“Solar Energy 101″ FREE Teacher Workshop
“Solar Energy 101″ is a FREE two hour workshop presented by MEEC Sponsor Abengoa Solar, which will present the varieties and uses of solar energy.
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Upcoming Fall Teacher Workshops
Look for these exciting and fun FREE teacher workshop announcements begining in September!
Environmental Bus Bucks Transportation Grants Available!
MEEC’s highly successful EnviroBus Buck Transportation Grant Program provides grants for school bus excursions, offering students the opportunity to learn about environmental education using a hands-on approach during visits to host sites which promote environmental stewardship.
Weather Wiz
Students learn to forecast the weather like a professional meteorologist.
Trash to Treasure Competition
PBS’s Design Squad invites kids ages 5-19 to turn their trash into treasure by recycling, reusing, and re-engineering everyday materials into an out-of-the box invention.
How Green is My Town?
“How Green is My Town?” is a grassroots effort to empower citizens and local decision makers to address the issues of climate change, sustainability, and environmental health at the local level. The website functions as a national clearinghouse of programs, ideas, and policies for exploring solutions. Learn how you can be part of that change by reviewing a list of actions any school or town can take.
PollinatorLIVE: GreenWorks! Grants and Ecoregional Pollinator Guides
To support the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, PLT is providing GreenWorks! grants of up to $500 in conjunction with PollinatorLIVE, a free distance learning adventure featuring live interactive webcasts, web seminars, and satellite field trips for classrooms about pollinators, gardening, and conservation.
Angela Award
The Angela Award is a new National Science Teachers Association award for middle school girls, honoring one young woman who is involved in or has a strong connection to science.
Earth Science Week Contests
The American Geological Institute (AGI) is sponsoring three national contests in conjunction with Earth Science Week 2010, celebrating the theme of “Exploring Energy,” October 10-16, 2010
National Public Lands Day 2010
National Public Lands Day (NPLD), September 25th, 2010, celebrates service and recreation on public lands. NPLD engages adult and youth volunteers to get outdoors and improve their lands, whether at the grandest national park or at an urban park in their neighborhood.
Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation Grants
To facilitate learning and student empowerment, environmental curricula should be holistic and strive to synthesize multiple levels of learning (facts, concepts, and principles), including experiential integrated learning and problem solving.
MEEC Teacher Shares Immediate and Positive Student Response Using Project WET Classroom Ready Activities
MEEC teacher shares exciting and fulfilling experience using classroom ready Project WET activity with her students.
National Energy Education Development Project
FREE standards-based K-12 Curriculum in energy.
Nike Re-Use-A-Shoe Teacher Workshop
MEEC and sponsor Mojave Desert & Mountain Recycling is pleased to be hosting a “Nike Re-Use-A-Shoe” teacher workshop in the Morongo Basin. This fascinating 2-hour workshop explores the life cycle of an athletic shoe from its construction to it’s rebirth as the surface of a tennis or basketball court, or playground safety surfacing!
Piute Pond Wetland Education Kits Available
Piute Ponds, an enhanced natural marshland located on the south-west corner of Edwards Air Force Base, offers teachers and students a unique “place-based” learning environment.