Capital Region
Serving Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties

Welcome to Capital CREEC Network, Region 3

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CREEC can help you find the resources you need to engage your students in learning about the local environment. Check out the Calendar and Resource Directory (a searchable database of environmental education resources including field trip destinations, curriculum, classroom presentations and more). .

The CREEC Capital Region Newsletter is back! The Summer 2009 issue features state agency resources for environmental education. Read this and past newsletters by clicking on the newsletter link.

New and Noteworthy

Green Pathways to the Future Teacher Institute, August 10-11

Save the Date:
Connecting Youth to the Outdoors Fall Gathering, October 20

New River Conservation Video, Grades 1-6

Education & the Environment Initiative: Units Posted for Review


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Green Pathways to the Future Teacher Institute, Grades 5-12
August 10-11, 8:00 - 3:30, Cosumnes River College

What Should You and Your Students Know about the "Green Economy? You'll find the answer, along with a comprehensive collection of curriculum resources that make it easy to translate those answers into standards-based instruction, at the "Green Pathways to the Future" Teacher Institute. Morning breakout sessions will address specific green economy sectors, both in terms of current activity and projections for the future. Afternoon sessions will give teachers time, expert support, and access to award winning curriculum resources to integrate your new knowledge into classroom lessons and activities. $295 tuition per participant, scholarships available.More information and application available at http://green-technology.org/pathways_to_the_future/institutes/

Connecting Youth to the Outdoors Network: October 20, 2009

Educators, agencies and organizations that provide experiences for youth in outdoor settings (school gardens, nature areas, parks, wilderness) have been meeting together for lively networking activities, sharing successes and challenges and forming new collaborations to increase the regions capacity to provide high quality outdoor experiences for youth. The fall gathering will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 8:30 - noon at the Sierra Health Foundation. In addition to networking opportunities, participants will be working on plans to create a database of outdoor experiences available in the region, coordinate outreach efforts and identify best practices. These events are sponsored by Region 3 CREEC Network, Sacramento Splash and the Youth Development Network (YDN). For more information or to receive notices of network meetings, contact Deb Bruns, Region 3 CREEC Coordinator (see link at left).

New River Conservation Education Video, Grades 1-6

Hey!  Something’s Fishy at the River: Let’s Keep It Clean, an entertaining puppetry
video that helps children understand the threats to rivers, creeks and the ocean will be delivered to school libraries in the Sacramento region this August as a resource for teachers. Schools will receive the DVD plus teachers guide and pre-post test. The video integrates science concepts in the California state science standards for grades 1st-6th and is produced by the California Department of Fish and Game and the American River Natural History Association. For more information, contact Bruce Forman, California Department of Fish and Game, 916-358-2353, bforman@dfg.ca.gov

Education & the Environment Initiative: Units Posted for Review

The goal of the Education & the Environment Initiative (EEI) is to develop a curriculum that helps students achieve mastery of California's Academic Content Standards in the context of California's approved Environmental Principles and Concepts. The EEI Curriculum will enhance environmental education goals and academic standards already established by the California Department of Education. Draft units are being posted for a 30-day public review period as they are being developed. The public is invited to submit any comments. To view the units, visit http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm#CurriculumUnits

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