In 2012, MEEC is proud to sponsor its seventh MEEC “Teacher of the Year” Awards. Three winners will be selected to receive this prestigious honor; one first place winner, who will receive $300 in cash and a plaque, and two MEEC “Teachers of Excellence” recipients, who will each receive $100 in cash and plaques. This year’s awards banquet will be held on May 10, 2012 at 6 PM at the beautiful Spring Valley Lake Country Club in Victorville, California.

The Mojave Environmental Education Consortium is pleased to announce it’s 2011/2012 Environmental/Science Scholarship Program. MEEC will be awarding up to five scholarships for the 2011/2012 academic year.

MEEC is hosting a FREE TEACHER WORKSHOP, sponsored by the High Desert Power Project on Thursday, January 26, 2012, 3:45-6:30PM. The “Let’s Get Physical: The Basics of Energy” is a two-hour workshop focusing on how energy is generated and stored. Share in the fun of learning about the physics and basics of energy!

Please mark your calendars to celebrate California’s Arbor Week, March 7-14, 2012. California now recognizes Arbor Week as the official week to celebrate trees.

MEEC, the Mojave Desert AQMD, and the Mojave Desert Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association invite your school to participate in the 2012 “Outstanding Environmental Science Project Awards” Program. The program recognizes outstanding environmentally-themed science projects entered in local science fairs.

Always in the forefront of environmental education, MEEC is leading the High Desert in providing training and resources to our educators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). This fall MEEC will introduce STEM to educators and students through workshops, the MEEC website, and as a primary component during the January 2012 YELC Conference in both Victorville and Antelope Valley

For a third consecutive year, MEEC has been awarded prestigious grant funding from The Boeing Company Charitable Trust. Funding for the 2012 year was in the amount of $30,000 and will provide high quality EE workshops, resources, curriculum, kits and tools for more than 250 teachers throughout the High Desert.

FREE downloadable “Running on Renewables” energy power point .

Demonstrating the state’s leadership in science, technology, and its commitment to 21st century learning, California has been chosen as one of 20 states to lead a nationwide effort to develop the next generation of science standards for public schools.

Provided by a grant from the Boeing Company, “Renewable Energy” FREE teacher workshops present hands-on training sessions which provide you with the tools to enable your students to conduct scientific research on renewable energy sources, draw conclusions, and develop critical thinking skills while learning how to reach logical conclusions and solutions about our future energy usage.

Provided by a grant from the Boeing Company, “Clean Air” teacher workshops present hands-on training sessions which provide you with the tools to enable your students to conduct scientific research on an environmental problem (air pollution), draw conclusions, and develop critical thinking skills while learning how to reach logical conclusions and solutions. FREE workshop, FREE $100 Clean Air Kit!!

Manuel Colon has been teaching Science in the Victor Valley Union High School District for the past 15 years and currently teaches Chemistry and AP Environmental Science at University Preparatory School in Victorville. His interest in Science was sparked when he was chosen to be in an after-school science program in 9th grade. Manuel [...]

The K-12th grade curriculum is comprised of 85 units teaching select Science and History-Social Science academic standards. Each EEI Curriculum unit teaches these standards to mastery using a unique set of California Environmental Principles and Concepts.

This is your roadmap for transforming your school grounds into a destination that will engage the entire school community in habitat restoration. Once you use this howto guide, your school community will connect to the natural world, not by sitting inside and looking
out, but instead by being outside and looking deeper.