GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Paper No. 235-1
Presentation Time: 1:35 PM

ACTIVELY ENGAGING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE WONDERS OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (Invited Presentation)


PETERSON, Barney, James Monroe Elementary, Everett Public Schools, 10901 27th Ave. SE, Everett, WA 98208, bpeterson@everettsd.org

Learn about the adventure of using applied learning to excite students and families as they discover the wonders of Earth System Science. Enjoy how classes share learning with the community in which they live through student developed programs and materials. Accompanying the narrative are footnotes on how this teaching style accommodates the learning targets and performance expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards