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Green Education
Discover how an
integrated curriculum and enriched school environment link student
learning and well-being and enhance student understanding about the
natural world. As John Dewey said more than 100 years ago, school
lessons should be tied to the values and skills of the “real world”.
Find out how to design a
school, a classroom and a curriculum that is good for children AND
ensure that, in this era of NCLB, content standards and 21st
century knowledge and skills are learned to higher levels. From school
gardens, kitchen classrooms, and the lunch room to biodiversity, the
environment, cultures, history and more – the content and connections
are all there. See real-world examples of what schools around the
United States and the world are doing. Receive an up-to-date list of
excellent resources and current research to help you design your unique
Green School and Classrooms. Attend this one-day institute to learn the
answers to these and other questions:
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What is "green"
education?
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How do we create place-based
curriculum?
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How can my
students meet their content standards and achieve high test scores
through "green" education?
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What about the
NCLB?
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How can I use
"green" education to create a 21st century classroom?
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What does the
research say about "green" education?
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See examples of
what other schools, teachers, students and communities are doing to
make their education rigorous, relevant and real-world through Green
Education.
Return to your
classrooms armed with an Action Plan for taking your school “green”.
You will have specific strategies which you can begin to implement
immediately at the classroom level.
Fee: $299 which
includes the registration fee, materials, continental breakfast,
mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, and a frameable certificate of
completion!
Orlando - February 17,
2009 - to be held at the Villas of Cypress Gardens
Seattle - April 21,
2009
- to be held at the new
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
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