Middle School—Integrating Sustainability Across Curriculum
PBL practicum on Educating for Sustainability for middle school teachers from across the curriculum, featuring reviews of school-wide EfS integration models underway. Aug 4-6, 8:00-12:00. Teams strongly encouraged. 12 STEM Clock Hours
Time & Location
Aug 04, 2020, 8:00 AM PDT
Zoom Meeting
About the Event
Lessons in science, engineering, social studies, math, and literacy will be available. Participants will design real-world contexts for existing curriculum including sustainable systems thinking, STEM literacy across disciplines, field investigation protocols, and social, economic, ecological, and historical perspectives. Lists of inspiring ideas for student impact projects will be shared along with instructional strategies for coaching effective project design. We will emphasize the authentic integration of meeting academic standards in context of meeting local community performance measures.This is not a workshop or a training. It’s a lab by and for participants interested in integrating the principles and practices of educating for sustainability. Read on for Learning Outcomes..
EXPERIENTIAL AGENDA (It’s a Lab!) Our daily work will include…
Explore distance learning strategies around problem-based design
Explore school culture change models
Integrate NGSS, authentic STEM experiences, and career pathways
Integrate literacy, history, civics, economics, and geography