KIDS for the BAY offers exciting professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in Environmental Education. Our workshops and trainings focus on curriculum content and teaching strategies while modeling best practices for teaching the latest State Science Standards. Participants learn activities that provide access to content for diverse types of learners. Content is scaffolded and modeled at developmentally appropriate grade levels.

Environmental Education Services

• Grade level and whole faculty workshops
• One-on-one support
• Lesson modeling in teachers’ classrooms
• Curricula, resources, and equipment
• Week-Long Summer Institute for Educators
• Lesson planning consultations in the following areas:
  • Implementing a community-based student-led action project
  • Thematic integration
  • Developing and implementing critical thinking questioning strategies
  • Addressing the diverse learning needs of students
  • Teaching State Standards
  • Addressing the needs of English language learners

Content Options

• Local Watershed Studies
• Developing Action Projects
• Waste Reduction and Sustainable Practices
• Safe Bay Fish Consumption
• Studying and Learning in the Outdoors
• Point Source & Non-Point Source Pollution Reduction
• Environmental Justice
• Water Conservation
• Scientific Process Skill Development

Instructional Stategies
Participants learn how to apply and incorporate a variety of instructional strategies including:

• Hands-on experiments
• Using visuals and realia
• Role-plays
• Learning through movement
• Collaborative student group activities
• Engaging students’ prior knowledge and cultural backgrounds
• Interdisciplinary teaching strategies to teach key environmental concepts