EEI 101

Elementary Grade Focus

Meet the EEI Team

Wendy WellerEEI Teacher Ambassador

Elk Grove Unified School District

Christy Porter HumpertSenior Environmental Education Specialist

CalRecycle

Today’s Agenda

• EEI Background

• Tour of EEI Curriculum Units

• Look Inside a Teacher’s Edition

• Why You Want EEI in Your Classroom

• How to Get EEI

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What is EEI and why does it exist?

• Environment-based curriculum.

• Inspired by a vision of

environmental literacy for all.

• Legislation authored by former

teacher.

• 2003 law mandated the

creation of the EEI curriculum.

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Approved by State Board of Education

Senator Fran Pavley

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EEI Features

• Grades K-12

• 85 curriculum units

• Science and history/social

science

• Environment-based education

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PRINCIPLE IPeople Depend

On Natural

Systems

PRINCIPLE II People Influence

Natural Systems

PRINCIPLE IIINatural Systems

Change in Ways

That People Benefit

From and Can

Influence

PRINCIPLE IVThere are no Permanent

or Impermeable Boundaries

that Prevent Matter

from Flowing Between

Systems

PRINCIPLE VDecisions Affecting

Resources and Natural

Systems are Complex

and Involve Many

Factors

Environmental Principles

Required to be included in

all future textbook adoptions

Environmental Literacy

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Kindergarten EEI Units

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5ST

First Grade EEI Units

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Second Grade EEI Units

Third Grade EEI Units

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Fourth Grade EEI Units

Fifth Grade EEI Units

Teacher’s

EditionStudent

Workbook

Teacher’s

Masters

Readers

Dictionary

NGS Wall

MapsVocabulary

& Alphabet

Cards

Word Wall Cards

Big Book

Visual

Aids

Information

Cards

EEI Features: Visually Captivating Components

Diverse Formats for English Language Development

Inside a Teacher’s Edition

Relevant California Connections

Extensions and Unit Resources

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Traditional and Alternative Assessments

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Why Bring EEI into Your Classroom?

EEI is Easy to Use!

EEI Motivates and Engages Students

EEI Supports Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards

FREE Training

FREE EEI Materials for Your Classroom

EEI is Easy to Use

Step-by-step Procedures

Teacher Background

Flexible and collaborative

EEI Motivates and Engages

Modern

Relevant

Engaging

“EEI was written for the 21st Century.”

Tom Adams

Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction,

Instruction and Learning Support Branch

California Department of Education

EEI Supports Common Core Standards

Provides informational

text.

Promotes critical

thinking and analysis.

Provides information in

diverse formats.

Builds collaborative

skills.

Easy Common Core Correlation Matrix

EEI Supports:Next Generation Science Standards

Perfect tool for

transitioning to NGSS

*The “Next Generation Science Standards” logo is a registered trademark of

Achieve. Except for the State of California, neither Achieve nor the lead

states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards,

was involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this document.

How EEI Supports NGSS

Real world connection in science

Incorporates Science and Engineering

Practices.

Addresses Disciplinary Core Ideas

(content).

Explores crosscutting concepts

- especially cause and effect.

Free Training

Webinars

In-person trainings

Free EEI Materials

Download units online

Available in PDF format

PDFs are form fillable & can be annotated

Save locally to your device and/or upload to cloud

etc.

Visit “Going Green” on EEI website for tips

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CaliforniaEEI.org

Free EEI Materials

Free printed materials – subject to

availability

Check “How to Order” webpage

CaliforniaEEI.org/Curriculum/HowToOrder

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Qualify to Order EEI

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