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Grade Level(s): K-12Una actividad divertida para envolver a los estudiantes en el estudio del impacto de los humanos en los sistemas de ambiente (específicamente los ríos), y una gran actividad para extender la exploración de los estudiantes de una variedad de temas o asuntos.Adaptado de Karen Lind por Kate Ferguso

Education in the Environment: A Hands-on Student Research and Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending February 28, 2007

Forever Earth was scheduled and operated for 21 days; it benefited 398 individuals. Newly developed grade 4 activities from the Forever Earth curriculum were field tested. Three Discover Mojave Outdoor World events were conducted. A partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada is under development; when finalized, this partnership will markedly increase participation in the program. Similar partnership discussions are also being held with local leadership of the local Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA. A work plan has been established for Conservation, Education, and Interpretation Program Manager. Cultural Inclusiveness workshops were held in January for area-wide educators. Continued progress has occurred for the Environmental Education and Interpretation Certification Program; to date it is 50 percent complete

Education in the Environment: A Hands-on Student Research and Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending August 31, 2004

In the first three months of this agreement, UNLV has met with the Outside Las Vegas Environmental Education Committee to establish the duties of and create detailed job announcements for the project managers for the Environmental Education Strategy and for the Forever Earth/WOW Program. Although the university had planned to meet with the committee at its June meeting, that meeting was cancelled due to summer scheduling conflicts among the committee members. Subsequently, Dr. Peg Rees and Nancy Flagg met with the committee on July 14,2004. The committee was brought up-to-date on goals and deliverables of the task agreement, UNLV’s role in fulfilling the agreement, and provided with draft position announcements for review and comment. On July 27, 2004, Dr. Peg Rees met with the Interagency Environmental Education Team to review UNLV’s role in the Education in the Environment Conservation Initiative and to secure final agreement on the wording and requirements for both project manager position announcements

Education in the Environment: A Strategy for Continued Interagency Outdoor Education Programming: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending November 30, 2008

Highlights of the university’s focused efforts during the past three months include the following: Fourteen people are near completion of the Fall Cohort workshop sessions toward partial achievement of the Nevada State Certification in Environmental and Interpretation Certification Program. Participation in the Michoacán Cultural Festival (500 people in attendance). Participation in the Day of the Dead: Life in Death Festival (over 11,000 in attendance). Development planning is near completion for the mobile exhibit program to support and deliver SNAP messages. Forever Earth was scheduled for 32 days and benefited 1077 individuals. Sixteen Discover Mojave Outdoor World events were conducted for 266 participants

Environmental Education and Metaethics

Contrā Dale Jamieson, the study of the metaethical foundations of environmental ethics may well lead students to a more environmentally responsible way of life. For although metaethics is rarely decisive in decision making and action, there are two kinds of circumstances in which it can play a crucial role in our practical decisions. First, decisions that have unusual features do not summon habitual ethical reactions, and hence invite the application of ethical precepts that the study of metaethics and ethical theory isolate and clarify. Second, there are times in which the good of others (including organisms and systems in the natural world) may well be given greater weight in one’s ethical deliberations if theory has made clear that the good to be promoted is ontologically independent of one’s own good

Environmental Education Jeopardy

This game, based on 'Jeopardy', uses questions and answers about air quality and pollution; water conservation, quality, and testing; and waste and compost issues. Students divide into teams and pick questions from a set of cards which are color-coded by category and labeled with point values. A set of questions is provided. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school

Environmental Education should go further

Outlines Scottish national policy guidelines on 'education for sustainable development' (environmental education for ages 5-14) and implications for primary schools. Describes a 2-year project in which a research team helped staff at an elementary school to articulate their own understanding of environmental education and develop whole-school strategies to implement the guidelines