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EACAP . Emilio Figueroa, Cassie Hess, Tamia Robinson, & Mackenzie Boyer. Glenside Garden Project. Glenside Elementary School/ Reading School District. The Organization. 500 Lackawanna Street Reading, PA 19601 610-371-5913 Principal: Ms. Melissa S. Fisher

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  1. EACAP Emilio Figueroa, Cassie Hess, Tamia Robinson, & Mackenzie Boyer

  2. Glenside Garden Project

  3. Glenside Elementary School/ Reading School District The Organization

  4. 500 Lackawanna Street Reading, PA 19601 610-371-5913 Principal: Ms. Melissa S. Fisher “The mission of the Reading School District is to empower students with the knowledge, skills, and ideas needed for productivity and lifelong learning, as well as to instill in them personal, community, and global responsibility.”

  5. 1. Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. 2. Mathematics. 3. Science and Technology. 4. Environment and Ecology. 5. Social Studies - to include history, geography, civics and government, and economics. 6. Arts and Humanities. 7. Career Education and Work. 8. Health, Safety and Physical Education. 9. Family and Consumer Science. 10. World Languages.

  6. Nature Deficit Disorder Environmental Issue

  7. What is it/ Causes? • Caused by the electronic age • Disconnect with nature • Kids more drawn to indoors- video games • “Nature-deficit disorder is not a medical condition; it is a description of the human costs of alienation from nature. This alienation damages children and shapes adults, families, and communities. There are solutions, though, and they’re right in our own backyards.”

  8. Risk Factors & Side Effects • Obesity • Fear of nature • Lack of imagination • SAD • ADD/ADHD • Anxiety • Stress • Loneliness • Lack of creativity • Poor physical fitness • Poor school performance • Poor eyesight • Vitamin D deficiency

  9. How to Fix • Have kids play outside • Have more imaginative play • Teach kids about the environment • Don’t have TV or computer in bedroom • Limit TV time • “No Child Left Inside”

  10. 10 Steps a Parent Can Follow to Prevent • Be a role model • Plan a monthly/weekly surprise outdoor adventure • Organize a monthly outing with your child’s school • Follow AAP’s (American Academy of Pediatrics) guidelines & limit TV/ video game to 1-2 hrs daily • Take a daily/ weekly walk together as a family after dinner • Register your child for an outdoor summer camp • Go camping • Plant a garden • Buy a field guide • Link-up with one of your local/ national organizations

  11. What We Learned Educate Youth Decrease electronics Form connection between humans & Earth

  12. Works Cited • Driessnack, Martha. "Children and Nature-Deficit Disorder." Journal for Specialists in • Pediatric Nursing 14.1 (2009): 73-5.ProQuest. Web. 2 May 2014. • Longe, Jacqueline L., ed. "Nature Deficit Disorder." The Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental • Health. N.d.Gale. Web. 09 Apr. 2014. • "Nature Deficit Disorder." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2014. <http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pyv6jon9q20>. • "NCLI - Landing - Chesapeake Bay Foundation." NCLI - Landing - Chesapeake Bay Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2014. <http://www.cbf.org/ncli/landing>. • N.p., n.d. Web. • "Reading School District." Board Policies / Sections 000. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2014. <http://www.readingsd.org/domain/28>. • "The Ten Actions Parents Can Take to Prevent Nature Deficit Disorder." Education.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2014. <http://www.education.com/reference/article/actions-parents-prevent-nature-deficit-disorder/>.

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