People & the Environment Blog Posts

NOAA Helps Students and Educators Dive into Environmental Education

$2.7 million in NOAA Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training will help students learn about the watershed and take action on local issues.

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From the Mountains to the Bay: Implementing systemic MWEEs across three school systems on the James River

The James River Association systemically implemented Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences across three school systems.

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Ride the TIDES: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers with Environmental Education

The new Teachers Innovating and Designing Experiential Science (TIDES) Hub provides environmental education and MWEE resources for teacher preparation programs and pre-service teachers.

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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office awards its 2,000th certificate to trained environmental educators

Online course trains educators to develop Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences.

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Preservice Teacher Education and MWEEs

Finding unique ways to institutionalize Environmental Education and Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) into preservice teacher education.

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Queen Anne’s County uses Coronavirus relief funding to boost environmental education

All 14 schools in the county are getting a new outdoor classroom

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On the Air 2020: A Curriculum Connecting Health, Community and the Environment

On the Air 2020 is new curriculum from Clean Air Partners' which encourages students to use science as a tool to answer questions about various aspects of the state of our air.

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Marine debris in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Marine debris and plastic pollution have been an on-going issue for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Over 18 million people call the Chesapeake Bay watershed home, and their individual actions can contribute to the litter in our waterways.

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Nature Play for Young Explorers

Learn more about Nature Play and the new Nature Discovery Area at the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center in Harford County, Maryland.

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Watershed leaders call for environmental education for all

The 2019 Chesapeake Bay Environmental Literacy Leadership Summit highlighted the challenges and explored possible solutions to the equitable distribution of environmental education resources and opportunities. The Summit explored systemic environmental education and how it can drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

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