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

Contact	info@kidsforthebay.org 510-985-1602
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