SCIED5002 - Center for Great Lakes Literacy
Course Description
Participants and presenters will meet in a classroom at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center and the labs of the Regional Science Consortium for one and a half days where they will discuss basic concepts of the issues described in the bullets. Presenters will highlight current research on these topics as well as relevant NOAA, US EPA, Sea Grant and Penn State Cooperative Extension curriculum and teaching resources. Participants will spend time in group discussion determining how to integrate these topics, lessons and other resources into their current classroom practices. In addition to classroom learning participants will spend part of the day in the labs of the Regional Science Consortium performing research similar to what will be available to their students as part of the Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences, (MWEEs), this project supports for students of participating teachers. During the school year teachers will share what they have learned through this CGLL training with their students. Using the information shared by their teachers and the knowledge gained through MWEEs students will develop and implement a stewardship project that they share with their peers, families and community. The project facilitator and participating educators will `meet¿ monthly by phone to discuss potential community resources, field experiences for students, and stewardship projects. Students will share their projects with each other at the annual Great Lakes Awareness Day facilitated by PA Sea Grant.