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Integrating Spatial Thinking Into The Curriculum Through Geographic Information Systems And The Santa Ana River Watershed, JoaquíN Javier Baca
Integrating Spatial Thinking Into The Curriculum Through Geographic Information Systems And The Santa Ana River Watershed, JoaquíN Javier Baca
Theses Digitization Project
Lesson plans were developed in order to address the inter-disciplinary nature inherent in environmental education by drawing on place-based learning approaches and relating natural and human made aspects of watershed dynamics.
Incorporating Multicultural Education Criteria Into Project Learning Tree Curricula, Alondra Marcela Blandon
Incorporating Multicultural Education Criteria Into Project Learning Tree Curricula, Alondra Marcela Blandon
Theses Digitization Project
Many environmental educators have realized that in order to effectively teach environmental sensitivity and literacy, they must approach their audience through a cultural context. Thus, environmental education lessons need to incorporate strategies used in multicultural education in order to be more culturally inclusive. This project includes the identification of multicultural education criteria and the application of these to three lessons from Project Learning Tree: PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide.
A Nonformal Education Program On Marine Environmental Issues For High School Students, Stefanie Rose Brummell
A Nonformal Education Program On Marine Environmental Issues For High School Students, Stefanie Rose Brummell
Theses Digitization Project
These nonformal environmental education programs focus on ocean issues for high school science students. There are four programs: "Earth Science and Plastics in the Pacific," "Biology and Marine Fisheries," "Chemistry and Global Climate Change," and "Physics and Tsunami." The presentation portion of each program is intended to be given by a nonformal educator to science students visiting a site, such as a museum or an aquarium.