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Read high-level detail on education funding within the combined FY21 omnibus and COVID relief package passed by the House and Senate yesterday, for those of you tracking funds that could potentially support outdoor and environmental education programs, especially in light of challenges related to…
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Can you imagine snow-covered bees? Things happen just because they can as the transformational process is the underlining principle of reality. It finds itself into everything even early childhood education!
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For educators who want to go beyond the water cycle, where do they start? What teaching strategy offers a useful perspective that engages students? One approach is the water footprint, a concept developed to account for and analyze the many ways humans use, overuse, and generally depend on water.
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We asked our partners, colleagues, and peers to share one takeaway from this year for us all to consider as we strive to advance our work in the environmental education field and more broadly about how we want to help shape a better future—for ourselves and others in 2021.
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In the latest News and Notes from Natural Start, find exciting updates about the 2021 Nature-Based Early Learning Conference, read a Member Spotlight on Imua Inclusion Preschool, and learn more about our upcoming forum about children’s books on December 16!
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Game-based environmental education can help distill complex themes and relationships into an easy-to-understand format, helping kids recall key concepts and associating positive emotions and fun with topics that often accompany “doom and gloom” imagery. Learn more about StemChef's virtual escape…
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ECOMASTERS: A Planet in Peril, has launched this week, this post is to find young environmental influencers who might be in your classes or network, who would want to showcase their local actions and work with our ECOMASTERS launch team.
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Too many missing pieces in Clue? Need something more challenging than Chutes and Ladders? Turn "bored" into "board" and upgrade your board game cabinet, or a friend's, with these #NAAEE2020 conference attendee recommendations.
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Meet Sarah Dunifon and Gustavo Requena Santos, the new moderators for the Data Literacy group. In this post, they introduce themselves and present their vision for the group in 2021.
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Level up your environmental education with these six digital games that immerse youth and adults in nature, storytelling, and learning.
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Watershed STEM Grantees share stories about how they implement their projects, adapt to challenges, and work collaboratively towards a blue planet in the eeBLUE: Watershed Chronicles blog. This month, we hear from The Kilo Kai project, built around the idea that biocultural restoration could improve…
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Schools are operating outdoor classrooms more than ever before this winter, and the prospect of teaching in cold, possibly wet weather can feel daunting to even the most seasoned professionals. We’ve gathered some resources from a variety of sources and experts in the field to inspire, motivate, and…
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Be a part of the Natural Start Alliance's annual conference, the nation's largest professional event for teaching, administration, research, and advocacy in nature-based early learning. Submit your proposal by February 5.
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As students in an environmental justice course at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), we had a unique opportunity to work with middle school and high school students through a series of online collaborations to learn and raise awareness about environmental issues.
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Judy Braus, NAAEE Executive Director, shares silver linings of 2020 in her November letter to the field. Please share the silver linings you’ve discovered and some of the positive stories that have made you smile in the comments below the post.
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Read this blog post by Jimena Cuenca to learn how she connects to nature, documents her observations, and shares the experiences.
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This post is part of an eeRESEARCH Library reader engagement series. In collaboration with NAAEE, Duke University highlights recent research on relevant topics to help EE practitioners learn from academic literature. This month, we’re sharing eeRESEARCH summaries about culturally relevant…
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At the virtual NAAEE 49th Annual Conference the Behavior Change eePro Group held a Zoom meeting for conference attendees who wanted to gather. The purpose of this blog post is to publicly share the resources that were given by call participants.
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We are rethinking how we approach evaluation to create better partnerships, programs, and healthier communities and we need your input! Explore the NAAEE Evaluation Portal demo website, and fill out the survey to voice your needs and feedback.
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We have found that Covid 19 has been been a curse as a disease that has harmed countless people. On the other hand, we seek ways to keep safe and in nature, connecting/reconnecting is an opportunity for us. This soliloquy by Marganita Hughes, a talented artist and environmental educator, beckons us…
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It's getting cold out! Struggling with what to teach? Snow problem—our #NAAEE2020 conference attendees have you covered.
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The Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN) recently released, "Responding to Climate Change: A Primer for K-12 Education" to provide decision-makers with a research-based analysis of the most effective climate change education strategies.
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Feeding the River is a cultural connection to water, "a sacred gift." The author, Scott Frazier has said: " I love the quiet in the hills of my family. I have spent many years wandering here. I know where the water is, where the beavers live and the song of the prairie dogs. I am glad my family held…
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What does well-informed climate change education look like? Explore our latest eeWORKS on climate change education.
