Land-Based Learning partners with Yolo County Office of Education to co-coordinate the Capital Region's CREEC (California Regional Environmental Education Community) Network. We help connect our region's teachers with high-quality environmental education resources. We also coordinate trainings for teachers and outreach providers on current topics. Please join us for two upcoming events:
Get Outdoors (GO) Network Summer Gathering June 15, 9:00-1:00 at Grant Union High School's GEO Academy, Sacramento. This event is free. This is a networking and learning opportunity for anyone working to get youth outdoors, including school garden coordinators and volunteers! Tour the GEO Academy's Promenade and Garden, Learn how to incorporate NGSS into your outdoor program and help prepare your lunch in the GEO Café.
K-12 Teacher Training: Floodplain Ecology Institute
June 20-22, 8:00-3:00, Sacramento region
Learn from the experts and start the new school year ready to teach relevant science topics! Includes field tours, canoeing, a water-resources career panel and standards-based curriculum training and resources. Materials and lunches provided. More info: http://creec.org/events/3483