PBSE Principles 7-10: Amplifying Youth Voice
Principle 7: Cultivate student voice and involve students in democratic practices throughout the course of a PBSE effort.
Principle 7: Cultivate student voice and involve students in democratic practices throughout the course of a PBSE effort.
Principle 8: Use deliberate processes to identify and consider multiple perspectives regarding a stewardship issue or project.
Principle 8: Use deliberate processes to identify and consider multiple perspectives regarding a stewardship issue or project.
Principle 9: Incorporate opportunities for students to develop and clarify their personal values related to nature and community, and to develop the social competencies essential to stewardship.
Principle 9: Incorporate opportunities for students to develop and clarify their personal values related to nature and community, and to develop the social competencies essential to stewardship.
Principle 10: Support and enable the visible, meaningful participation of students in the community’s public discourse
Principle 10: Support and enable the visible, meaningful participation of students in the community’s public discourse
Principles 7-10 focus on the strategies that help students develop as active participants in their communities. This set of principles emphasizes the value of student voice, modeling democratic practices, exploring varying perspectives, clarifying personal values and engaging in public discourse.
Principles 7-10 focus on the strategies that help students develop as active participants in their communities. This set of principles emphasizes the value of student voice, modeling democratic practices, exploring varying perspectives, clarifying personal values and engaging in public discourse.
Students, curious enough to explore issues, raise questions and discover answers in and with their communities are vital as current and future leaders.
Students, curious enough to explore issues, raise questions and discover answers in and with their communities are vital as current and future leaders.
We are here to empower youth to change their world.
We are here to empower youth to change their world.
PBSE Case Study - Au Gres-Sims High School
PBSE Case Study - Au Gres-Sims High School
<-- Check out Au Gres-Sims High School's Rain Garden student-generated Google Site.
<-- Check out Au Gres-Sims High School's Rain Garden student-generated Google Site.
Before creating this communication piece, students first:
Before creating this communication piece, students first:
- Identified an issue in their community
- Brainstormed solutions
- Prioritized which information was meaningful and relevant to the problem
- Created a realistic timeline to complete their project
- Surveyed and chose 6 potential rain garden sites on campus, then debated which site was the most suitable
- Chose which native plants should be a part of the garden
- Created original designs for the layout of the garden and voted for the best
- With community partner support, created interpretive signage
- Communicated with donors by drafting a script and writing thank you letters
- Developed a budget and kept track of expenditures
PBSE Case Study- Thunder Bay Junior High
PBSE Case Study- Thunder Bay Junior High
Sixth graders explored and adopted --> their local beaches, investigated the shoreline for marine debris and invasive species.
Sixth graders explored and adopted --> their local beaches, investigated the shoreline for marine debris and invasive species.
<-- Students presented their findings at a City Council meeting to help educate and enact change.
<-- Students presented their findings at a City Council meeting to help educate and enact change.
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📚Supplemental Resources📚
📚Supplemental Resources📚
Inspired by her microplastics research, high school student Emeline Hanna created an outreach film for the Thunder Bay International Film Festival Student Film Competition.
A plastics outreach video created by 5th graders.
A microplastics filtering tutorial video created by 5th graders.
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Interviews with youth from several PBSE projects.
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Student-Generated Outreach Posters
Student-Generated Outreach Posters
These educational posters were created by students in partnership with Michigan Sea Grant.
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