Grades 6-8 Freeing the Elwha Curriculum


The Freeing the Elwha Curriculum is an inquiry and standards based, integrated curriculum designed to guide middle school stu- dents in understand-


ing the natural and manmade processes involved in river restoration. The removal of two dams from the Elwha River began September 2011, and is the biggest dam removal project in the world.


The curriculum’s science component leads students from how weather affects water flow, through the habitat needs of salmon and the process of dam removal, to the state of the world’s fisheries. The social studies component moves from the settle- ment of the Elwha and its surroundings, through issues involved in dam removal, ending with the importance of salmon to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Math, language arts, and assessments fall naturally within the science and social studies units. A Creative Response sec- tion gives students a chance to express themselves artistically. The curriculum is flexible and educators can adapt the lessons depending on grade level requirements.


The Freeing the Elwha Curriculum is available online at http://www.nps.gov/olym/forteachers/ classrooms/curriculummaterials.htm or you can request a full CD by contacting the Education Specialist at 360-565-3146.


Measuring the Success of Environmental Education Programs


This free,


downloadable document is an attempt at outlining and describing pertinent EE


evaluation methodologies and tools. Its purpose is not to reinvent the wheel, but rather to connect environmental educators with solid, practical evaluation strategies, methods and advice.


The authors describe a program logic model and an evaluation scheme using illustrative examples from existing environmental education programs. Some outcome indicators are suggested that can be used to assess the ‘hard to measure’ long-term outcomes that pertain to values, behaviour, and environmental benefits.


This report


also briefly reviews the basic tenets of environmental education, reports on ten principles of excellent environmental education, and includes a glossary and written and on-line resources to assist the reader.


Downloadable from www.abcee.org


Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State


Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sover- eignty in Washington State is a ground- breaking curriculum initiative made possible through federal, state, and tribal funding. This project seeks to build lasting educational partnerships between school districts and their local tribes via elemen- tary, middle, and high school curriculum on tribal sovereignty.


OSPI, private and public agencies, and several of the 29 Federally Recognized Tribes in Washington State have partnered and funded this initiative. All 29 tribes have endorsed its importance and use. The website houses resources, materials, lessons, and entire units to support the teaching of tribal sovereignty, tribal his- tory, and current tribal issues within the context of OSPI recommended units for Washington schools. Each unit is aligned with National Common Core State Stan- dards, state standards and builds toward the successful completion of a Content- Based Assessment, or CBA.


See the curriculum at http://www. indian-ed.org/


From “Since Time Immemorial”:


By the time Washington State students leave elementary school, they will:


Grades 3-5 and 6-8


MARE: Marine Activities, Resources, and Education MARE has been developing high


quality, inquiry-based, hands-on ocean sciences curriculum for over 20 years. Their materials are designed to tap into students’ natural curiosity about the ocean to teach important science con- cepts while addressing state and national science standards. Teacher Guides on Rocky Sea-


shores, Kelp Forests, Ponds and more can be purchased online, as well as the Ocean Sciences Sequence (OSS) for Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8.


CLEARING Spring 2018


Use the free OSS Grades 3-5 60-minute sample lesson! In this lesson, An Open Ocean Food Web, students learn if one type of organism is removed from a habitat, many other organisms could be affected. Use the free OSS Grades 6-8 45-minute sample lesson! In this les- son, Investigating Combustion and the Carbon Cycle, students learn that carbon moves between reservoirs, but the total amount of carbon on Earth doesn’t change; and, human industry moves carbon out of fossil fuel and limestone reservoirs and into the atmosphere.


http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/ www.clearingmagazine.org


• learn that over 500 independent tribal nations exist within the United States today, and that they interact with the United States, as well as each other, on a govern- ment-to-government basis;


• understand that tribal sovereignty is “a way that tribes govern them- selves in order to keep and support their ways of life;”


• understand that tribal sovereignty predates treaty times;


• know how the treaties that tribal nations entered into with the United States government limited their sovereignty; and


• be able to identify the names and locations of tribes in their area.


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