Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

Education in the Environment: A Hands-on Student Research and Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending February 28, 2006

Authors

Margaret N. Rees, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-28-2006

Publisher

Public Lands Institute

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

10

Abstract

During the past three-months, the focus of the university’s efforts has included the following highlights:

• The 2006 Our Places Tell Stories Conference for place-based educators was held on the UNLV campus, January 24-27, 2006. Attendance totaled 120 participants, who rated the overall content and arrangements at 3.59 on a 4.00 scale.
• Forever Earth was scheduled 22 days in the past three months, benefiting more than 200 individuals.
• A $3,000 donation was received for the Forever Earth program.
• The Year 2 Schedule of Events for the Discover Mojave Outdoor World program is on track for delivering 29 total events, a 190% increase over the Year 2 deliverable stated in the task agreement. Thirteen Discover Mojave events are planned between March and May 2006.
• Presentations related to the Year 1 assessment results for the Discover Mojave Outdoor World program were made at three professional conferences.
• Survey data is being collected from Clark County School District teachers about their use of educational field trips.
• Planning continues for a master’s degree in environmental education to train new educators for the Las Vegas Valley.
• Coordination efforts continue between the Interagency Environmental Education Team and other interagency teams that have identified education components within their program/project efforts.

Controlled Subject

Curriculum planning; Desert ecology – Study and teaching; Environmental literacy; Environmental sciences – Study and teaching; Nevada; Outdoor education

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Desert Ecology | Education | Environmental Sciences | Science and Mathematics Education

File Format

pdf

File Size

402 KB

Language

English

Comments

Cooperative Agreement Number H8R07010001
Task Agreement Number J8R07040005

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Repository Citation

Rees, M. N. (2006). Education in the Environment: A Hands-on Student Research and Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending February 28, 2006. 1-10.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_education_reports/5