Watersheds, Worms, and Wandering
Teachers Up their Game in Building Climate & Environmental Literacy
By the numbers:
400+ teachers, 42 workshops, 25 partner organizations
The scene:
Toilet paper swirling in a mason jar, illustrating that the things we flush don’t “disappear”.
Adults with capes or wigs, taking on Climate Super Hero personas.
Bees buzzing around a hive.
Zoom screens this Spring have featured some fascinating images most Thursday afternoon and Saturday mornings, as dozens of partner organizations and CRS took turns engaging teachers in phenomenon-centered virtual professional development focused on climate and environmental topics.
We've engaged more than 400 teachers in virtual professional development sessions, building their capacity to lead science learning even at a distance, and to delve deeper into life science, physical science, and environmental & climate topics with their K-8 students
Teachers learned about how to use local data to map local disparities in climate impact from Lawrence Hall of Science presenters, and how to empower high school students to facilitate forums on global warming effects from CRS and Chabot Space and Science educators. They explored all about bees, watersheds, and making infographics from partners including Planet Bee, The Watershed Project, Kids for the Bay, and KQED.
Recordings & workshop resources are accessible free, anytime, on the CRS website: Building Climate and Environmental Literacy Series webpage via https://crscience.org/educators/climateliteracyseries/.