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  • Nominations open for the 2010 Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award

    Nominations open for the 2010 Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award
    24 Nov 2009 -

    The Richard C. Bartlett Award is presented annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation to an outstanding teacher who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily curriculum. The 2010 prize will be given to a high school teacher who can serve as an inspiration and model for both students and colleagues. The winner receives a $5,000 award and a trip to WashingtonD.C. where he or she meets with representatives from the environmental education community to further his or her education network. 

    Do you know a teacher who stands out among the rest? If so, please nominate him/her for the 2010 Richard C. Bartlett Award.

    Nominations will be accepted through January 15, 2010.  To learn more or submit your nomination visit http://www.neefusa.org/bartlettaward.htm

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  • Earth Force Evaluation Results 2007-2008

    5 Aug 2009 - The Center for Youth and Communities (CYC) at Brandeis University has conducted the Earth Force evaluation since 1997. We have two overall purposes for the evaluation: to improve our operations and to determine the impact of the program on educators and students.

    With these results from the 2007-2008 school year, we can say that student and educator surveys over the past four years consistently show that taking part in Earth Force enhances students’ civic skills, attitudes, and knowledge... More...
  • Earth Force 2006-2007 Evaluation Results

    21 Oct 2008 - The data is in and Earth Force has once again successfully stimulated young people to be effective, engaged participants in environmental decision making. The data from our 2006-2007 participant and educator surveys point to positive impacts for the Earth Force program on both program participants and the adults working with them. Earth Force participants showed gains on a range of civic and environmental attitudes and skills, including their sense of civic responsibility and civic efficacy.

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  • Earth Force 2005-2006 Evaluation

    Earth Force 2005-2006 Evaluation
    21 Aug 2007 - The data is in and Earth Force has once again successfully stimulated young people to be effective, engaged participants in environmental decision making. The data from our 2005-2006 participant and educator surveys point to positive impacts for the Earth Force program on both program participants and the adults working with them. Earth Force participants showed positive, statistically significant gains on a range of civic and environmental attitudes and skills, including their sense of civic responsibility and civic efficacy. More...
  • Documents

  • Experience GM Educational Website- Tools for Teachers

    8 Dec 2008 - When GREEN became a program of Earth Force in 1999, its long standing financial and volunteer supporter, General Motors, joined Earth Force as well. With the support of GM, Earth Force was able to develop the nationally recognized curricula, training and resources for supporting educators in implementing GREEN around the country.

    As such, Earth force and GREEN would like to recognize and share some invaluable GM educational resources available through the GM website. More...
  • Earth Force Video

    26 Nov 2008 - The Earth Force video introduces viewers to Earth Force and the Community Action and Problem Solving (CAPS) Process. This approach to service learning is displayed in the story of seventh grade students from Cole Middle School in Denver, Colorado. More...
  • Earth Force Educational Philosophy

    26 Jan 2005 - This document describes in detail Earth Force’s philosophy of education and how it combines elements of civic education, environmental education, service learning, and innovative teaching. More...
  • National Standards Addressed by Protecting our Watersheds

    23 Feb 2005 - This document outlines the national standards met by the Protecting our Watersheds curriculum. More...
  • Quality Rubric

    20 Sep 2004 - This rubric is designed to help educators analyze the extent to which their projects are meeting the standards of a quality Earth Force project. More...
  • The Six Steps of Earth Force

    16 Sep 2004 - This is a detailed description of the six-step Earth Force community action and problem solving process. More...
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