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Coastal Margin Science and Education

By editor on March 25, 2015 in Connecting to Place, Environment as Context for Learning, Environmental Education, Estuaries, First Nations, Global Warming, Indigenous Peoples, Marine/Aquatic Education, Native American, Ocean Literacy, Rivers and streams, Salmon, Science, STEM, Technology, University EE Programs, Watersheds

CMOP: The Best Environmental Education Program You’ve (Probably) Never Heard About . . Coastal Margin Science and Education in the Era of Collaboratories by Vanessa L. Green, Nievita Bueno Watts, Karen Wegner, Michael Thompson, Amy F. Johnson, Tawnya D. Peterson and António M. Baptista . nterdisciplinary science is needed to make big decisions when it […]

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Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into Geoscience Education

By editor on February 23, 2015 in Citizen scientists, Community-based EE, Connecting to Nature, Connecting to Place, Critical Thinking, Data gathering, Environmental Education, Environmental Literacy, Estuaries, First Nations, Indigenous Peoples, Justice and Equity, Marine/Aquatic Education, Native American, Ocean Literacy, Place-based Education, Rivers and streams, Salmon, Science, STEM, Sustainability, Teaching science, Traditional Knowledge, Underserved communities, University EE Programs, Watersheds

It Takes a Community to Raise a Scientist: A Case for Community-Inspired Research and Science Education in an Alaskan Native Community By Nievita Bueno Watts and Wendy F. Smythe The quote, “lt takes a village to raise a child,” is attributed to African tradition and carries over to Alaskan Native communities as well (Hall, 2000). […]

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Learning about waterways and First Nation ways

By author on October 13, 2011 in Environmental Education, Estuaries, First Nations, Science

by Sarah E. Smith from A Newsletter of the Salish Coastal Gathering An innovative education program is introducing Squamish First Nation kids and their non-Native classmates to the richness of plant and animal life along the waterways of their lush corner of Coast Salish territory in British Columbia. Last school year, 500 children in 24 […]

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Daily EE Activity Idea

Pond JournalLanguage Arts—Grades K-2
Have the class go to a pond every few months to make observations of a fresh water managed habitat. When at the pond, discuss what the kids are seeing, observing wildlife, natural features and changes in all of these things since their last trip. Photos or video tape can be taken of each trip. Back in the classroom, record observations in the students' own words in their writing journals. Use the photo journals as research data to determine what changes are happening at the pond. Have the student conference with the teacher to edit their writing. As an extension to this activity, have the kids send their writings as e-mail to other first graders at another school. Together the classes at both schools learn about water habitats and practice their reading and writing skills. Students can also e-mail schools in other countries to learn about water habitats there.
Have the children generate questions based on the observations that they made, and give them a chance to ask these questions of a local community expert. The answers to their questions can become powerful lessons on the dynamics of life at managed pond habitats and the issues that come up about human and wildlife interactions. Have them e-mail their questions and responses to another school. -from Kristi Rennebohm-Franz, Sunnyside Elementary, Pullman WA.

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