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“Counting Carbon” to Combat Climate Change
Explore Megan J. Sulsberger's CASE session on teaching climate change with STEM-based activities. Learn how to empower students to understand CO2 emissions, carbon sinks, and take action for sustainability.
The Leaf Detective: A CASE Book Report
As an educator, I am forever looking for the perfect attention-grabbing hook for my lesson. How do I enthrall my students, encourage them to ask questions, and evoke curiosity? The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the…
Peaks and Valleys: A landscape study of environmental literacy implementation in and out of California’s TK-12 classrooms
The report, Peaks and Valleys: A landscape study of environmental literacy implementation in and out of California’s TK-12 classrooms, provides a baseline for the state’s educators and policymakers, who have identified environmental literacy as a key…
Using High Interest Books to Teach Environmental Science Concepts
At a recent meeting of CASE’s Environmental Literacy Committee, we were discussing the power of using engaging reading books as a way to introduce, explore, and teach environmental literacy. We discussed several books that we have successfully used…
Free environmental literacy resources for grades TK-12
Do you want your students to be environmentally literate but don’t know where to start or lack the time to prepare lessons? CASE is here to help! In March 2023 CASE invited inspiring speakers to share free environmental resources geared for teachers…
Making a CASE for Environmental Literacy
The CASE Environmental Literacy Committee sponsored a workshop Connect and Engage with your Environmental Education Community at the CASE conference held in Palm Springs in October. A diverse group of educators covering a geographic range from…
The Global Environmental Crisis - The Wicked Problem
The Global Environmental Crisis is a wicked problem. I first heard this idea of a “wicked problem” when I attended the professional development Teaching for Sustainable Communities through the California Global Education Project (CGEP). As a middle…
Systems: The Super CCC
This is the second article in a series about global environmental issues, especially as viewed, investigated, and understood with the lenses of the magnificent 7 NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. The first article focused on the phenomena of our current…
Global Environmental Literacy
For the vast majority of human history, people could not affect the condition of our planet or the strength of its web of life. People could disrupt their local ecosystem to the point where it could no longer support them. Their community either died…
Community Education Partners, Citizen Science Projects...
Outdoor environmental literacy and distance learning on laptops seem diametrically opposed. K-12 teachers throughout California have always relied on community education partners for getting students into nature and interacting with flora and fauna…