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Tony Harris, Adrianna Smyth and Justin Wells - Marin School of the Arts and Technology Charter High School (MSAT)

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Three educators at Marin School of the Arts and Technology Charter High School (MSAT), near San Francisco, California, are using project-based learning to teach students about the watersheds of the San Francisco Bay region. Media instructor Tony Harris, science teacher Adrianna Smyth, and English teacher Justin Wells, have developed an inter-disciplinary approach to bringing environmental education into the curriculum.

Karen Adams

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STEM education

Karen Adams is the SMART (Science Math Arts Reading Technology) Lab Facilitator at Friendship Public Charter School’s Blow Pierce Junior Academy in Washington, D.C. The SMART Lab consists of two classroom spaces packed with technology and scientific equipment. Students use the lab once a week for a 90-minute period to work on projects that relate to a career track or that pique their interest.

Steve Hage

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Forming environmental education partnerships

Steve Hage, a teacher at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, Minn., uses partnerships to enrich his students’ learning experiences.

His school has an impressive list of partner organizations that encompasses groups far and wide, from the Minnesota Zoo and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, to the ends of the earth, including Inuit communities near the North Pole. These partnerships help Hage's students connect classroom content to real-world issues.

Scott Olson - Tonasket School District

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How to integrate environmental education with photography and technology

Scott Olson, a 12-year teacher in the Tonasket School District in Tonasket, Wash., developed a photo point monitoring project for his high school students after being inspired by a wildlife manager from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Photo point monitoring is a tool used to quickly and effectively document changes in vegetation, soil and other landscape features by periodically photographing the landscape. The wildlife manager, who regularly visited Olson’s classroom, came upon historic photographs of local landscapes and suggested Olson use the photographs to conduct photo point monitoring.

Olson ran with it and soon had his students engaged in an exciting learning experience that allowed them to incorporate numerous subject areas and learn in an outdoor setting.

Janet Ort - Hoover High School

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Janet Ort teaches AP/IB Environmental Science, environmental science and environmental research at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala.

Ort, a 13-year veteran at the school, celebrated National Public Lands Day by working with her students to clean up and monitor the water quality of the Cahaba River, near the school grounds, which are bordered by more than a mile of the river.

By engaging her students in a service project, she not only succeeds at connecting her students to their local environment, but augments her curricular emphasis on watersheds and examining the impact that students have on their environment.

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