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FIELD
TRIPS AVAILABLE
Interested in a wetland field trip for your
classroom? Teacher of grades 5-12 can schedule a field trip to
Pontchartrain Beach and Lincoln Beach within the New Orleans area. These
trips can fit with your school’s science curriculum expectations. If
interested, please contact Dinah Maygarden at
dmaygard@uno.edu
EETAP
ENCOURAGES SHARING EE EXPERIENCES IN JOURNALS & MAGAZINES
The Environmental Education and Training
Partnership (EETAP) is encouraging teachers and principals to write about
their environmental education experiences for journals and magazines. The
primary audience EETAP wants to reach is other K-12 teachers in areas such
as science, social studies, language arts, math, fine arts, and health.
EETAP is interested in real life stories about their use of environmental
education in the classroom. The articles could include some or all of the
following depending on the journal or magazine selected and the length of
the article:
·
How student learning and environmental
literacy are improving through the use of EE
·
What was done
·
What students learned
·
How learning standards were met
·
How student and teacher motivation was
affected
·
Assessment strategies used
·
Quotes from teachers, students,
administrators, and parents
·
Sufficient details so that another
teacher could undertake a similar activity
·
Resources used
The teachers are
responsible for identifying an appropriate journal/magazine, outline the
article, obtain additional guidance from the journal/magazine as needed,
and submit the article. The teacher will need to obtain any releases
required. If the original journal/magazine does not publish the article,
EETAP will work with the teacher to identify an alternative publication or
will consider publishing the article on line.
EETAP
will pay the teachers $300 to help cover their expenses upon submission of
the article to the selected journal/magazine. If you are interested in
writing an article for an education journal or magazine, please submit the
following to EETAP:
Name
Position and School
Contact information
Statement of interest
Number
of years teaching
Outline of story you want to tell
Education journal/magazine to which you would submit story
You may contact EETAP
at905-468-8031 or contact Guss Medina at
gmedina@istar.ca
An example of some
Journals or Magazine:
Education Leadership
National Council for Social Studies
Social
Education
Social
Studies and the Young Leader
National Science Teachers Association
Science and Children
Science Scope
The
Science Teacher
National Alliance of Black School Educators
The
NABSE Journal
National Association of Bilingual Education
NABE
News
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Teaching Children Mathematics
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle Schools
Mathematics Teacher
National Council of Teachers in English
Language Arts
English Journal
American School Health Association
American Journal of Health Education
National Middle School Association
Middle
School Journal
American Association of School Administrators
The
School Administrator
American Federation of Teachers
American Educator
American Teacher
LOUISIANA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORTS TO
LEGISLATURE ON THE LOUISIANA ROPERASW STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF LOUISIANA CITIZENS
The Governor's Environmental Education Commission will present the findingsof the RoperASW study on environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior of
Louisiana citizens to the House Environment Committee Tuesday, June 3, 2003
at 10:00 A.M. in House Committee Room 4.
The Louisiana Environmental Education Commission contracted with RoperASW to
conduct a survey of Louisiana residents on the topics of environmental
knowledge, attitudes and behavior. The survey used in the research was
originally designed by RoperASW and the National Environmental Education and
Training Foundation (NEETF) in 1999 for a national survey of Americans. The
Louisiana survey results are compared to national findings and provide a
snapshot of the state of environmental literacy in Louisiana. This survey
was conducted in 2002 with funding provided by DEQ from a settlement between
DEQ and Re-Claim Environmental Louisiana, L.L.C. and U.S. Liquids, Inc. Dr.
Brenda Nixon, Chair of the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission,
will make the presentation to the committee.
RoperASW includes 1,000 telephone interviews of a cross-section of Louisiana
residents using a questionnaire that was approximately 17 minutes long.
Random samplings of the adult population were made across the state of
Louisiana. Comparisons to national results are also included.
Copies of the entire report will be available at the committee meeting or
through the Governor's Office of Environmental Education.
Louisiana RoperASW Study Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge Survey 2002
Alcoa Funds Contest
The Louisiana Environmental Education Commission announces the winners of the Second Art and Language Art contest for school children from the ages of 5-18. There were four winners in each group. Group 1 was for children between the ages of 5-9, Group 2 was for children between the ages
of 10-13 and Group 3
was for children between the ages of 14-18. Cash prizes will be awarded to these winners.
Congratulations to all our winners and many thanks to the hundreds of children that entered in the contest. Alcoa and the EE Commission sponsored this contest and our sincere thanks to Alcoa for funding this contest and we look forward to our contest next year.
ART
ART GROUP 1
First Place
Lauren Deville
Port Barre Elementary
Second Place Braelyn
Booty
North
Corbin Elementary
Third Place
Benjamin Fonville
Forest Hill Elementary
ART GROUP 2
First Place
Holly Guilbeau
Grolee Elementary
Second Place
Drake Broussard
Epiphany Day School
Third Place
Emily Bierman
St. Ann School
ART GROUP 3
First Place
Nicholos Houston
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Second Place
Austin Holcomb
Paul Breaux Middle School
Third Place
Leah Boudreaux
Paul Breaux Middle School
ART GROUP 4
First Place
Tabitha Davillier
Slidell High School
Second Place
Cynthia Dixon
Pickering High School
Third Place
Hillary Tunstall
Slidell High School
LANGUAGE ART
GROUP 1
First Place
Matthew Badeaux
St. Bernadette School
Second Place
Aaron Freeman
Hawk
Elementary
Third Place Lauren
Mills
Schriever Elementary
GROUP 2
First Place Haley
Newman
North Corbin Elementary
Second Place Lexi
Ruello
St. Ann School
Third Place
Dillan Johnston
Princeton Elementary
GROUP 3
First Place
Alli Blanchard
Pierre Part Elementary
Second Place
Rebecca Lambert
Ursuline Academy Elementary
Third Place
Mairin Guidry
Ursuline Academy Elementary
GROUP
4
First Place
Auriell Romero
Westgate High School
Second Place
Ashlyn Thompson
Westgate
High School
Third Place Katie
Boudreaux
Westgate High School
2006/2007 contest "Stewardship:
Caring for Louisiana's Environment"
Environmental
Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence
The North
American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) recently published a workbook to
accompany Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence. The new
publication, entitled Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence
Workbook, consists of specific activities and exercises that correspond to each section of
the materials guidelines. The workbook's subtitle, "Bridging Theory and
Practice," summarizes its goal, which is to bridge this gap by providing examples and
activities to clarify the materials guidelines.
Educators have
participated in workshops that walked them through Environmental Education Materials:
Guidelines for Excellence and taught them how to bring its concepts into the classroom.
Since the number of available workshops is limited, NAAEE created the 58-page workbook so
that educators can have access to a step-by-step guide that explains each of the six key
characteristics in the materials guidelines.
"This puts
into their hands a way to become familiar and comfortable with the materials guidelines so
they can use them," said Robert Carter, co-writer of the workbook. "The
publication brings the materials guidelines to a much broader audience."
Since the
workbook and the Guidelines share the same structure, formal and non-formal educators can
easily use the resources together to provide a higher level of environmental education.
The two resources allow educators to find activities for their lesson plans that relate to
specific environmental themes and ideas. Teachers can open the workbook to any section and
easily find the corresponding theme in the Guidelines.
The workbook is
available at no cost to anyone who purchases the entire Excellence in Environmental
Education series:
EE Materials:
Guidelines for Excellence (1996)
EE Collection, Volume 1 (1997)
EE Collection, Volume 2 (1998)
EE Collection, Volume 3 (1998)
Excellence in EE: Guidelines for Learning K-12 (1999)
Excellence in EE: Guidelines for Learning K-12 Executive Summary and Self Assessment Tool
(1999)
Guidelines for the Initial Preparation of Environmental Educators (2000)
NAAEE Members $58
+ shipping and handling
Non-members $80 + shipping and handling
Order forms are available online at www.naaee.org, or
by contacting NAAEE's
Publications Office by phone: (706) 764-2926, fax: (706) 764-2094, or
e-mail: csmith409@aol.com
New Math and Science Resources Added to
Department of
Education Free Website
Several new resources for teaching and learning
math and science have been added to FREE, the Department of Education website that makes
hundreds of learning resources from 40+ federal organization available. They include:
“Internet Learning Network” provides
an opportunity for middle school students to see how their math and science skills measure
up against other students worldwide. The site
offers tutorials, practice opportunities, and reasons by math and science matter in the
world today. Sponsored by DOE at www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm.
“MegaMath” presents important
mathematical ideas and allows students and teachers to experience math in ways that
mathematicians and scientists experience it. Through
fun activities and real world applications, the project allows students to see what
mathematicians actually do. Sponsored by DOE
at www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/.
“FrogWeb” is a multi-agency effort to inform the public about
declines and deformities in numerous amphibian species.
The site includes activities to help classes and families learn about amphibian
biology and populations. Visit www.frogweb.gov/.
Learn About Chemicals Around Your House
EPA has created a new interactive web site, "Learn About Chemicals Around
Your House," to teach children about ordinary household pesticide products that may
contain harmful chemicals. The web site includes information about toxic substances stored
in different rooms in the house, and answers commonly asked questions on safe use and
storage of these pesticides and other toxic products. The site also contains educational
games, and tells children what to do if accidents occur. The site is available at www.epa.gov/opptintr/kids/hometour/index.htm.
Using Data-Getting Results
The Eisenhower Regional Consortium at TERC has released a valuable new resource
called: "Using Data – Getting Results: Collaborative Inquiry for School-Based
Mathematics and Science Reform." You can obtain information on the web at http://www.ra.terc.edu/alliance/flyer.html
Written by Nancy Love, "Using Data – Getting
Results" is designed to help school-based teams take a straightforward approach to
using data as a tool for improving mathematics and science education. While the guide is
tailored to math and science, the processes and tools can be applied easily to school
reform efforts in other subject areas.
"Using Data – Getting Results" uses the process of
inquiry to support change in four major areas: improving student learning; reforming
curriculum, instruction, and assessment; overcoming obstacles to equity; and building
critical supports, such as public support and quality professional development.
The Guidebook identifies actual problems teams are likely to face
as they engage in reform, such as using multiple measures to assess student learning or
broadening classroom reform beyond a small group of teachers. The Guidebook contains: data
tools – actual survey instruments and forms to collect and analyze data for each
problem area; planning tools – data sources, data tools, and disaggregation
categories keyed to each of 12 problem areas such as student learning, curriculum
implementation, and expectations for students; resources – print and web documents
for investigating each problem area further; and reform in action – vignettes of
local districts using data to guide reform.
The Guidebook is available for $45 per copy. It is 400 pages,
3-hole punched. To order send a PO or check to: The Regional Alliance, TERC, 2067
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 or call 617-547-0430.
America's
Vanishing Treasure
No place on earth is disappearing
as rapidly as the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary.
The Estuary Program with assistance from the LSU Agricultural Center, and
Louisiana
Public Broadcasting, has produced a new video entitled “America’s
Vanishing Treasure”,
which examines the scope of land loss in Louisiana and the
economic and cultural significance of Louisiana’s vanishing wetlands.
To request a free copy of this video, contact the Estuary Program at Alaina_op@deq.state.la.us or call toll-free
1-800-259-0869. To learn more about our
vanishing wetlands, and efforts to save them, visit the Estuary Program website at www.btnep.org.
Rainwater
Blues
Did you know that the largest contributor to water pollution in Louisiana
is Nonpoint Source
Pollution. What are the
nonpoint source pollution categories? What
can you do to help clean
up Louisiana’s waters?
The Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Management Division
has
developed a video titled, “Rainwater Blues” to inform Louisiana’s citizens
about nonpoint
source pollution. Contact
Linda Pace at llindapa@dnr.state.la.us or
call her at 1-800-267-4019
to request a copy of the new video.
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