Julie Stanley secured a grant from Trout in the Classroom for a year-long project that provided her sixth-graders the opportunity to observe fish growth and become involved in the protection of trout populations and habitats. Students also gained hands-on experience with water quality testing and tank maintenance. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Raising Trout in the Classroom
Lindsay Smith, our Educator of the Week, teaches science at Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina. Her students tested the water in local streams, lakes, and ponds and compared them to bodies of water in their region and around the world using the EarthEcho Water Challenge database. Tell us about your capstone project for the Nat Geo Educator Certification Program. How did the experience … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Using Water to Connect to the World
ENVIRONMENT Just 10 rivers may be responsible for dumping almost four million tonnes of plastic into the ocean every year. (Cosmos) Use our activity to help students trace the sources and impacts of marine debris. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers Toolkit, including today’s great MapMaker Interactive map. Discussion Ideas Before reading the Cosmos article, read through our … Continue reading Just 10 Rivers Contribute Up to 95% of River-Based Ocean Pollution
Nichole Von Haden, this week’s Educator of the Week, created a comprehensive unit on watersheds that promotes critical thinking across multiple disciplines. The unit uses a local context as a gateway for students to understand global problems. Nichole is an educator mentor in Madison, Wisconsin. What does it mean to you to be an educator mentor? As a general trend in our country, education has high … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Local Watersheds for Global Understanding
Anne Lewis has been the special projects director at South Dakota Discovery Center in Pierre, South Dakota, for more than 16 years. Activity: Teachers in the Outdoors Grade: Educators (K-12) Subjects: environmental/Earth science Tell us about your activity. Once a year, the South Dakota Discovery Center offers a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to do watershed studies in the field. Participants spend one day … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Teachers in the Outdoors
