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OTF Connects : Climate Change Challenges: Educators Exploring the Opportunities – WIth Susan Elliott
Dr. Susan Elliott presents on integrating environmental education across K-12 curriculums, focusing on climate change, STEM education, and active learning. She emphasizes the importance of engaging students in hands-on, real-world problem-solving activities to make learning relevant and impactful. The presentation covers the utilization of resources like the Climate Learning website and the Climate Atlas of …
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Investigating real-world social, economic, and environmental issues through the Sustainable Development Goals
Are you looking for ways to implement the new science and technology STEM curriculum and help your students investigate real-world social, economic, and environmental issues that impact our lives in relevant and engaging ways? The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a holistic lens through which to help our students become the informed, effective citizens …
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Building Nature Connections: How to Organize an Eco-Fair at your School
In this webinar, participants will learn about the steps in the journey of a student-focused and inquiry-led eco-fair project. Come explore ways to engage your students from an ecological and environmental perspective in the creation of student inquiry projects. The workshop will take a hands-on, inquiry model-based approach and participants will take on the role …
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Connecting Learners in the Great Outdoors
In this webinar, participants will be learning how to – Take an inquiry stance during outdoor learning – Observe, teach and assess program expectations in a range of curricular areas in a variety of environments (forest, playground, etc…) – Support children in becoming connected with, and caretakers of, the outdoors – Create conditions for success …
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Opening Your Classroom to the World
This session is applicable to any grade level, particularly middle school. Teachers will learn about some fun, easy and exciting ways to open their classrooms to the world, applicable immediately following the webinar. During this presentation we’ll explore virtual speakers and field trips, National Geographic programs and resources, and some of Google’s newest tools to open classrooms …