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In an age where catastrophic damage from climate-related events circulates through social and print media, it is important to build communities of hop...
By Candace Penrod
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In this edition of Tech Talk, climate education is addressed with two engaging digital resources: the Maine Online Open-Source Education (MOOSE) Clima...
By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey
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By Matthew Bobrowsky
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Designing Trellises: Cultivating Science and Engineering in the Garden
Schoolyards and school gardens present a rich context for students to engage with engineering and design. We describe the Designing Trellises unit, an...
By Emily Harris, Ilana Lowe, Lindsey Mohan, Whitney Cohen, Sara Severance, Terra Giotta, Carlo Albano, Jeffrey Snowden
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Science in the elementary grades is often deprioritized in comparison to ELA and mathematics. We wondered, how comprehensively, frequently, and consis...
By Elizabeth Davis, Christa Haverly
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Sustainable Schoolyards is a 5-month professional learning program run by the California Global Education Project to facilitate teachers working with ...
By Devon Azzam, Kaylee Laub, Danielle Harlow
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This article presents a framework to design lesson plans for elementary science teachers using insights from a summer-long research experience for tea...
By Linda Rost, Rebecca Hite, Gina Childers
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Nature at your door: Partnering with families to support nature-based engagement
Through regular classroom communications teachers facilitate family partnership in nature-based learning. Teachers can promote family engagement in th...
By Jennifer Gallo-Fox, Ariadni Kouzeli
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Children experience and grapple with the ongoing effects of climate change in their daily lives. While they did not cause climate change nor should th...
By Kathleen Schenkel, Cassie J. Brownell, Jon M. Wargo
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Civic Engagement for Climate Action, Resilience, and Hope for Local Waterways
Climate education in elementary grades offers a chance to teach climate science, to help students understand how serious climate change is, to focus o...
By Melissa Braaten, Tiffany Boyd, Jessica Bean
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Community Connections to Support Early Science Learning
Community resources offer extensions of early science learning that can deepen connections to the local ecosystem. This column offers ideas to extend ...
By Alissa Lange
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Community Gardens as Places for Ecological Caring in Action
Current and future Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) students must grapple with one of the most pressing scientific ...
By Amal Ibourk, Lauren Wagner, Deb Morrison, Syrena Young, Justin Milledge