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And Others Environment DOCUMENT RESUME ED 063 989 RC 006 197 AUTHOR Lundstrom, Donald; And Others TITLE Environment--A Way of Teaching (Grades K-12). INSTITUTION Alameda County ScLool Dept., Hayward, Calif. PUB DATE 71 NOTE 99p- AVAILABLE FROMCurriculum Library, Alameda County School Department, 224 West Winton Ave., Hayward, Calif. 94544 ($2.50) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS Activity Learning; Agencies; Conservation Education; *Curriculum Guides; Fcology; Educational Legislation; Enrichment Activities; *Environmental Education; Librar,7 Materials; Mental Health; *Outdoor Education; PhysicIl Education; *Resource Materials; *Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS California ABSTRACT Resource information and ideas for curriculum programs related to thestudy of the environment are presented in tnis resource guile for elementary and secondary teachers.Activities in the oitioors ani action programsrepresentative of recent district and county activities in Alameda County, California, arediscussed. A list of resources, agencies, organizations, and programs,and a bibliography ot library materials are also provided. Theappendices include (I)the california State Education Code and (2)Federal and state laws anJ regulations pertaining to theenvironment. (NQ) 4 1 a U S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. _ EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF CC/LIGATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFI( IAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION CR POLICY 111IMMI=1.11. a 1.- I A ,z a i That whichcanbest be learned inside the classroom should be learn-6'd 11-i6t that whichcanbest be learned through direct experience outside the classroom, indirectcontact with the environment and life situations, should be learned there. LB. Sharp ENVIRONMENT A WAY OF TEACHING Grades K-12 Approved by The Alameda County Board of Education William P. Burke, President m114.. A Anthony Bilotti , Vice-President Mrs. Virginia M. Birdsall 5:- , Robert E. Clayworth John J. Hagerty Ronald J. Motta Lee S. Simpson I ll Published by the Alameda County School Department on tt-1recommendation of the Alameda County Schools Publications Review Board ROCK LA FLECHE Superintendent of Schools of Alameda County 224 West Winton Avenue Hayward, California 94544 1971 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY_Mameda County School Dept., Roger J. Schulte TOorAND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH ME U.S. OFFICE Of EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM REQUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER." ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The publicatioli was coordinated and sectionsprepared by Donald Lundstrom, Coordinator of Science Education, Alameda County School Department. The section on Activities in the Outdoors was prepared by Dr. Esther Rai lion, Associate Professor of Education, CaPfornia State College, Hayward. The section on Resource Agencies, Organizations, and Programs was prepared by Miss Mary Jefferds, Director, Bay Area Educational Services, National Audubon Society. Assistance in supplying printed material,photographs, and editing copy was given by the following: Alameda County Library Curtis Jones, Emery Unified School District Robert Alpert, Cornell School, Albany Unified School District William Lavin, Castro Valley Unified School District Joshua Barkin, Tilden Regional Park, East Bay Regional Park District Spencer Lewis., Fremont Unified School District Mrs. Madeline Bartch, Alameda County School Department Mrs. Neena Lyon, Emery Unified School District Ellis Blevins, Alameda County School Department JJtin Mann, Sunol Glen School District Mrs. Lucile Borad, Hayward Unified School District Mrs. Marie Mollath, San Leandro Unified School District Daniel Brown, Bidwell School, Hayward Unified School District Lou Mozzini, Alameda County School Department Dr. Fred Buerstatte, Hayward High School Hayward Unified School District Christian Nelson, East Bay Regional Palk District Robert I3urks, Redwood School, Castro Valley Unified School District awrence Reinecke, Dr. Mary Du Fort, Alameda County School Department Alameda County Srhool Department Neil Evans, Mission San Jose High School, Anthony Rinaldi. Fremont Unified School District Berkeley Unified Schjoi District Mrs. Marjorie Galvin, Redwood Intermediate School, Castro Valley Unified School Rudoiph Schafer, District California State Department of Education Mrs. Martha Glessing, Mrs. Irene Schulte, Clifton School, Berkeley Unified School District Castro Valley Unified School District Wesley Gordon, Jon Slezak, San Lorenzo Unified School District Murray Elementary School Distric1 Or le Jackson, Alameda County School Department Gerald Jensen, Burbank School, Hayward Unified School District Most of the photographs were taken by Peter Bailey, PEItographer, Alameda County S.1,:ioo1 Department. Additional photographs were supplied by school districts and other sources. Design and layout by John O'Lague, Supervisor of Publications, Alameda County School Department. Copyright Alameda County School Department, 1971 '43 :4 4 FOREWORD The Alameda County School Department is in- debted to the consultants and many school district Alliezi...Lat.lirit personnel who provided ideas, printed material mnd _1 photographs for this resource guide for elementary and secondary teachers throughout Alameda County. The guide was recommended for publication by the Alameda Courty Schools Publications Review Board. School district representatives on the Board exchange information on needs and plans for curric- ulum publications so that every school district in Alameda County can have immediate access to them. This publication for grades K-12 has been pro- duced in response to a need for resource information and ideas for curriculum progams related to the study of the environment. Itis hoped that it will facilitate the development and improvement of such programs. 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CONTENTS Introduction 3 State Conservation Report Wiys of Teaching 8 A...tion Programs 10 EnvironmentalLearningExperiencesfor Elementary School Teachers 11 Instructional Objectives of the EPDA Project 18 Outdoor Education Project 19 District Outdoor Education Program 20 Outdoor Classroom Areas 21 jse of the School Grounds 23 Day Field Excursions 24 Rident Outdoor Schools 26 Special Programs 29 Activities in the Outdoors 35 On Collecting 36 Art in the Outdoors 37 Language Arts in the Outdoors 41 Mathematics in 'the Outdoors 46 Music in the Outdoors 49 Physical and Mental Health in the Outdoors 52 Physical Education in the Outdoors 55 Science in the Outdoors 58 Social Science in the Outdoors 64 Resources, Agencies, Organizations, and Programs 68 Government Agencies 68 ConservationEnvironment Citizen Groups 72 Educational Action Sources 77 Professional Groups 80 Reference Tools 81 Materials from Industry 84 Library Materials 86 Ecology and Nature 86 Pollution and Destruction of Our Environment 90 !tt. Environmental Learning Experiences and Programs 92 : Library Materials Available for Students 94 ; Appendix AState Education Code 95 , Appendix BFederal and State Laws and Regulations .96 ^ . -,,.7',.715:--,,:-...- , -..., ;:.,,,, .e. -..2er ,-...,, ,.... ''-49.1,,ril`:1.'tv,rif-t-.1÷,F.': --1:" ,40...-64.10.i.oiiigiait......:=... n 4rt'n-"EV:,:..s"0.47.-nnTAKAK-Irt..--,--1 .... ' ',, '''' - ; "_ 7., '...*.T.It_-te-tt.'",.: .-n. -7.-: ",'''.-.e-^-1.--?"- _.:,,,.:Sri S ..., ss -, se 11;,t` Zia.:11-1Ms"" 't ..ses1.,,:tk_. *067.7' __, .',' s1. i-:.',.s.o.'..-?' 1`s_ ...,--:1---..i.'t4.4.-,e,:r.-7.-Jerti,,..._ :- 74,. ,.... kr; Ne, e , ').; Z. - +-A 5 OefflAfAr Pa' '1. '. _. "...ra111 4,,, 11r . ). ib-mig.1 4 '.: _ 4 - tr- v -at- fwa . Av will bear the closestinspection. Sheinvitesus tolayon eyelevel with her smallest led and takeaninsect viewofitsplain. Thoreau he declining quality of our environment is one of the most critical problems that confront us. Improv- ing and changing programs related to the study of the environment is one of our greatest needs. Environment A Way of Teaching suggests that we embrace environmental education as a funda- mental aspect of the overall curriculum. A high priorityis placed on the ways of teaching, the processes of inquiry and problem solving. Information and ideas gained from such sources as action programs, activities in the outdoors, library materials, and resource agencies, organize! ons and programs are used to teach through the environment, usingthe communityasasource of learning experiences. New experiences are selected to involve students in the critical analysis of, among other things, the social values and interactions that underlie environmental degradation. There are opportunities to conduct open-ended inquiries into the specific problems ofan actual community. Enviromnental learning must involve all aspects of the environment, the physical and chemical, the biological and the social. Its success will be measured in terms of its ability to moderate society's impact on the environment
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