MEEC improves the environmental literacy of students, teachers, and communities of the Mojave Desert Region by actively providing educational resources.
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Participation in the Green Schools program improves education through hands-on, real-world learning about energy and energy efficiency and strengthens schools by saving money on energy costs. Learn how your school can become a “Green School”!
The Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award is awarded annually to an outstanding educator who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily education programs. The award is given to an educator who can serve as an inspiration and model for others.
Linda Hoover has been a teacher at Riverview Middle School in Helendale for 17 years. She has taught 7th life science for 12 years and an introduction to environmental science for the past year. Her enthusiasm for teaching science overflows to her students.
She has been active in various programs through MEEC [...]
The 24nd annual Desert Symposium will be held at California State University’s Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx, on the shores of Soda Lake south of Interstate 15 between Barstow and Baker, California.
The goal of EEI is to increase environmental literacy for California K-12 students by teaching Science and History-Social Science academic content standards to mastery within an environmental context
FREE Environmental Science Fair Project Teacher Workshop! Great handouts and dinner is included in this two-hour workshop.
During the 2008-09 school year, classes from all over the United States and Canda went on FREE live, interactive field trips that followed the magical migration of monarchs. Monarch curriculum materials that meet the national science education standards are available online to teachers. View this fascinating documentary and experience the flight of the Monarch Butterfly!