Targeted Partnership: Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy
Driven by an environmental science literacy framework around learning progressions within core science and mathematics concepts complemented with citizenship, this targeted partnership connects the research and education prowess in the environmental sciences of universities and sites within the NSF-funded Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network with teacher professional development in science and mathematics of partner middle schools and high schools. The project extends across the nation, involving four LTER research sites and 22 K-12 schools/districts with direct impacts on over 250 science and mathematics teachers and 70,000 students of highly diverse backgrounds. The work focuses on coupled human-ecosystem interactions in the context of socio-ecological systems as a framework to develop a culturally relevant ecology from both a scientific and educational perspective.
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Using Learning Progression Frameworks and Assessments to Guide Research and Professional Development
We have three goals in this session: 1) we explore the development and use of learning progression frameworks and assessments focused on environmental science literacy, with strands focusing on carbon…
"Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,"
"In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling…
Resources
Teaching the Process of Science
This module was created by Stanford University's Anne E. Egger and addresses practical teaching questions like "what is the process of science," "why should I teach it," and "how do…
Higher Education Partners
School District Partners
- Greeley-Evans School District #6
- Poudre School District
- Plainwell Community Schools
- Santa Barbara School District
