Dear PAEE Members, teachers, school officials, and parents,
I hope all of you are doing well and coping as best you can through this unprecedented situation we are all in at this time. I know of no other field whose workers are more adaptable than those in Environmental Education. We teach outside. The weather changes, the bus dropping the students off is late, a deer runs through our education site distracting the students as we are teaching, etc. When these things happen, we use it as a teachable moment, or pull out our, “Plan B”. As such we have some really great “Plan B” options for you too.
Since we have this temporary interruption in getting the students to us for programming, PAEE will provide online options some fun and interactive environmental educational experiences for the students to do, by themselves or with their parents. Together let’s make some refreshing lemonade out of these lemons.
The PAEE Board members have been discussing ways we can provide meaningful environmental science activities for the students while they are at home through links on the PAEE website. Our Board and members have contributed ideas and educational links that are posted on the PAEE website so teachers and parents can access them. Through social media and our Regional Directors, we are getting the word out to our school contacts, officials and educational organizations as well who can post a link on the parent resources page of their websites. We hope you and your children enjoy, and learn from these excellent environmental education activities.
Thank you,
Steve Wasiesky, PAEE President
I hope all of you are doing well and coping as best you can through this unprecedented situation we are all in at this time. I know of no other field whose workers are more adaptable than those in Environmental Education. We teach outside. The weather changes, the bus dropping the students off is late, a deer runs through our education site distracting the students as we are teaching, etc. When these things happen, we use it as a teachable moment, or pull out our, “Plan B”. As such we have some really great “Plan B” options for you too.
Since we have this temporary interruption in getting the students to us for programming, PAEE will provide online options some fun and interactive environmental educational experiences for the students to do, by themselves or with their parents. Together let’s make some refreshing lemonade out of these lemons.
The PAEE Board members have been discussing ways we can provide meaningful environmental science activities for the students while they are at home through links on the PAEE website. Our Board and members have contributed ideas and educational links that are posted on the PAEE website so teachers and parents can access them. Through social media and our Regional Directors, we are getting the word out to our school contacts, officials and educational organizations as well who can post a link on the parent resources page of their websites. We hope you and your children enjoy, and learn from these excellent environmental education activities.
Thank you,
Steve Wasiesky, PAEE President
FOR ADULTS!
- Seed Starting Academy
- Coursera - So many free ones! From Dinosaurs to Insects to Mountains! Take a look
- Adaptive Paddling
- Online Course about Extinction
- Green Teacher
- Earth Day 50 - Climate Change Online Training (Act 48 available)
- (MWEE) 101 - NOAA online course (Act 48 available)
- The Planet Series: Virtual Event For Educators
