Date: Thursday January 28th, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: OKC Zoo & Botanical Gardens, 2101 NE 50thOKC, OK 73111
RSVP to: deanna@nurturedworld.org (512.934.4760)
A Nurtured World Inc., a non-profit organization, has been funded by the USEPA to provide training for Oklahoma teachers on our Consumer Conservation curricula that has been correlated in detail to Oklahoma State Standards for 6th – 8th grade science, math, and English language arts. The workshop provides teachers with curricula for teaching students about their personal behavior and the environment (i.e. consumer conservation). The curriculum is completely transferable to other age groups and has been taught throughout the United States to children, teenagers, and adults. Participants of this workshop have reported saving thousands of dollars and reducing their environmental impacts including:
• Average savings of $2,000 and up to $9,800 in savings per person
• Average carbon dioxide reductions of 2.1 tons per person
• Total reported savings from all participants of over $302,000; 3,261 MM Btu conserved; 597,000 gallons of water conserved; 631,000 pounds of solid waste reduced or recycled; 13,105 pounds of air pollutants eliminated (not including CO2), and 334 tons of carbon dioxide reduced.
What other teachers have said:
• “The course changed my life. I wish every teacher could go through this course”
• “Best in-service I’ve ever taken. Coverage of physical and chemical changes is best I’ve ever seen”
• “Great lessons, I can start these lessons right away”
• “Wonderful real world personal applications for a variety of ages.”
Teachers will be provided with a Teacher Guide, Student Guide, and a CD-ROM with the entire six lesson curricula including optional Power Point slides that can be used in the classroom. These guides contain reading passages for the students, discussion questions for classroom use, activities for the students including math, science, and English activities, and evaluation instruments for each lesson. Furthermore, the course will provide Action Bags that can be used in the classroom to teach the curricula, reduce environmental impacts, and save money.
• Lesson 1 – Consumer versus Industrial Environmental Impacts
• Lesson 2 – Values and the Environment
• Lesson 3 – Money and the Environment
• Lesson 4 – How The Earth Works and How You Affect the Earth
• Lesson 5 -How to Create Change
• Lesson 6 -Actions You Can Take
TULSA OK DATE COMING SOON! Email elizabeth@nurturedworld.org for more information.