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Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The lack of access to environmental education and experiences for children today is a serious concern. The purpose of the capstone project was to produce instructional materials to support the environmental educational programs provided by the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center. I used my experience from volunteering and working at the DPEEC for a year to develop a species guide of local mammals to go along with a lesson plan focusing on the...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This case study explores whether embedded professional development for elementary classroom teachers by a high school science specialist can increase implementation of environmental education curriculum. Research has found that due to elementary teachers' limited time and resources and disproportionate focus on reading, writing, and mathematics instruction, environmental education is often neglected at the early elementary level. This study used existing...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 22 essays, Don Graves shows how testing encroaches on teacher freedom; considers how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement; asks questions that can help teachers to cope with these new restrictions; and discusses practices that support humane teaching in a testing environment.
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Amphibian education and community involvement is critical at this time. We face a global amphibian extinction crisis. Of the more than 6,000 recognized species of amphibians, over one third are suffering serious declines or have recently become extinct, despite having survived millions of years. The reasons for the decline vary, but without educating our youth to appreciate and understand amphibians and their environments, they are destined to go...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For an applied professional project, I created and developed environmental education programs for Watchung Reservation. Watchung Reservation is a 2,060-acre area located in Union County; it is owned by the State of New Jersey and is operated by the Union County Parks and Community Renewal. Education Programs have the ability to increase public awareness for the necessity and value of open space to preserve biodiversity in New Jersey. Environmental...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Fisher In A Fragmented Forest is an adaptable classroom or field-based environmental education activity guide focused on providing students the opportunity to learn about forest ecology, natural history and stakeholder issues as framed by the issues and challenges facing the Pacific fisher in the southern Sierra Nevada. This guide provides educational programming for grades Kindergarten through high school that meet California Science Content Standards...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Educating people on environment has been an ongoing process for many years. However, now educators and science professionals are beginning to realize that, if Environmental Education (EE) is started earlier in a student's life, then students will have a better chance of grasping and implementing the knowledge into their everyday life. In this study, one section of second grade special education students, students with an Individualized Education Plan...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Outdoor education as a discipline has developed without an underlying curriculum due to its varied history. Becomes a multitude of people have applied it for a myriad of purposes, little structure exists to explain to teachers and parents how time spent outdoors can fit into a larger learning curriculum. The purposes of outdoor education programs have gradually shifted from adventure to personal development and now face yet another shift to focus...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this applied project was two-fold. One goal of this research was to further the collective knowledge of environmental attitude formation and change. This study aimed to determine if participation in an outdoor education program at White Pines Ranch had any effect on a student's attitude toward the environment. To measure attitudes, about 100 sixth graders were asked to complete Malkus' (1992) Adults' Attitudes Toward the Environment...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
There is a need for public education in the western Mojave Desert about the many human impacts on the desert ecosystem, how to reduce these impacts, and how to recreate responsibly while in the desert. In coordination with the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee, Inc. (DTPC) an integrated environmental education and responsible recreation program (IEERRP) was developed to reach out to off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, as well as the general public...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This applied project created an upper-level (11th and 12th grade) environmental science curriculum specific to Marist School students. The course is designed to aide them in becoming effective citizens in the world community who can contribute to solutions of environmental issues (Hungerford, Volk, & Ramsey, 1994). Through research and evaluation, I have created a bioregional environmental education curriculum that will enable students to effect positive...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Holistic food systems education is essential for inciting early passion and critical thinking on how to solve food systems problems. This capstone engages in the process of developing and integrating food systems lessons into core high school courses, without detracting from the core course curriculum. This project aims to equip high school students with the ability to engage in critical thinking about food systems, develop resilience through food...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Pollinators are responsible for the reproduction of over two-thirds of the world's crop species and provide an ecosystem service currently valued at $167 billion. The health and survival of pollinator species are threatened primarily by habitat loss and the increased use of herbicides and pesticides. Promoting a scientifically-literate public through hands-on conservation activities has been shown to increase nature awareness in individuals in urban...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This Applied Professional Project master's thesis will result in a community website for local environmental education programs. The website Plug-In To Nature Allen County http://plugintonature-allencounty.weebly.com (not currently searchable via search engines) is the primary outreach established to encourage children and adults to become more engaged with environmental education. I have assembled basic content, and a plan for completing the project....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book is about how American religious parents approach the handing on of their religious practices and beliefs to their children. We know a lot about the importance of parents in faith transmission and factors that influence its effectiveness. But we know much less about the actual beliefs, feelings, and activities of the parents themselves when it comes to the intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice"--
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Both traditional knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants among American Indians and ecological study provide approaches for conserving biodiversity in my bioregion of the eastern Adirondack foothills. Ethnobotany is a powerful tool for connecting students to plants in their region, through the compelling stories of vital relationships between indigenous people and plants. Native American perspectives vary hugely in their plant traditions and medicines...
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