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Participants spent four days learning and exploring the ecosystem with colleagues from across the Hampton Roads area. They participated in hands-on learning by foot, by canoe, by boat, and in the marsh. Participants gained skills and knowledge needed to lead student-centered field investigations in their home districts.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the major challenges facing the health of the Chesapeake and recognize actions to Save the Bay at the community, school, and individual levels.
2. Demonstrate their understanding of both ecosystem concepts as inquiry-based instruction through the creation of a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience for their students.
3. Design an Environmental Literacy Model (ELM) to increase student’s environmental awareness by incorporating classroom, digital, and field investigations.
4. Create a network of MWEE learners throughout the Southeastern Virginia Region.
Our Partners
Our Partners
Mariner's Museum
Mariner's Museum
Chesapeake bay Foundation
Chesapeake bay Foundation
Experiences
Experiences
Day 1: Mariner's Museum
Day 1: Mariner's Museum
Driving Question: How can we identify and investigate issues?
Investigative Question: What major concerns are affecting watershed systems?
Day 2: CBF's Brock Environmental Center
Day 2: CBF's Brock Environmental Center
Driving Question: How can we build manageable and maintained momentum for the MWEE?
Investigative Questions: How can we use questioning to spark inquiry? How can we replicate investigations in new locations? What tools, resources, and assistance do we need to create sustainable MWEEs?
Day 3: ODU's The Center for Educational Partnerships
Day 3: ODU's The Center for Educational Partnerships
Driving Questions: How can we encourage and manage student voice and choice? How can we encourage and manage community connections?
Investigative Questions: How can we use our school grounds as a MWEE tool? What are best practices for outdoor learning? What local partners and resources are available to us?
Day 4: Sandy Bottom Nature Park
Day 4: Sandy Bottom Nature Park
Driving Question: How can we identify and investigate issues?
Investigative Question: What major concerns are affecting watershed systems?
Check out some of the field experiences the teachers took their students on throughout the school year.
Check out some of the field experiences the teachers took their students on throughout the school year.
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