building Green:
Creating Enviro-friendly Trade Programs... pp. 14-18
by Jennifer E. Wolf
Environmental education need not be limited to just the sciences
and social studies. High school trade programs are an ideal forum
in which to introduce students to green friendly construction
plans, and this article provides educators with concrete teaching
ideas that will help them create environmentally friendly trade
programs in vocational-technical schools. Includes Green Building
Resources section.
Greener Driving
Lessons: Oxymoron or Opportunity?... pp. 20-23
by Tim Altieri
If kids are going to join the ranks of millions of lifelong
drivers, then parents and educators would do well to encourage
driving habits that minimize harmful and unnecessary fuel
consumption. Tim Altieri offers driving "eco-tips" and
teaching ideas for educators who would like to encourage
environmentally responsible driving habits in their students.
Includes a "Green Driver Pledge".
Connecting
Students with Special Needs to the Environment... pp. 24-27
by Lynn Dominguez and Mary Lou Schilling
A five-week environmental education program offered to high
school students with disabilities demonstrates that EE can be
successfully integrated into the curriculum of special needs
students. The authors describe highlights of their program and
offer teaching hints and recommendations that focus on educating
people with special needs about the environment.
The School at
the End of the World: EE in Sumatra... pp. 28-31
by Mark Dickison
As traditional ecological knowledge loses ground to the forces of
modernization, Sumatra's future may depend upon education
programs that help young people learn to maintain a balance
between themselves and the environment that sustains them. This
article looks at the success of a community environmental
education project that emerged from the the Bohorok Sustainable
Development Program in Sumatra.
Schoolyard
Trees: Planning and Planting for Survival... pp. 32-36
by Ann Coffey
Ann Coffey offers tips, strategies and planting guidelines that
can ensure that the trees planted in schoolyards as part of
schoolyard greening programs will survive in the long term the
sometimes inhospitable environment of school grounds.
Inside
the Internet: Environmental Literature - Primary Sources on the
Web... p. 38
A column by Katharine Isbell
And as always, over 20 innovative, new educational resources are profiled and evaluated in this issue of Green Teacher.
