To sign up for the August 6, 2009 Growing a Green Community Educator Workshop, please click here.

Join Museum Educators from the National Building Museum and Earth Force, a non-profit environmental organization for a hands-on teacher workshop investigating how to incorporate environmental issues and ideas for student action into classroom curriculum and links to national and state standards of learning. Enjoy the Museum’s new exhibition Green Community and learn simple steps to provide your students with hands-on, real-world opportunities to practice civic skills, acquire and understand environmental knowledge, and develop the skills and motivation to become life-long leaders in addressing environmental issues.

The workshop will include:
 Hands-on activities for classroom use
 Lesson plans
 Resource lists
 Poster and other environmentally-friendly classroom decorations
 A chance to brainstorm ideas and lessons for your specific needs
 Feedback from other educators

Why Teach about Sustainable Design and Environmental Issues?
Environmental education offers teachers and students an opportunity to learn about a topic that cuts across traditional subject lines and can have a large impact on their everyday lives.  Teaching students about sustainable, or environmentally-friendly design, engages them in real life problem solving through thought-provoking activities. Every person, regardless of age, has various choices when making decisions that are considered environmentally friendly. From the food people eat to leaving the bedroom lights on, walking or driving, batteries or plugs, the choices of being environmentally friendly, or being “green,” can affect all aspects of life. The Educator Workshop is designed with the upper elementary and middle school teacher in mind and will empower teachers to introduce environmental topics into their classrooms and complement their existing science, social studies, and technology curricula.

Registration Required:
$20 per Teacher
FREE for DCPS and DCPCS teachers