A free workshop to train educators on the Project Learning Tree (PLT) secondary module on climate change, “Southeastern Forests and Climate Change,” will be June 21 at the Kentucky State University Environmental Education and Research Center in Henry County. “Southeastern Forests and Climate Change” will train educators on the curriculum. All participants may submit a proposal for a $1,000 grant [...]
The Kentucky Science Teachers Association and Pearson will offer a free workshop for science teachers in all grades June 22 at Malone’s at Lansdowne Shoppes in Lexington. The workshop ties together three important dimensions to learning science within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) – core ideas, practices and cross-cutting concepts – and offers hands-on NGSS activities. Email Alison Martinez [...]
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will host a water quality and conservation workshop May 31 at Pulaski County High School and Liberty Nature Center in Somerset. The workshop is open to teachers from all grade levels and content areas. Educators will conduct hands-on activities, including macroinvertebrate sampling. Special focus will be given to the new Kentucky Science Assessment System [...]
Nominations are open for the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education’s 2017 Excellence in EE Awards, which recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals, organizations, agencies, schools and businesses in the field of environmental education. The nomination deadline is July 16.
Teaching Climate Change and Forest Ecology, an outdoor workshop for teachers, will be held May 20 at Graining Fork Nature Preserve near Slade. The workshop, presented by the Morehead State University Center for Environmental Education, the Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education and the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, supplies hands-on activities, addresses climate change misconceptions, initiates lesson plan development [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education will host two work sessions related to the through-course task (TCT) component of its new science assessment system. The Field Test Student Work Review/Task Update work session will be offered June 6-7 at the 300 Building in Frankfort. This session will include analysis and annotation of student work copies, as well as modifications to the [...]
Washington County Elementary School staff are moving in a direction that will bring their school into alignment with the Kentucky Academic Standards for Science.
Setting up an Unnatural Nature Trail can provide you with an effective and fun way to help students become more observant and attuned to the world around them.
Help your students understand different measurements of time with these explanations and experiments from the Kentucky Academy of Science.
The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education will host at Outdoor Learning Symposium June 15 at Kit Carson Elementary School in Richmond. The free event for K-12 teacher-administrator teams will examine whether school grounds can serve a broad function as interdisciplinary educational resources to extend the classroom outdoors. The registration deadline is June 9. Click here for more information.