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2008 ES Teacher Summit
Mark your calendar! You don't want to miss the 2008 Environmental
Science Teacher Summit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Thanks to a grant from the
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) travel stipends are
available. This will be an
opportunity to network with other environmental science teachers from
around the state. More information on the
'08 Summit page.
ES Vision
Session
In August of 2007, a group of environmental science teachers
from around Wisconsin met to discuss their needs as
educators and to give feedback on what the Wisconsin Environmental
Science Teacher Network can do for them. The number one priority that
was identified was the need for an environmental science course
framework.
ES Course Framework
The Wisconsin Environmental Science Teacher Network is coordinating the
development of an environmental science course framework. The framework
will be useful to new and veteran teachers. It will identify the topics
that should be taught in an environmental science course and suggest
prioritization and a timeline. A draft of the framework will be shared
at the 2008 Environmental Science Teacher Summit for comment. When
complete the framework will include activities, labs, resources, and
evaluation suggestions from teachers around the state.
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ES Teachers in the News
Grantsburg High School Awarded Statewide Honors
Environmental science teacher Matt Berg
and his students from Grantsburg High School were awarded the 2007
Outstanding Achievements in Youth Monitoring award for their work
analyzing mussel communities in northwestern
Wisconsin
and monitoring dragonfly communities on the St.
Croix River and its tributaries from the Citizen-Based
Monitoring Network of Wisconsin.
More Information
(CBM web site)
Middleton High School Teacher
Presented National Honors
 Debra
Weitzel, environmental studies and chemistry teacher at Middleton High
School, was awarded the first Richard C. Bartlett Environmental
Education Award from the National Environmental Education Foundation.
Since beginning her career at Middleton in 1978, Deb has been a pioneer
for environmental studies at the high school level. She has grown
Middleton's program from a single course to a popular and challenging
series of classes that includes an advanced placement environmental
course as well as two elective courses, Environmental Studies I and II.
Press Release
(PDF)
Capital Times
Article (PDF)
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