The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will host a water quality and conservation workshop July 18 at the Thomas More College Biology Field Station near California. The workshop is open to teachers from all grade levels and content areas. Educators will learn how to teach lessons focusing on water quality and water conservation in all grade levels, view demonstrations, conduct [...]
Teachers are invited to attend Free Teacher Tuesdays at the Louisville Zoo during July to explore the zoo and discover opportunities for the coming school year. Teachers can engage in scientific discussions using the zoo’s newly designed exploration guides, identify phenomena to incorporate into lesson planning and inquire about the zoo’s Next Generation Science Standards-aligned curriculum, field studies and outreaches. [...]
Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky University Partnership in Environmental Education will offer a free climate literacy workshop for middle school and high school teachers July 20 at Mammoth Cave. Participants will learn about best practices and resources for teaching climate literacy and common misconceptions. Participants will be eligible to apply for a grant of up [...]
Nominations are open for the Kentucky Science Teachers Association (KSTA) Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards and for the Sherry Fox Distinguished Service Award. KSTA annually recognizes one elementary school teacher, one middle school teacher and one high school teacher for exemplary teaching in science. In addition, a distinguished science educator who has made important contributions in a capacity outside [...]
Northern Kentucky University is offering two condensed online graduate courses in environmental education during the upcoming fall semester.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host back-to-back environmental education workshops July 13 at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery near Jamestown.
The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment will host Biotech Day for high school students, parents and teachers July 22 in the Plant Science Building on the UK campus in Lexington.
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council will host a water quality and conservation workshop June 16 at the Hardin County Early College and Career Center and the City Springs Water Treatment Plant in Elizabethtown.
Teaching About Climate and the Environment, a professional learning opportunity for middle school and high school teachers, will be June 12 at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights.
Shelby County's Katie Strange shares her experience with Design Thinking, which is a way for students to identify a problem in their lives and work collaboratively to solve it.