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Reaching Teachers and Students Using Project Learning Tree

Reaching Teachers and Students Using Project Learning Tree. Brenda Weiser, Ed.D Environmental Institute of Houston University of Houston-Clear Lake. What are we doing with energy education?. Teacher workshops – preservice and inservice Using Project Learning Tree Pre-K – 8 Activity Guide

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Reaching Teachers and Students Using Project Learning Tree

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  1. Reaching Teachers and Students Using Project Learning Tree Brenda Weiser, Ed.D Environmental Institute of Houston University of Houston-Clear Lake

  2. What are we doing with energy education? • Teacher workshops – preservice and inservice • Using Project Learning Tree • Pre-K – 8 Activity Guide • Secondary Modules • Energy and Society Kit

  3. What is PLT? • A Comprehensive Environmental Education Program • PreK - 12 Curriculum • Partnerships - state and federal agencies, NGO’s (including API), Universities, others • Implementation by volunteer network with state coordinators • International Program

  4. Project Learning Tree Goals Awareness Knowledge Challenge Responsible Action “Teaching students how to think, not what to think.”

  5. PreK-8 Guide • Interdisciplinary • Thematic • Use of Storylines • Classroom Friendly • Aligned to National Standards and TEKS • PreK-8 Guide Revisions • Reading Connections • Technology Connections • Differentiated Instruction

  6. Project Learning Tree’s Integrated Energy Education Program Funded by: American Petroleum Institute

  7. Energy & Society Kit • Activity Guide • Energy & Me CD • Energy & Me music and dance video • Poster set: Where is the energy? and What powers the move? • Aligned to TEKS

  8. Energy & Me CD Winner of Children’s Music Web Award and a Parents’ Choice Award

  9. EIH Partners in Energy Education • Newfield Exploration • Offshore Energy Center • Ocean Star • Cy-Fair ISD • Clear Creek ISD • Aldine ISD

  10. What Teachers Are Saying… • Easily incorporated into existing curriculum • Cross-curricula • Hands-on, minds-on • Correlated to education standards • In line with education reform

  11. Recent Energy & Society Teacher ----Original Message----- From: Chanda Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:53 PM To: 'Weiser, Brenda' Subject: RE: Energy & Society Kits I used the kit on the following Monday after our workshop. My GT and Pre -AP Kids wouldn't let me alone about the music and songs. We did the energy chain. Good stuff. The other kids keep asking to play the songs again because they can't get them out of their heads. (Me,too!) So, thanks again to you for sharing the energy of the project, and of course to the artist, Billy B, who have turned my kids on to a whole new genre of singing and dancing and producing this kind of ENERGY for themselves! We are so kinetic. Chanda @ Twain

  12. Teachers Teach Better and Students Learn. PLT Works ... • Up to 30,000 educators a year • EIH reaches 700 plus educators a year • Half of users report using PLT at least once a month • 60 percent come to workshops because another educator told them about PLT

  13. How Can You Get Involved? • Purchase E&S Kits for schools • Support energy education • Be a resource person at a workshop

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