This is a resource that describes the action plan since attending the TENFEE workshops to learn about and apply the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Standards in a Teacher Education Program in Wisconsin.
Material Type: Other, Reference Material, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is a description of implementing an EE Learning Cycle for Pre-service teachers. It also includes the assignment for Pre-service teachers to implement in the field.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This resource provides a class activity based on a “Town Hall Meeting” discussion/debate on climate change. The activity is designed for a lower-level university course. The objective is to engage students in a lively discussion of different perspectives on the significance of climate change held by various stakeholder groups in Wisconsin. It is based on stakeholders within La Crosse County, but most are also found elsewhere and could readily be adapted to any location within the state. Students divide into representative groups, work collaboratively to explore the diversity of perspectives, and present these during an online synchronous meeting.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This resource is intended to introduce Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy & Sustainability to pre-service elementary education students by engaging them in learning about local environmental systems. Familiarity of the ELS Standards will be enhanced by participating in citizen-based science and teaching experiences.
Material Type: Other, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy
A survey of 1,000 outdoor education programs nationwide finds that nearly two-thirds are in danger of folding because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such programs connect youth with the world around them and teach about nature, with documented academic, health and social benefits. But most programs are conducted by residential outdoor science schools, nature centers, parks and zoos, not in traditional classrooms. The loss will be felt disproportionately by students of color and low-income students. Description Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200615140919.htm Collins, M., Dorph, R., Foreman, J., Pande, A., Strang, C., & Young, A. (2020). A Field at Risk: The Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental and Outdoor Science Education (p. 9). Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/sites/default/files/EE_A_Field_at_Risk_Policy_Brief.pdf
Material Type: Primary Source
2-week unit with activities for Biodiversity Unit within Introduction to Environmental Studies college class.
Material Type: Module
We developed an interdisciplinary lesson to help students investigate the structure and function of leaf sizes at the top and bottom of a tree. This lesson could be used with fourth-grade students as well as elementary teacher candidates to model how to get children outdoors to learn.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This template is to be used by participants attending the TENFEE (Teacher Educators Network for Environmental Education) professional learning summit. Sign into WISELearn to create your own copy of this resource and update the template and this abstract.
Material Type: Other, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Students are tasked with selecting an outdoor activity that they would like to engage in for at least 20 minutes every week over the course of the semester and reflect upon their experiences before, during and after the activity. For example, they might choose to go for a walk, seek out a hike in different parks each week, relax by the lake, or go for a swim.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
