Environmental Education

Environmental Education
Andrew Lassiter, Ashley
Anne Veselis, Elijah Sobel,
Catherine Wilson, Elizabeth
Quinn, Celso Poot
St. Barnabas:
Ms. Shaw, Ms.
Jones & Ms.
Gonzalez
Overview
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Introduce Problem and Goal Statement
Keys to Successful Environmental Education
Methods & Project Activities
Results and Findings
Recommendations
Problem
• A lack of hands on,
place-based
environmental
education
– Focus: reestablish
connections to nature
Goal Statement
• Create a sense of
place
• Introduce global
warming and
sustainable
development
• Outdoor education
Keys to Successful Environmental
Education
• Systematic, cross-curricula approach
• Benefits accrued to all involved
• Begin environmental education at a young
age
• Interaction with environment
• Hands-on learning
Methods
• Meetings to establish
problem and goals
– Met 1-2 times a week
as a group
– Standards 3,4 & 5
– Met with students
once a week in each
sub-group
Project Activities
• Pre-test was
conducted
– assess students’
knowledge and
attitudes toward the
environment
Name One Environmental Problem in Belize
Pre-test Results
12
Number of Students
10
10
8
6
4
5
Standard 3&4
Standard 5
5
3
3
2
2
1
0
Garbage
Pollution
Deforestation
Problem Written
Crime/Killing
Species
Extinction
Name One Environmental Problem in Belize: Posttest Results
20
18
18
Number of Students
16
14
12
10
Standard 3&4
Standard 5
9
8
6
5
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
Pollution
Deforestation
Global Warming
Stealing
Problem Listed
Marine
Endangered
Species
Project Activities
• Lectures and
Activities on:
– The environment
– Inter-relationships
– Environmental
problems
Project Activities
• Outdoor activities
– Reinforce concepts
– Provides hands-on learning
Environmental Charades
• Divide class into
teams
• Act out an
environmental
problem
Results and Findings
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Outdoor Learning
Interactive Activities
Connections to Belize
Guided Learning
Recommendations
• Continue with
Outdoors Education
• Morning Lessons
• Cautious of Easter
Break
Acknowledgments
• St. Barnabas Anglican
School
– Ms. Shaw, Ms. Jones,
Ms. Gonzalez
– The students of St.
Barnabas
• Galen University
• University of Vermont
– Professor Jay
Ashman, Kaela Gray
Questions?