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Reimagining The Tennant Lake Interpretive Center: Needs Assessment Report For The Tennant Lake Interpretive Center In Ferndale, Wa, Kaitlyn Boyd
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This project focuses on the Tennant Lake Interpretive Center that has been closed due to budget cuts since 2008. Whatcom County Parks (WCP), who owns the facility, is planning on remodeling the interior of the interpretive center to make the building more rentable as a facility, but plans on keeping some educational materials (J. Jacoby, interview, June 3, 2018). The purpose of this project is to explore the needs of potential stakeholders who would benefit from the re-opening of the interpretive center as an environmental education site, including local school districts and community members. Additionally, this project’s goal is to …
Developing A Place-Based Curriculum For Environmental Education Aligned To Next Generation Science Standards, Alexander Brush, Michelle Mcfarland, Donald J. Burgess
Developing A Place-Based Curriculum For Environmental Education Aligned To Next Generation Science Standards, Alexander Brush, Michelle Mcfarland, Donald J. Burgess
Secondary Education
With the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards, schools opting for early adoption are fundamentally changing their science instruction. Synergistically, the environmental education community is also adopting these new 3-dimensional standards. The purpose of our study was to work with Western Washington University’s new SEA Discovery Center in Poulsbo, WA to develop an NGSS aligned 6th grade curriculum centered on Olympia Oyster restoration. The place-based curriculum would need to utilize the Center’s unique resources while addressing relevant environmental education programming goals. During the summer of 2017 we met with a variety of stakeholders including the SEA Discovery director, Center …