Resources for community-based environmental literacy education FALL 2017
CLEARING TABLE OF CONTENTS Place-based Education
Maritime and Place-based Learning Sarah Rubenstein ........... 8 Everyone Ought to Have a Ditch David Sobel ........................... 10
The Role of Place in Nature-based Early Childhood Education ................................................................ 22 Kit Harrington
Outdoor Education
Thoughts from an Outdoor Education ”Elder” Dan Kreisberg .................................... 18
EE Research: Memories from Residential Outdoor Education ........................................................ 20
Featured Programs
Burning Wisdom: The Canoe as a Vessel for Learning............. 12 Renée Hill, Adam Wicks-Arshack, Brant G. Miller A Biome Bonanza! Lisa Terrall, Bolton Middle School ................... 28
Student-Generated Data Informing Student-Generated Inquiry .......................................... 32 R. Justin Hougham, Marc Nutter, Megan Gilbertson, Quinn Bukouricz
Beyond Environmental Literacy: Developing the Whole Person .......................................................... 44 Emily J. Anderson
K-12 Classroom Activities
K-12 Environmental Education Activity Ideas ............................ 26 Designing Earth-Friendly Solutions to the Plastics Problem Kathryn Davis ...................................................... 24
My Favorite EE Activity Margie B. Klein .......................................... 39
Perspectives Is Education a Race to the Top? Jim Martin .................................. 37
Climate Change Education Confronting a World of Wounds Nick Engelfreid ........................ 41
Deadline for article submissions for Spring 2018 edition:
February 15, 2018 CLEARING Fall 2017
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Adam Wicks-Arshack is a PhD student in the Water Resources Department at the University of Idaho. Adam has facilitated educational expeditions and canoe building projects throughout the Pacific Northwest.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Emily J. Anderson works for Oregon State University as a 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator in Lane County, Oregon.
Nick Engelfried is an environmental educator and activist, currently working on his M.Ed. in Environmental Education through Western Washington University. As part of his work for the degree program, he is participating in a year-long residency working with the North Cascades Institute.
Renée Hill is the fourth-grade teacher at Palouse Prairie Charter School (PPCS) in Moscow, Idaho. Using the Expeditionary Learning (EL) model, she has engaged her students in inquiry-based projects including building a David Thompson style canoe as a symbol of the confluence of cultures throughout Idaho’s history.
Dr. R. Justin Hougham is faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Extension where he supports the delivery of a wide range of science education topics to K-12 students, volunteers, youth development professionals, graduate students, and in-service teachers.
Dan Kriesberg is the author of A Sense of Place, Teaching Children about the Environment with Picture Books and Think Green, Books and Activities for Kids, as well as over 100 articles on environmental education and essays about his personal experiences in the outdoors.
Dr. Brant G. Miller is a science educator at the University of Idaho. He teaches science methods and technology integration and does research on Adventure Learning.
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