This course provides an introduction to environmental education.  The purpose of this course is to develop the knowledge and skills for providing quality, age-appropriate EE for students in the formal classroom setting.  The emphasis is on EE curriculum materials, resources, and programs that can be used with students in settings at or near their schools to support both school curricular and environmental literacy goals.  Additional emphasis will be on using the outdoor schoolyard environment as a source of environmental education experiences.  This course involves teaching a Project WET lesson in a local school, teaching an EE lesson in a preschool, and culminates in teaching a series of three lessons in a local elementary school classroom.  *Note:  REC 2300 Recreation Programming is a pre-requisite for this course!

Syllabus

Class Email

eGradebook

Course Readings

Course Assignments

UMD Library's EE Resources

SEEK: MN's EE Resource Directory

MN Association for Environmental Education

EE-Link (a national web-based directory of EE resources)

North American Association for Environmental Education

Environmental Literacy Council

*This work  has been posted with the generous permission of the students.

Bay View Kindergarten Unit:  Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3

Animals in Winter Lesson Plan

I'm Going Batty Unit Plan and Presentation to School Board

Trip to Community Gardens Unit Plan

From Farm to Table Unit Plan