1. 1. Stormwater Environmental Literacy Project Jaclyn Austin Resource Teacher Office of Secondary Science Howard County Public School System Emily Perry Science Team Leader Thomas Viaduct Middle School Howard County Public School System
2. 2. HCPSS Essential Curriculum Grade 6 Earth Science K-12 Practices of Science & Engineering Next Generation Science Standards Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience MSDE Student Service Learning Requirement College & Career Readiness Standards
3. 3. THE NEED: How can formal and informal Science educators weave together the myriad of strands into sustained learning experiences for students ?
4. 4. Establish our Loom: Partnership
5. 5. Partnership Est. 2003 Howard County Conservancy Located 15 min. from central Howard County Est. 1997 232 Acre farm turned nature facility Howard County Public Schools Located Baltimore- Washington corridor 77 Schools ~ 52,000 students
6. 6. Partnership Common commitment to environmental literacy & stewardship Conservancy additional partnership with Master Gardeners, Parks & Recreations, Bird Club, Watershed Stewards, Beekeepers supports school system efforts
7. 7. Readying the Warp: Partnership Planning
8. 8. Partner Planning HC Conservancy Volunteers Extensive summer planning before launch Monthly planning BEFORE meet with teachers Shared Google docs for planning purposes
9. 9. Teacher Planning- Year 1 ELMS Adam Herod & Kim Mahle ELMS Project Lead Teachers Teacher daily co-planning time Monthly planning meeting w/ support staff 2 planning days out of building Edmodo group and Google Docs digital support
10. 10. Teacher Planning- Year 2 ELMS & TVMS Summer Planning Teacher daily co-planning time Quarterly planning meeting w/ support staff 3 planning days out of building (subs provided) Google Docs digital support
11. 11. Teachers were able to collaborate with the secondary science office, as well as the Howard County Conservancy through on- site and off-site meetings, and Google drive. And our greatest tool happened to be Google drive, where we were able to construct and organize documents to support our efforts. Adam Herod 6th Grade Science ELMS
12. 12. Creating the Weft: Student Experiences
13. 13. Problem Based Learning
14. 14. Connected Learning
15. 15. Webinars with Experts
16. 16. "Working on the service learning project this year has been so exciting! It has provided both myself and my students with technological growth. Participating in the live webinars is brand new to me and my students. Robert Stimmel 6th Grade Science Thomas Viaduct Middle
17. 17. Meaningful Watershed Experiences
18. 18. Schoolyard Field Experience: Students photographing erosion evidence
19. 19. Schoolyard Field Experience: Investigating where site stormwater goes
20. 20. Schoolyard Field Experience: Function of site based stormwater features
21. 21. Schoolyard Field Experience: Students demonstrating role of buffers
22. 22. Belmont Field Experience: Historical Connections
23. 23. Belmont Field Experience: Erosion & Weathering in Cemetery
24. 24. Belmont Field Experience: Students Building Catchment devices
25. 25. Belmont Field Experience: Students Building Catchment devices
26. 26. Belmont Field Experience: Students Building Catchment devices
27. 27. STAGE FOUR: Binding Off
28. 28. NEXT STEPS New Model of Learning Watershed Wednesdays Grade Level Team Collaboration Continuation at Elkridge Landing Expansion to Thomas Viaduct
29. 29. What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others -Pericles
30. 30. SESSION MATERIALS Follow your Presenters: @Jaclyn_Austin @emily_fkperry Email: Jaclyn_Austin@hcpss.org Emily_Perry@hcpss.org Visit the NSTA Learning Center to Download all Materialhttp://tinyurl.com/NSTAStormwa ter
31. 31. More Information System Highlights http://www.hcpss.org/f/vision/rece nt-highlights-fall-2014.pdf Baltimore Sun Newspaper Article http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryl and/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-cf- belmont-0508-20140505- story.html#page=1