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Share this email: Environmental Education For Tomorrow's Stewards October 2018 Educational Highlight POWER Monday at Whitsitt Elementary School Students from Nashville’s Whitsitt Elementary School meet the third Monday of each month for POWER Monday! The three-hour event provides students with enrichment opportunities they might otherwise miss and are facilitated by community partners such as the Adventure Science Center, Plant the Seed, and Tennessee State Parks. Students kicked off this year’s first POWER Monday with excitement! One second grade class learned about elephants around the world and how Tennesseans are providing care and safety for captive elephants through The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee. Following this same students were able to focus in on native Tennessee wildlife with a visit, lesson, and game from Tennessee Park Rangers. Congratulations to Whitsitt Elementary on a successful and meaningful monthly event! This Month Is... National Go on a Field Trip Month School field trips provide memories that last a life time. Field trips engage students in active learning. A study from Saint Xavier University shows students using active learning techniques are more likely to be engaged in and motivated for learning, retain more new information, and even exhibit fewer behavioral issues. Take time this month to explore a new field trip location! Tennessee Field Trips Middle Tennessee Field Trips Don't Miss... Earth Science Week October 14 - 20 Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized this national and international event to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth. This year's Earth Science Week will celebrate the theme "Earth as Inspiration." Whether you are looking to build your own classroom weather station, explore groundwater movement, or better understand karst, sinkholes, and human activity, the Earth Science Week website has you covered! With hundreds of classroom lessons and educator resources, this site makes investigating our earth fun and easy. EE Resources: Earth Science Learn More About Earth Science Week Want to better understand earth science and the careers involved? Watch and share this video from the American Geological Institute, perfect for your classroom! Professional Development Introduction to Environmental Education Online Class from Cornell University November 6 - December 10 Learn about environmental education foundations and approaches— including place-based education, nature and adventure education, climate change education, and environmental action in schools and non-formal settings—through pre-recorded lectures, readings, and case studies. Cost: $50 (scholarships available) Earn a certificate in Environmental Education today! Learn More and Register Sustainability Corner Composting Composting is making a big comeback! In days past, composting your organic waste products was a common practice, especially for those in rural Tennessee areas. Then came the ease of throwing all your trash in a large can which when left out on the curb each week was magical emptied. But composting is back, and it's back in a big way! Restaurants, homes, business, and even schools are composting. This month Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation begins is composting pilot program in 6 schools across the state. Understanding and practicing composting engages children and adults in not only environmental education, but reaches out to all subjects. Interested in learning more? Turnip Green Creative Reuse offers several opportunities for community members to learn more about composting. Join them at 945 Woodland Street every Saturday at 2pm to learn how to set up your own home composting system and take home a FREE compost bin! Looking for a fun, creative contest? Enter the International Composting Awareness Week Poster Contest! Poster entries are themed "Cool the Climate", and the winner receives a $500 prize! Entries are due November 1st in preparation for the International Week in May 2019. EE Resources: Composting Learn More About the ICAW Poster Contest Get Involved! Tennessee STEAM Festival October 12 - 21 The Tennessee STEAM Festival brings science, technology, engineering, art and math to life at events across the state! The inaugural Tennessee STEAM Festival took place in October 2017. The Festival went well beyond the walls of children’s museums and science centers and into our businesses, universities, schools, and neighborhoods. From families to young adults, Tennesseans of all ages and backgrounds interacted with scientists, engineers, and designers and just about every sort of expert in between. Discover a STEAM Event Near You T.O. Fuller Green Fest November 3 Memphis Storm Water and T.O. Fuller State Park are partnering to bring you a FREE family fun event called Green Fest! Originally called Fuller Fest and previously held in October by T.O. Fuller State Park, Green Fest is expanded with this partnership and moved to the first Saturday in November (the 3rd) from 10 am to 5 pm. In addition to the basketball, baseball, and Interpretive Center areas present at the location area of Green Fest, there will be: Live music Food trucks Trail walks Up to 20 vendors, exciting booths, and displays Kids Activity Area Learn More About Green Fest Air Quality Flag Program The American Lung Association in Tennessee has sets of colored flags, promotional materials, toolkits, and corresponding curriculum available for FREE for Tennessee schools interested in participating in the Air Quality Flag Program. The Air Quality Flag Program creates public awareness of outdoor air quality conditions. Participating schools raise a colored flag each day that corresponds with the local air quality forecast to notify teachers, coaches, students and the community about the daily air quality. Get Your Flags Today Show Me the Grant! Budding Botanist If you teach at a K-12 Title 1 public or charter school in the U.S. and are planning a new or expanding an existing school garden program designed to teach students about environmental sustainability and the importance of biodiversity, you are eligible to apply for a grant package valued at $3,000. This grant is designed to help our youngest citizens learn about plants, explore their world, and inspire them to take care of the life they discover in their local ecosystems. Apply by November 19 Sarah Green Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps Member Environmental Literacy Coordinator Tennessee State Parks [email protected] Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue Nashville, TN | 37243 US This email was sent to . To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book. Subscribe to our email list
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EnvironmentalEducation
For Tomorrows Stewards October 2018
EducationalHighlight
POWER Mondayat Whitsitt
Elementary SchoolStudents from NashvillersquosWhitsitt Elementary Schoolmeet the third Monday ofeach month for POWERMonday The three-hourevent provides students with enrichment opportunities they might otherwisemiss and are facilitated by community partners such as the AdventureScience Center Plant the Seed and Tennessee State Parks Students kicked off this yearrsquos first POWER Monday with excitement Onesecond grade class learned about elephants around the world and howTennesseans are providing care and safety for captive elephants throughThe Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee Following this same students wereable to focus in on native Tennessee wildlife with a visit lesson and gamefrom Tennessee Park Rangers
Congratulations to Whitsitt Elementary on a successful and
meaningful monthly event
This Month IsNational Go on a Field
Trip MonthSchool field trips providememories that last a life timeField trips engage students in active learning A study from Saint XavierUniversity shows students using active learning techniques are more likelyto be engaged in and motivated for learning retain more new informationand even exhibit fewer behavioral issues
Take time this month to explore a new field trip location
Tennessee Field Trips
Middle Tennessee Field Trips
Dont MissEarth Science Week
October 14 - 20 Since October 1998 the AmericanGeosciences Institute has organized thisnational and international event to helpthe public gain a better understandingand appreciation for the Earth sciencesand to encourage stewardship of theEarth This years Earth Science Weekwill celebrate the theme Earth asInspiration
Whether you are looking to build yourown classroom weather station exploregroundwater movement or betterunderstand karst sinkholes and humanactivity the Earth Science Week website has you covered
With hundreds of classroom lessons and educator resources this sitemakes investigating our earth fun and easy
EE Resources Earth Science
Learn More About Earth Science Week
Want to better understand earth science and thecareers involved
Watch and share this video from the AmericanGeological Institute perfect for your classroom
ProfessionalDevelopment
Introduction toEnvironmental
Education
Online Class fromCornell University
November 6 -December 10
Learn about environmental education foundations and approachesmdash
including place-based education nature and adventure education climatechange education and environmental action in schools and non-formalsettingsmdashthrough pre-recorded lectures readings and case studies
Cost $50 (scholarships available)
Earn a certificate in Environmental Education today
Learn More and Register
SustainabilityCorner
CompostingComposting is making a bigcomeback In days pastcomposting your organicwaste products was acommon practice especiallyfor those in rural Tennesseeareas Then came the ease of throwing all your trash in a large can whichwhen left out on the curb each week was magical emptied
But composting is back and its back in a big way Restaurants homesbusiness and even schools are composting This month TennesseesDepartment of Environment and Conservation begins is composting pilotprogram in 6 schools across the state Understanding and practicingcomposting engages children and adults in not only environmentaleducation but reaches out to all subjects
Interested in learning more
Turnip Green Creative Reuse offers several opportunities for communitymembers to learn more about composting Join them at 945 WoodlandStreet every Saturday at 2pm to learn how to set up your own homecomposting system and take home a FREE compost bin
Looking for a fun creative contest
Enter the International Composting Awareness Week Poster ContestPoster entries are themed Cool the Climate and the winner receives a$500 prize Entries are due November 1st in preparation for theInternational Week in May 2019
EE Resources Composting
Learn More About the ICAW Poster Contest
Get Involved Tennessee STEAM
Festival
October 12 - 21The Tennessee STEAM Festival brings science technology engineeringart and math to life at events across the state
The inaugural Tennessee STEAM Festival took place in October 2017 TheFestival went well beyond the walls of childrenrsquos museums and sciencecenters and into our businesses universities schools and neighborhoodsFrom families to young adults Tennesseans of all ages and backgroundsinteracted with scientists engineers and designers and just about everysort of expert in between
Discover a STEAM Event Near You
TO Fuller Green FestNovember 3
Memphis Storm Water and TOFuller State Park are partnering tobring you a FREE family fun eventcalled Green Fest Originally calledFuller Fest and previously held inOctober by TO Fuller State ParkGreen Fest is expanded with thispartnership and moved to the firstSaturday in November (the 3rd)from 10 am to 5 pm In addition tothe basketball baseball and Interpretive Center areas present at thelocation area of Green Fest there will be
Live musicFood trucks Trail walks Up to 20 vendors exciting booths and displays Kids Activity Area
Learn More About Green Fest
Air Quality Flag
ProgramThe American LungAssociation in Tennessee has sets of colored flags promotional materialstoolkits and corresponding curriculum available for FREE for Tennesseeschools interested in participating in the Air Quality Flag Program
The Air Quality Flag Program creates public awareness of outdoor airquality conditions Participating schools raise a colored flag each day thatcorresponds with the local air quality forecast to notify teachers coachesstudents and the community about the daily air quality
Get Your Flags Today
Show Me theGrantBudding Botanist If you teach at a K-12 Title 1 public or charter school in the US and areplanning a new or expanding an existing school garden program designedto teach students about environmental sustainability and the importance ofbiodiversity you are eligible to apply for a grant package valued at $3000This grant is designed to help our youngest citizens learn about plantsexplore their world and inspire them to take care of the life they discover intheir local ecosystems
Apply by November 19
Sarah Green
Appalachia CARES AmeriCorps Member
Environmental Literacy Coordinator
Tennessee State Parks
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