CPES Audience: Teachers and Environmental Educators
Teachers and Environmental Educators
How we serve Teachers and Environmental Educators
We develop curricula and other educational materials for use with 3rd through 12th grade students and and offer professional development for formal and informal educators ranging from half-day workshops on a specific topic to year-long intensive teacher fellowship experiences.Projects
Geoscience Teaching Outdoors in NC
Geoscience Teaching Outdoors in NC is designed to engage middle and high school STEM teachers and their students in hands-on, inquiry-based activities to support student learning about earth and environmental science.
IDEA Learners Teacher Fellowship
Iterative Design to Engage All (IDEA) Learners Teacher Fellowship Program is a long-duration professional development program for grades 9-12 science teachers to incorporate the science of PFAS into classroom instruction.
NC Energy Literacy Fellows
A year-long teacher professional development program showcasing current energy science, technologies and careers to enhance Energy Literacy Fellows’ ability to deliver energy-related content, conduct STEM-based activities and promote STEM career opportunities to students.
Schools in Parks Collaborative
A year-long professional development program for elementary teachers and NC State Park rangers to foster collaborative development of memorable learning experiences for students in State Parks.
Lesson Plans & Curricula
- PFAS Graphics (External Link)
- Place-based explorations for examining the science of and solutions to extreme heat: A lesson series for environmental science teachers (External Link)
- Raptor Yoga (PDF)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors Ecosystems (PDF)
- Rotten Log (PDF)
- See Ya Later Alligator [PFAS Lesson Plan-High School] (External Link)
- Sick Alligators and Human Health [PFAS Lesson Plan-High School] (External Link)
- Silent Hike (PDF)
- Tree Life Cycles in a Forest (PDF)
- Who’s in the Water? A Stream Study (PDF)
Made Possible by:
Funding Source
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Duke Energy Foundation
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- North Carolina State Parks
Collaborators
- Durham County Schools
- Martin County Schools
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences
- North Carolina State Parks
- UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education