Discover how outdoor learning can engage students in hands-on water quality investigations while fostering climate literacy and community action. This session will explore strategies for integrating real-world data collection, interdisciplinary connections, and solution-based projects that empower students to become environmental stewards. Participants will leave with resources and ideas to implement similar experiences in their own classrooms.
Connecting Nature, Technology, and Social-Emotional Learning workshop showcases three adaptable environmental education activities that integrate hands-on exploration, technology, and creative expression for grades 6-12. These versatile activities can be scaled to various developmental needs and school settings, combining scientific inquiry with project-based learning to support social-emotional growth while fostering genuine connections with the natural world. Participants will experience both indoor presentation and outdoor implementation components and receive comprehensive digital resources for immediate classroom use.
Begin to build expressive arts into your environmental curricula. No prior performance experience needed; templates and handouts will be provided. Skit, song, comedy, magic acts, circus arts, dance/hip hop, public speaking, visual arts--whatever resonates with your student creators. What you'll need: trust in your students, an open mind and a bit of audacity. Whether you work with kindergarteners, teens, adults or elders, you’ll find something useful here.
In this workshop, participants will experience activities designed to support youth in building ecosystem understandings, placing themselves within a long history of stewardship efforts, and developing fieldwork skills. Then, they will learn about and contribute to a community science effort to protect future generations of ash trees.
In this workshop with A Climate to Thrive, participants will engage in key elements of our Climate Ambassador Program to develop climate leadership skills. Through an overview of climate science and impacts, solutions, and strategies to tactfully communicate about climate change, participants will acquire crucial insight and techniques to galvanize support and make change in their communities. This workshop will also require participants to look inward, reflecting on their experiences and exploring the skills and interests they already hold within themselves to contribute as part of the solution.
