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Promoting Responsible Environmental Behavior In Second Grade Students, Mary Annette Kirchhoff
Promoting Responsible Environmental Behavior In Second Grade Students, Mary Annette Kirchhoff
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides a convenient way to incorporate environmental education into the already exiting curriculum. Many of the environmental lessons and activities provided in this project cover language arts and math standards as well as providing students with the environmental knowledge, sensitivity, and skills they need.
Using Therapy Dogs With Troubled Middle School Children To Improve Social Skills And Teach Environmental Sensitivity, Linda Sue Flanagan
Using Therapy Dogs With Troubled Middle School Children To Improve Social Skills And Teach Environmental Sensitivity, Linda Sue Flanagan
Theses Digitization Project
The objective of this project is to impove the social skills of troubled middle school children by teaching them humane dog care as well as the handling and training skills of dogs. The hope is to use therapy dogs as a link to the local environment and the development of environmental sensitivity; and to improve the academic status and decrease any negative behaviors displayed by these children. Includes lesson plans.
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.
Stewardship Of Creation: A Guidebook For The Episcopal Church, Kristy Leann Chambers
Stewardship Of Creation: A Guidebook For The Episcopal Church, Kristy Leann Chambers
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop an environmental education program guidebook for use by the Episcopal Church.
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.
Impact Of Environmental Expo On Eight Graders' Self-Perceived Environmental Behaviors, Laura Anne Borg
Impact Of Environmental Expo On Eight Graders' Self-Perceived Environmental Behaviors, Laura Anne Borg
Theses Digitization Project
This study sought to determine the impact of a free-choice environmental learning event on "at-risk" eighth graders' self-perceived environmentally responsible behaviors.
Environmental Education Curriculum For The California Conservation Corps, Barbara Katherine Cook
Environmental Education Curriculum For The California Conservation Corps, Barbara Katherine Cook
Theses Digitization Project
This project was developed to provide curriculum for young adults in the California Conservation Corps to help them connect to their employment with attitude and knowledge acquisition related to the outdoors.
Using Children's Environmental Literature And Journaling To Help Students Develop A Sense Of Place In Nature, Marcie Lynn Horsky
Using Children's Environmental Literature And Journaling To Help Students Develop A Sense Of Place In Nature, Marcie Lynn Horsky
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop a series of three lesson plans based on children's environmental literature and journaling to be used in an outdoor environment and correlated to California State Science and English Language Arts Standards for the sixth grade.
Weaving Stories Around The Old Fire: Using Heuristic Inquiry As A Path To Personal And Professional Growth, Nancy Denise Manning
Weaving Stories Around The Old Fire: Using Heuristic Inquiry As A Path To Personal And Professional Growth, Nancy Denise Manning
Theses Digitization Project
The author of this thesis uses her own personal experience of the Old Fire that took place in the fall of 2003 in San Bernardino County to teach children ecological concepts, especially fire ecology using an art oriented methodology. Thus, heArts for the Forest was born incorporating ash from the burned forest into pottery and other art pieces to sell and raise money for reforestation efforts in the San Bernardino mountains.
Educational Interpretive Programs For Ecotourism Destinations, Rachael Anne Hamilton
Educational Interpretive Programs For Ecotourism Destinations, Rachael Anne Hamilton
Theses Digitization Project
Five interpretive programs designed for use by educators, naturalists, or interpreters working at ecotourism destinations. Topics covered include environmentally responsible behavior, on-site recycling programs, renewable energy systems, and plant and animal species conservation.
Situating The Cetacean: Science And Storytelling In Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider, Lee Elton Dionne
Situating The Cetacean: Science And Storytelling In Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider, Lee Elton Dionne
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis analyzes two major discourses that intersect and inform one another in Witi Ihimaera's The whale rider: storytelling and modern science.
Natural History Of Hesperoyucca Whipplei, Lizabeth Ann Hope-King
Natural History Of Hesperoyucca Whipplei, Lizabeth Ann Hope-King
Theses Digitization Project
Explores many aspects of the Hesperoyucca whipplei (formerly known as Yucca whipplei), a type of chaparral plant that grows in arid regions of Southern California. Five of the subspecies of H. whipplei are individually described and discussed. Its relationship with its pollinator, Tegeticula maculata, is traced and documented throughout the process of a reproductive season. The project examines the historic uses of H. whipplei by the Native Americans as well as its current uses in the modern world. It includes field study lessons and Hesperoyucca recipes.
Survey Of Advice For Beginning Environmental Education Instructors, Scott Charles Rennie
Survey Of Advice For Beginning Environmental Education Instructors, Scott Charles Rennie
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the research done in this study was to collect techniques, methods and advice from environmental education professionals and create a concise summary of the results. The study showed the importance of using constructivist techniques in environmental education, essential to be successful in teaching in the outdoors.
San Jacinto Center For Environmental Education, Susanna Catherine Hamilton
San Jacinto Center For Environmental Education, Susanna Catherine Hamilton
Theses Digitization Project
The author sets out to find what the characteristics of a functional and successful nature center includes. In doing so, she helps to create the San Jacinto Center for Environmental Education. The desire behind this is to bring more school-age children and university students to the site as well as to manage and expand the public walks on the San Jacinto Wildlife Area.
Development Of A Strategic Plan For The Highland Environmental Learning Center, Jessica Ann Sutorus
Development Of A Strategic Plan For The Highland Environmental Learning Center, Jessica Ann Sutorus
Theses Digitization Project
The project focuses on the development of a strategic plan for the Highland Environmental Learning Center (HELC), the completely integrated environmental learning center located in the Highland Branch Library of the San Bernardino County Library system. The plan was developed through the investigation of other nature centers, interpretive centers, and environmental learning centers to help define the purpose and mission for environmental education in a non-formal setting. It is also meant to serve as a guideline for future programming, budgeting, promotion, and staffing of HELC. The plan supports HELC's goal to foster environmental sensitivity and environmentally responsible citizenship.
The San Gorgonio Wilderness: A History Of Human Presence And Implications For Management, Cynthia Jeanne Holman
The San Gorgonio Wilderness: A History Of Human Presence And Implications For Management, Cynthia Jeanne Holman
Theses Digitization Project
The San Gorgonio Wilderness in Southern California is surrounded on three sides by roads, and receives thousands of visitors each year. Its character as a wilderness is threatened by the large populations of people nearby, as well as the humans who venture into its boundaries. This project outlines the history of human presence in the Wilderness, and describes the impact of that presence. There is a discussion of attempts by various organizations to mitigate that impact, and deal with the increasing numbers of visitors. The project concludes with predictions and suggestions for the future of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.
An Elementary Habitat Curriculum For The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Linda Jan Matthews
An Elementary Habitat Curriculum For The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Linda Jan Matthews
Theses Digitization Project
This place-based curriculum, developed to address the alienation that children often feel from the natural environment around them, is an inquiry-based, hands-on teaching module for third and fourth grade children. It is designed around a one-day field trip to vernal pool habitat at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. Three pre-visit and three post-visit lessons are included. The lessons enable students to acquire required California academic content standards, and also incorporate education principles stated in California's Education and the Environment Initiative.
Addressing Second And Third Grade California Science And Social Science Content Standards Through Environmental Literature, Denise Truex Hatfield
Addressing Second And Third Grade California Science And Social Science Content Standards Through Environmental Literature, Denise Truex Hatfield
Theses Digitization Project
In response to the federal legislation No Child Left Behind, schools across the country implemented required reading programs for classroom instruction. Open Court's Reading program meets this criterion for many schools. The text in Open Court Reading for grades two and three was evaluated for science and social science content standards that would be supportive of environmental education. Supplemental lessons from Project Learning Tree, Project WILD, and Project WET were identified.
Wildlife All Around Us: A Second Grade Guide To City Wildlife Education, Melanie Anne Pendegraft
Wildlife All Around Us: A Second Grade Guide To City Wildlife Education, Melanie Anne Pendegraft
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis provides opportunities for second grade students to explore, study, and apply critical thinking skills in reference to the local wildlife and current environmental issues.
A Facilitator's Handbook For Service-Learning Projects At The Center For Land-Based Learning, Lila Higgins
A Facilitator's Handbook For Service-Learning Projects At The Center For Land-Based Learning, Lila Higgins
Theses Digitization Project
This project aims to create a facilitator's handbook for use during service-learning projects administered by staff at The Center For Land Based Learning (CLBL). CLBL engages youth in learning experience on the land ensuring that they develop an understanding for the critical interplay of agriculture, nature and community.
Source Evaluation And Selection For Interpretation In Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks, Lacey Elizabeth Moore
Source Evaluation And Selection For Interpretation In Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks, Lacey Elizabeth Moore
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to aid interpreters in evaluation sources (research material) for use in interpretive presentations and programs in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. This was done by illustrating the need for source evaluation and then developing the guidelines for selecting, evaluating, and most effectively using various sources in the development of interpretive programs in the National Parks Services (NPS).
Environmental Education And High School Backpacking, David Russell Ficke
Environmental Education And High School Backpacking, David Russell Ficke
Theses Digitization Project
The call of the wilderness resonates in all of our hearts, with the desire to get in touch with nature and experience wilderness at some level. This project gives the high school teacher the practical resources necessary to share the passion of being in the wilderness with high school students.
Environmental Education: The Equalizer, Jolanda Tracie Karr
Environmental Education: The Equalizer, Jolanda Tracie Karr
Theses Digitization Project
This project explores and justifies using the local environment as an effective educational strategy for teachers of special education students.
Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to investigate environmental sensitivity among environmental professionals in a culture that is assumed to hold an ecocentric perspective. Nine Tibetan Buddhist environmental professionals were surveyed in this study. Based on an Environmental Sensitivity Profile Insytrument, an environmental sensitivity profile for a Tibetan Buddhist environmental professional was created from the participants demographic and interview data. The most frequently defined vaqriables were environmental destruction/development, education and role models.
Discovering The Path To Indian Uses Of Native California Plants: A Family Activity Guide For The Native Plant Garden At The San Bernardino County Museum, Lauren Anne Trish Holman
Discovering The Path To Indian Uses Of Native California Plants: A Family Activity Guide For The Native Plant Garden At The San Bernardino County Museum, Lauren Anne Trish Holman
Theses Digitization Project
The objective of this project is to develop an activity guide for the California native plant trail located adjacent to the San Bernardino County Museum that allows families to discover native California plants while increasing environmental and cultural sensitivity.
The Underwater Life Off The Coast Of Southern California, Kathie Lyn Purkey
The Underwater Life Off The Coast Of Southern California, Kathie Lyn Purkey
Theses Digitization Project
This project reviews the basic chemical and geographical features of the ocean, biological classification of marine life, background of the ocean's flora and fauna, and the ocean's environment. These facts are presented through an underwater documentary filmed at various sites along Southern California's coast and complemented with lesson plans designed for grades K - 4.
Where's Your Niche?: A Game Of Ecological Relationships, Margaret Elizabeth Deppe
Where's Your Niche?: A Game Of Ecological Relationships, Margaret Elizabeth Deppe
Theses Digitization Project
The advantages of learning through the use of educational games are reviewed. Results show the effectiveness of the use of educational games to convey concepts and information to students.
An Interpretive Trail In Amazonian Ecuador, Bruce Evan Farnsworth
An Interpretive Trail In Amazonian Ecuador, Bruce Evan Farnsworth
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
An Outdoor Education Curriculum For Primary Grades: Kindergarten Through Third, Rachelle Dorothy Howry, Tracy Lynn Reynolds
An Outdoor Education Curriculum For Primary Grades: Kindergarten Through Third, Rachelle Dorothy Howry, Tracy Lynn Reynolds
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Designing An Energy Efficient School, Arthur La Cues
Designing An Energy Efficient School, Arthur La Cues
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.