Webinar: Think Globally, Teach Locally - Resources for Environmental Awareness

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Webinar: Think Globally, Teach Locally - Resources for Environmental Awareness

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THINK GLOBALLY, TEACH LOCALLY - Resources for Environmental Awareness

About this event

The U.S. Department of Education invites you to join us and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review free STEM K-8 educational resources to inspire and build your students’ skills in understanding stewardship of the environment. You will learn about the Air Quality Flag Program, Generate - The Game of Energy Choices, student challenges, and many more teacher resources.

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Host: Patti Curtis, Robert Noyce/Ellen Lettvin STEM Education Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

Speakers:

Andrea Falken, U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools

Melissa Anley-Mills, US EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)

Melissa Payne, US EPA, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Air Quality Flag Program

Sarah Matthews, US EPA OAR (former educator)

Rebecca Dodder, Ph.D., US EPA ORD (Generate Game creator)

Emma Refvem, NBCT, MAT, K-12 STEM Literacy Facilitator, Durham Public Schools

Sania Tong-Argao US EPA ORD, Environmental Justice Video Challenge

Michael Band, US EPA, Office of Environmental Education

A closed-captioned recording will be available 48 hours after the event. If you require other accommodations to participate in this event, email Patti.Curtis@ed.gov or call 202.453.6768 by January 14, 2022.

Any content or opinions shared during this webinar are not that of the U.S. Department of Education nor an endorsement of any persons, products, programs, or policies mentioned therein.