Greening STEM: The Environment as Inspiration for 21st Century Learning

National Environmental Education Week 

April 15-21, 2012

Increasing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) knowledge and expanding STEM education and career opportunities for students is a national priority. Student  achievement in STEM is key to fostering a new wave of innovators who can creatively address complex 21^st century challenges.

The environment is a compelling context for teaching STEM as it provides teachers with a diverse range of real-world challenges  that engage students in meaningful hands-on opportunities to  apply and reinforce STEM concepts across multiple subject areas.

Recognizing the role of the environment as a portal for STEM learning, EE Week's 2012 theme is Greening STEM: The Environment as Inspiration for 21^st Century Learning.

 

 Greening STEM Resources

• EE Week Greening STEM Planning Toolkits
• Webinar - Technology Goes Wild: New Tools for Connecting Classrooms with Nature, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. EST
• Webinar - Field Investigations and STEM, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. EST - details coming soon!
• Planet Connect Get Green Video Contest: Green Your City, student-created videos explaining ways they can green their city or town using STEM. View the winning videos.

 

Why Register?

When you register for EE Week, you will join a national network of educators dedicated to increasing the environmental knowledge of K-12 students. You will also receive:

• Free EE Week planning toolkits with information and grade-appropriate resources to help you plan and promote your school or organization's EE Week activities;
• Certificates of Participation for both you and your students;
• Monthly e-mail newsletters with classroom activities, funding resources and professional development opportunities;
• Access to an online library of environmental curricula, resources and classroom tools;
• Opportunities to promote your school or organization's programs and projects to a national audience of environmental educators;
• Access to the National Environmental Education Foundation's series of webinars designed especially for K-12 educators to facilitate teaching and learning about the environment;
• Opportunities for discounts and special offers for educational materials from our partners, including 10% off a purchase from Nature-Watch, a $10 coupon on orders of $50 or more from Acorn Naturalists and a discounted price of $6 a CD from Banana Slug String Band; and
• All registrants will automatically be entered into a drawing to win a one-year subscription from Green Teacher magazine. No purchase necessary.  All registrants eligible for the drawing must be at least 18 years old, residents of the U.S., and meet all other eligibility requirements. Void where prohibited. For the complete Rules see www.eeweek.org/gtdrawingrules.

Already registered? Please remember that we ask you to register again each year you wish to participate in EE Week, because it helps us document the growing interest in environmental education around the country. We also want to learn your plans for the coming year so that we can help share your story on a national stage.

After you've registered, please access our promotional toolkit to download flyers, a press release template, web ads and more to help spread the word about your EE Week events and activities.