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No Child Left Inside

No Child Left Inside. Sarah Bohlen Jessica Brown Stephanie Ward. What is the impact of environmental education on the general classroom curriculum?. What is NCLI?. Environmental Education -active learning -“nature deficit disorder” -childhood obesity -academic achievement

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No Child Left Inside

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  1. No Child Left Inside Sarah Bohlen Jessica Brown Stephanie Ward

  2. What is the impact of environmental education on the general classroom curriculum?

  3. What is NCLI? • Environmental Education -active learning -“nature deficit disorder” -childhood obesity -academic achievement • Environmental literacy • NCLB • Narrowing of curriculum • Incentives

  4. Get 'em Outside

  5. Benefits of Environmental Education • Deeper engagement in curriculum • Greater understanding of environment • Fight challenges of obesity

  6. Different Perspectives • Disagree • Peter Gray “ ‘No Child Left Inside’: An Example of the Wrong Way to Solve a National Problem” • Results of the implementing of No Child Left Inside? • Educational expenses • Dislike of the outdoors • Agree • Report Card on the Status of Environmental Education in Washington State • Results of the implementing of No Child Left Inside? • Better test scores • Connection to the outdoors

  7. Solutions • Design environmental assessment activities • Controlling consumption • Think about the effect our decisions have on the environment

  8. Our Thoughts • What about funding? Resources? Further teacher education? • Incorporation of NCLI would benefit students' approach to learning • Feasibility and integration with other subjects

  9. Sources Blumstein, Daniel T., and Charlie Saylan. "The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It)." PLOS Biology. 17 Apr. 2007. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847843/>. Get 'em Outside.YouTube. NCLI Coalition, 9 Apr. 2008. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR1feHqZPY>. Gray, Peter. "“No Child Left Inside”: An Example of The Wrong Way to Solve a National Problem." Psychology Today, 8 Oct. 2008. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200810/no-child-left-inside-example-the-wrong-way-solve-national-problem>. Munoz, Sarah A. "Children in the Outdoors." Countryside Recreation Network. Sustainable Development Research Centre. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/Children%20Outdoors.pdf>. No Child Left Inside. Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://nclicoalition.org>. "Report Card on the Status of Environmental Education in Washington State." Environmental Education Association of Washington. 16 Nov. 2005. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://eeaw.org/files/wa-ee-report-card/eereportcard.pdf>.

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