Fall 2013 CREEC Region 3 e-Newsletter
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As the school year gets underway, CREEC's big news is the launch of the new CREEC.org with it's all-new resource directory! And, what does it mean to you?
If you're an EE Provider, please visit the new CREEC.org to create a master account for your organization and post your programs, resources, video and more, so teachers can find them!
If you're a teacher, please visit the site to see what's coming, and come back again in a few weeks after the providers have had a chance to post!
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This Issue's Featured Educator!
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Arron White, Science Teacher
Environmental Science and Design Academy,
Grant High School, Sacramento
Arron White draws on a myriad of environmental education resources for his AP Environmental Science class, seeking to engage his students in unique and challenging educational opportunities that foster a sense of community and environmental stewardship. For the Land Use and Water Use unit he uses the EEI unit Liquid Gold (E.9.c) that engages students in learning about how water is managed and distributed in California.
"As citizens of California, my students need to know how important water is to our prosperity," says Arron.
He adds that the Liquid Gold unit emphasizes the writing and critical thinking skills that his students need, and is more accessible for many of his students than the college textbook. The EEI website has more information and the unit correlations to the Common Core.
Arron also supports students from the AP Environmental Science class who participate in SMUD's Youth Energy Summit (YES) and the California Forestry Challenge. Both programs challenge students to apply their academic learning to come up with solutions to real world issues. Learn more about the GEO Environmental Science and Design Academy
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Contests and Grants Highlights
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Do you have a "Bright Idea" for a PG&E Bright Ideas grant for environmental stewardship?
Educators in K-12 public schools served by PG&E are eligible to apply for grants from
$1000 to $10,00 to promote environmental stewardship. Grants are accepted in five categories: Educational Solar Projects, Youth Energy and Environmental Programs, Renewable Energy or Science Related Field Trips, Green Your School Projects or Professional Development Service Learning or Workforce Development projects. Applications are due November 30, 2013!
Are you up to the Challenge? The Youth Energy Summit (YES) challenges high school juniors and seniors to create community projects for green energy, energy conservation or sustainability.
The Youth Energy Summit (YES) is a community partnership between SMUD, Lodi Electric Utility, Roseville Electric and the LegiSchool Project at California State University at Sacramento. Now in its 6th year, YES is designed for high school juniors and seniors from the Sacramento, Roseville and Lodi areas and focuses on California's energy future.
This year's theme is "The Art of Being Green." Interested students submit an application and attend a two day interactive training event in January that focuses on developments in green energy, technology and sustainability. Next, students break into teams of 3-5 students creating a project that fulfills a need in the community relative to green energy, energy conservation, or sustainability. Projects can be architectural design, video, sculpture, music, dance, film, theater... your imagination is the only limit! Students present their projects to a panel of judges in April 2014 at the steps of the State Capitol, for the chance to win scholarships from $250 - $1,000!
due November 15, 2013.
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Free Educator Training and Student Contest from Caring for Our Watershed!
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"What can you do to improve your watershed?"
Last year, Dayna Berry, Antelope High School, Sacramento won first place in the 2013 Caring for our Watersheds (CFW) contest for her idea to replace non-native roses around her school's stadium with a diversity of plants native to California.
The native plantings, adapted to the local climate, would not require long-term irrigation or pesticides and would also provide a habitat and food source for local birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
This year, CFW California is open to all 9th-12th grade students who live in the Sacramento-San Joaquin watershed in Yolo, Solano, Sacramento, Colusa, Yuba, Sutter, Glenn, El Dorado, Placer, and San Joaquin counties.
Join CFW for a FREE Teacher Training on October 18.
Caring for Our Watershed (CFW) is an education program that engages students in preserving and improving their local watersheds. Students conduct research, identify an environmental concern and devise with a realistic solution. Mentors from industry, education and conservation help students learn, innovate and above all take action to protect our land, air and water. Prizes are awarded to students, schools and implemented ideas. Caring for Our Watershed/California is a project of
The Center for Land-based Learning.
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CREEC Regional e-Newsletters are a publication of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Office, California Department of Education.
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Copyright � 2013 Reprints and Permission: Although CREEC holds the copyright to this email, we grant permission to use our copyrighted text for a variety of education related purposes, and therefore encourage dissemination and sharing via social media and other reprint, reproduction or dissemination whether electronic or hard copy print.
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