E-STEM Education
It’s no secret that good environmental education is interdisciplinary, hands-on, and relates to the real world. Perhaps less known, these characteristics also describe the key drivers of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning. Research has shown a critical need to improve STEM learning across K-12 and beyond. Working to fill that gap, environmental education has the opportunity to create a pathway for implementing effective and engaging STEM lessons, both in and outside of the classroom. Let’s engage in a conversation about using the environment as a pathway for STEM learning, through innovative lessons that foster critical thinking, creativity, cross-disciplinary ideas, and real world connections.
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In this eeBLUE Watershed Chronicles blog post, Polly Burns, Program Director at ReNEW Schools, and Dinah Maygarden, Director of the Coastal Education Program at the University of New Orleans, bring wetland and watershed science investigative projects to middle school students.
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Have you been contemplating venturing into E-STEM? This program’s simplicity makes it an easy first step your audience is sure to love!
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Feeling unsure in this unfamiliar virtual territory? In part two of this series on virtual instruction, find tips for creating great programs and app suggestions to take your virtual lessons to the next level.
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Educating people about a topic, even getting them to care about it, often does not translate into action. Incorporating the Engineering Design Process into environmental education programs can encourage participants to feel ownership for creating solutions to environmental problems.
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