Calendar

Sep
22
Tue
EcoRise: Sustainability in the Remote Classroom
Sep 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
EcoRise: Sustainability in the Remote Classroom

Join EcoRise staff and experienced educators to explore best practices for integrating sustainability lessons and activities into your Remote Classroom using research-based methods. In this interactive learning experience, we will explore an EcoRise remote lesson and discuss strategies that can be used to ensure students and teachers get the most out of the experiences while leveraging the unique opportunities remote learning provides.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.

This workshop is also being offered on Saturday, September 26. Click here to RSVP.

Sep
25
Fri
Environmental Educators Exchange
Sep 25 @ 9:00 am – 9:30 am
Environmental Educators Exchange

EEE Virtual Meet Ups Continue

Join fellow educators on Sept. 11 and 25 from 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Join us for a chance to connect, swap stories and help one another. Sign up on the Google Form to get a Zoom meeting link.

Sep
26
Sat
EcoRise: Sustainability in the Classroom
Sep 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
EcoRise: Sustainability in the Classroom

Join EcoRise staff and experienced educators to explore best practices for integrating sustainability lessons and activities into your Remote Classroom using research-based methods. In this interactive learning experience, we will explore an EcoRise remote lesson and discuss strategies that can be used to ensure students and teachers get the most out of the experiences while leveraging the unique opportunities remote learning provides.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.

This workshop is also being offered on Tuesday, September 22. Click here to RSVP.

Sep
29
Tue
EcoRise: Remote Learning Jam Session
Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
EcoRise: Remote Learning Jam Session

Join EcoRise staff, Teacher Ambassadors, and other experienced EcoRise teachers for a collaborative share session around sustainability and remote learning. Come ready to share your successes and challenges! We will highlight new opportunities and Eco-Audit Grant ideas for those ready to dive into creating innovative approaches to remote Eco-Audit grants!

This workshop is for experienced EcoRise K-12 teachers. PD credit will be provided.

*New to EcoRise and looking for an introductory session, check out our other virtual offerings: https://ecorise.eventbrite.com

Oct
2
Fri
First Friday Friends @ Jesse H. Jones Nature Center
Oct 2 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Senior adults are invited to a variety of natural history programs, leisurely walks and fun nature activities every 1st Friday of the month. Meet at the nature center.

Oct
6
Tue
Launch Your Career with Houston’s Virtual Green Job Program
Oct 6 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Launch Your Career with Houston's Virtual Green Job Program

Calling all high school and college students!

At this unique program, you have a chance to meet in small groups with professionals who make saving the planet their life work. Ask questions, learn how to pursue a green career, and inquire about internships/job shadowing opportunities.

This is a come-and-go format, with tables open from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on October 6.

You will receive an event link through to the Remo platform. Simply join the event, and self-select which professionals to engage in conversation.

A list of attendees and sample questions will be provided, so that you know who to look for and what to ask.

 

Do you currently have a green career, and want to mentor area students?

Take a few hours to meet with small groups of students. Share your career experience with them, help them chart an academic pathway, and offer information on local internships and/or job shadowing opportunities with your employer (if applicable).

You will receive an event link through the Remo platform. Simply join the event and sit at your designated table. Engage with students in a come-and-go format (they can self-select where to go).

Oct
7
Wed
TCiN 2020 Summit Session: Teachers and Students Learning Outdoors
Oct 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

This workshop is for both formal and informal educators teaching in an outdoor setting.

Teachers would like to take their students outdoors to learn, but don’t always know what the best methods would be. They wonder, “How do I maintain interest of the students and control of student behavior while meeting the state standards?”

Informal educators have experience in learning outside, but do not always know how to make that learning fit with formal education requirements. They wonder, “How do I make this concept developmentally appropriate, engaging for students, and meet state standards.”

This workshop will provide ideas for putting the answers to all of these questions together in meaningful activities. See students as they learn content and skills necessary to meet state standards, while providing examples of meeting the need for developmentally appropriate, engaging lessons using state standards, and take part in example activities illustrating these ideas.

Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.

Oct
8
Thu
EcoRise: Sustainability in Outdoor Learning
Oct 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
EcoRise: Sustainability in Outdoor Learning

Join EcoRise staff and seasoned EcoRise teachers for an interactive learning experience to explore EcoRise lessons that utilize outdoor spaces as well as options to adapt lessons for outdoor learning, using our Outdoor Learning Guide. We will explore classroom management considerations and modifications that can be used to meet the needs of students.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.

Texas Children in Nature Virtual Meet Up
Oct 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Join in for a virtual networking event. Partners from across the state of Texas can gather to discuss getting more kids outside. Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.

Oct
10
Sat
EcoRise: Sustainability in Outdoor Learning
Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
EcoRise: Sustainability in Outdoor Learning

Join EcoRise staff and seasoned EcoRise teachers for an interactive learning experience to explore EcoRise lessons that utilize outdoor spaces as well as options to adapt lessons for outdoor learning, using our Outdoor Learning Guide. We will explore classroom management considerations and modifications that can be used to meet the needs of students.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.