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Opening Doors to ESF in the Classroom

Opening Doors to ESF in the Classroom. Feb. 4 th HSD Professional Development Day Russ Dirks ESF CST Feel free to log on to your account, check your email, etc. WELCOME. Washrooms: Go left then right. Schedule: 8:45 – 10:15 am Lab presentation/interaction

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Opening Doors to ESF in the Classroom

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  1. Opening Doors to ESF in the Classroom Feb. 4th HSD Professional Development Day Russ Dirks ESF CST Feel free to log on to your account, check your email, etc.

  2. WELCOME • Washrooms: Go left then right. • Schedule: 8:45 – 10:15 am Lab presentation/interaction 10:15 – 10:30 am Refreshments in the hall and room across the hall 10:30 – 11:15 am Tour and “Round Table” in the room across the hall 11:15 - 11:45 am Schools and individuals strategize and find resources and ideas online. Save everything in your “favourites” or in your personal drive

  3. What is ESF all about? Education for Sustainable Futures (ESF) in Hanover School Division In Hanover School Division, we are on a journey to re-orientate our heads, heart and hands toward a more sustainable future. This journey is essential to prepare today’s young people for the world they will live in and develop for tomorrow. The pathway for an education for sustainable futures links all elements of our communities: families, governments, citizens, businesses, NGO’s, charities, churches, community-action groups and schools. Each element can be involved as both formal and informal educators to build lifestyles of sustainability that have a positive impact on the environment, the economy and on human health and well-being for both our local communities and communities around the globe. ESF prepares students to develop a “handprint” for action in their own life journey as it shrinks their “footprint” in the world in which they live.

  4. When did you start to think about sustainability and sustainable futures? What did you do about it?

  5. Make connections for your students through projects that grow.

  6. Model it!

  7. Try it out in your school!

  8. See where it goes.

  9. Educate – That’s what ESF is all about!

  10. You are already doing great lessons so… find the ESF connections.

  11. In Science…Can matter be change physically?

  12. In Math…How much water is wasted at a water fountain? What can we do about it?

  13. How can a fossil field trip go beyond the Rocks and Minerals unit in Gr. 4 Science?

  14. Explore “Place-Based” education.

  15. Let ideas grow! Start a green team… or any team to get students involved.

  16. Use social justice projects to teach ESF in your class, school and community.

  17. Get dirty! Take a risk! Get them involved.

  18. Spread the good worm!

  19. Make purposeful ESF connections for school events. Follow up with discussion and questions that will help make the sustainability connections.

  20. Just start with what you already do. The outdoors connect students to living things. Do a digital scavenger hunt. If you’re forming salt crystals for science, figure out a connection to ESF. What could it be?

  21. Find some good resources… • Websites for Communication in Media and Teaching • http://sustainablehappiness.ca/for-educators guide download, can be adapted for all grades. • https://webmail.hsd.ca/exchange/rdirks/Inbox/websites.EML/FILTERFORGOOD%20%20%20Tips%20from%20Geoff.htm/C58EA28C-18C0-4a97-9AF2-036E93DDAFB3/FILTERFORGOOD%20%20%20Tips%20from%20Geoff.htm?attach=1 • http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/calendarclub/order-form.cfm Kids contests and online presentations • http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/calendarclub/index.cfm?attr=0 • Manitoba Sustainability Education Directory http://msed.ca/home/ • http://www.lsf-lst.ca/ Learning for a Sustainable Future – Excellent site for weaving curriculum with ESF (Look in resources for teachers –left panel - and go to R4R). See the newsletters at the bottom of the home page for updates. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxNqzAHGXvs&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Plastic in the ocean • http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/landfill.htm How does a landfill work? Was the earth designed to have landfills where people live? Where people don’t live? • http://iftheworldwereavillage.org/ Challenge! • http://www.terracycle.ca/

  22. Get online. • 10 Environmental Games That Teach Kids About Earth, Ecology & Conservation • Games include: • ·        Planet Science • ·        BBC Climate Change • ·        Clim’way • ·        Web Earth Online • ·        Earth Day Games • ·        Recycle City • ·        World Wildlife Fund • ·        Ecokids • ·        The Adventures Of Vermi The Worm • ·        Environmental Education On The Internet

  23. Explore the ESD/ESF Wiki. • Go to the HSD Home page http://www.hsd.ca/ • Click on the WIKI icon • Go to Curriculum Support and choose the ESD Wiki

  24. Find some ready-made presentations.

  25. Your students will love it…

  26. LSF (Learning for a Sustainable Future) is designed with you in mind. Resources4Rethinking http://r4r.ca/

  27. Check out what other schools are doing. How are schools in HSD practicing sustainability? Elmdale: • Vermi-composting, recycling paper in photocopier rooms, encouraging use of both sides of paper when photocopying, collecting recycling throughout the school, bin of recyclables that can be used for crafts, playground clean up several times per school year, development of idle free zones, family used book exchange, walk to school Wednesdays, try to walk to local field trips rather than taking a bus, used skates swap, greater use of email and Novell throughout the school rather than memos on paper,  school newsletter available to parents/community on line (on school website) rather than in paper format,  encourage use of agendas daily rather than phone calls to and from school (saves time and less disruption at the office)

  28. Some teachers have started a few more initiatives… NCI: • Hank Dueck and I have started a student directed group at NCI which is currently operating as: Students For Sustainability. We initially started it with a strong slant towards environmental sustainability, but the students broadened the directive to include many facets of social sustainability as well. Our most recent project has been a joint fundraiser with student council to raise money for two Christmas hampers in Niverville, and to raise money for a sand dam project in Kenya. They have many ideas they would like to capitalize on in the new year as well. • In addition to what Kurt has described there are several things I have added to my teaching:  Science 20F: • - I have always done a mini unit on calculating one's ecological footprint but will add the ecological handprint that Chuck Hopkins introduced us to.  • - New for this year I have introduce a mini unit on alternative household cleaners as a wrap up for our chemistry unit.  This will culminate in two labs wherein the students will make a non-toxic all purpose cleaner (using a recipe they have researched) to take home and use.  I have also made arrangements for one of the local elders to come to the class and demonstrate how to make homemade soap.  Each student will be given a bar to take home.  Futures in Business • - For the past two years I have taught a unit on the Ethics of Business.  As part of this unit we examine Fair Trade, specifically coffee and chocolate.  This unit is done in conjunction with a Fair Trade Festival Sale that Marie Dueck (my wife) coordinates.  To kick off the festival sale, we invite a representative from Ten Thousand Villages to address the Sr Students (gr 10 - 12) in an assembly.  She brings many samples and explains the philosophy of the Fair Trade Movement.  This is followed by a two day sale in the school and an additional four day sale at the local MCC Thrift Shop.  This year we had over $700 in sales during the two day school sale. • In addition to the above, Kurt and I will be going to Kenya, Africa from Dec 18 - Jan 5 with our families (9 people in all) to participate in the Sand Dam project Kurt mentioned earlier.  This project utilizes technology that is locally developed and coordinated throught the Utooni Development Agency (Formerly Excellent Development).  This goal of this project is to provide a sustainable and healthy source of drinking water and the conservation of soil and vegetation.  I will report more when we get back in Jan.  There is more information and film clips at http://www.excellentdevelopment.com/

  29. Some are just starting… Woodlawn: • So far, we're just recycling and we invite Oak Hammock Marsh to do presentations related to the environment with the sustainable development grant money. We've also done some vermicomposting. This year, we're thinking about replacing some of our taps to reduce water consumption and connecting it to a global fundraiser to help people get clean drinking water. I'm hoping to start an environment club in the new year to work on getting idle free zone signs.

  30. It’s happening all over. SRSS: • Ashley Booth--1) Social - Grade 11 ENC (panel discussion on controversial social issues, such as poverty, abortion, genetic engineering, etc.), Grade 10 ENG - Media unit on advertising and hidden messages • 2) Economy - Grade 11 ETR (unit on corporations, greed, research paper on a corporation - looking at social responsibility), The Fair Trade game - groups are different countries with different goals)  • Waldy Ens--Sabre Say What? has a regular "Green Space" column. • Cherie Brisebois—in grade 10 chemistry, a lot of our chemical labs use micro quantities of chemicals to reduce the impact of multiple labs on the local water and landfill. In ecology these students are learning about population factors and the connectedness of the biogeochemical cycle to our environment, issues and balance, being encouraged through their EARTH Bingo projects to see what they are doing, to have impact in their actions. • Agriculture students have been learning about animal management practices and the impact of new (and old), easy to do, often cheaper methods that are beneficial to sustainability of a farm—they have also had a lot of speakers visit within our locale (MAFRI, and local producers in our community) and have prepared handmade thank you notes for these people. • Dana Duizer This is minor but …if I bring in snacks/breakfast to my classes such as fruit, I also bring in a compostable bag and bring peels home to compost.  • Madelyn McConnell-- Family Studies is continuing to reduce, reuse, recycle as much as possible... • With some imagination, creativity, there is no end to the possibilites of what can be reused.  When we need to buy items we look first at places like MCC, other thrift shops, garage sales ...(shhh) garbages!  • In January one of our students will be collecting gently used toques, mittens, boots for all ages, in conjunction with their "Heat it Up" drive for the

  31. Some schools have achieved the action level for “Eco-Globe Schools” Landmark Collegiate: • Our school has implemented a great number of Sustainable Development projects, lessons, ETC. • Philanthropy group hosts a "Sock Hop" collecting socks for the Main Street Project. • Eco Club works with organizers of Christmas Banquet to ensure the use of biodegradable products. • Eco Club promotes the use of recycled items for wrapping paper such as newspaper and magazines. • School collects items for Tache Food Bank. • Grade 11 and 12's volunteer at Salvation Army Toy Distribution and Lighthouse Mission on Dec. 22nd.

  32. “What’s that?”, you say… • http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/esd/eco_globe/index.html

  33. What is the big picture for an EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLEFUTURES ? ENVIRONMENT • How do our actions affect the environment around us? • Do our actions help the environments at school, in our community and in areas around the world?

  34. ECONOMY • When we earn money or buy and sell things, does it help to make things better in our school, our community and in communities all over the world?

  35. Human Health and Wellbeing – Social • How well do we take care of our own health? • How do we live so others can be healthy in our school, our community and in communities and areas around the world? • How can we get along and relate well with others in our family, our school, our community and with communities around the world?

  36. And where do you find out about the big picture from MECY? • http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/esd/ • Explore the document to see the connections to curricular outcomes (example: pp. 31-36)

  37. Where are we at? • Washrooms: Go left then right. • Schedule: 8:45 – 10:15 am Lab presentation/interaction 10:15 – 10:30 am Refreshments in the hall and room across the hall 10:30 – 11:15 am Tour and “Round Table” in the room across the hall 11:15 - 11:45 am Schools and individuals strategize and find resources and ideas online. Save everything in your “favourites” or in your personal drive

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