Mapping for Spatial Literacy & Environmental Justice (Grades 3-5)

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Mapping for Spatial Literacy & Environmental Justice (Grades 3-5)

Mapping for Spatial Literacy & Environmental Justice: Building Environmental Literacy & Inspiring Environmental Action (3rd – 5th Grade Teachers)

Workshop Dates & Times: 4 sessions (plan to attend all)

FALL 2021 (NOTE: each session is 90 minutes, Tuesdays 4-5:30pm PT)

  • SESSION 1: Tuesday, October 12
  • SESSION 2: Tuesday, October 19

SPRING 2022

  • SESSIONS 3 – 4: TBD

Grade(s): 3rd – 5th Grade Teachers
Presented By: Bay Area Science Project and the University of California at Berkeley, in partnership with Community Resources for Science

Join us for a webinar series to help you lead your students to use mapping to ask questions and learn about their environment, build their sense of place, and identify actions they can take to address the environmental issues they care about. It will also provide foundations for learning in middle and high school including building of critical thinking skills, exploring environmental issues through data, and spatial thinking. Content is useful for science, math, technology and social studies teaching.

Topics will include:

  • Using and making maps to answer questions, visualize data and build sense of place
  • Tell a story with maps, text and images
  • Exploring implementation and action ideas with colleagues
  • How to access and use ArcGIS

Your Hosts:

  • Hana Moidu, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, Mgmt, UC Berkeley
  • Sarah Pedemonte, Learning and Teaching Group, The Lawrence, UC Berkeley
  • Betsy Mitchell, PhD, Science Content Specialist, UC Berkeley Natural Museums
  • Joanna Totino, Director Bay Area Science Project, The Lawrence, UC Berkeley

For More Information Contact Betsy Mitchell – betsyjm@berkeley.edu.

No prior experience required to participate.

Activities will use free online links but it is recommended to get an ArcGIS on-line public account if you do not already have an organizational account from your school/district. Individual accounts can be created here: https://tinyurl.com/ArcGISpublicaccount

For use in your classroom ArcGIS Education Account is strongly recommended. Check if your school has an educational license (search the map) and contact your administrators to inquire and get access here: https://tinyurl.com/USK12GIS

If your school does not have a license, consider registering for a free educational license (scroll down for form) here: https://tinyurl.com/ArcGISbundle

Community Resources for Science
1611 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 10 B
Berkeley, CA 94702

 

Phone: (510) 527-5212
Fax: (510) 527-5216
Email: community@crscience.org
EIN: 94-3262587

 

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The mission of CRS is to empower teachers and STEM professionals serving schools in historically marginalized communities to activate TK-8 students’ curiosity about the world, foster critical thinking, and inspire children to imagine future career pathways. We envision a community of educators, scientists, families and partners working together to build school cultures that equip all children to explore the world around them and build the skills needed to become innovators, problem solvers, environmental stewards, life-long learners and leaders. CRS leads a dynamic network, fostering relationships and collaborations that leverage expertise and resources to transform science teaching and learning toward greater equity, opportunity, and success for all students.

 

Our goal is simple: help teachers give students more opportunities to “do science” – to ask questions, test ideas, get their hands on real science activities. We need to inspire the next generation of thinkers, makers, problem solvers, and leaders!