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PLT Greenschools! Waste & Recycling Investigations (Grades 4-8)

When: Jul. 10, 2017
Where: LEARN
Address: 44 Hatchetts Hill Rd, Old Lyme , CT
Time: 9:00 - 3:30
Instructor(s): Becky Tonkinson, Lynn Kochiss

Description:

IMPORTANT 2017 eesmarts Workshops Updates

The eesmarts team wants to keep our professional development workshops engaging and interactive while making them available to all Connecticut educators. Please note these changes that will allow us run sustainable workshops which build capacity for Connecticut education agencies.  

  • In order to build capacity, enrollment preference will be given to educators who are new to eesmarts.  Educators registering for a workshop for the third time in three years will have the option to be placed on a standby list and will be notified one week before the workshop if there is space and will have the option to attend.
  • Electronic Handouts. Check your email! You will receive the workshop handouts via email from CREC (bmarsh@crec.org or gkoch@crec.org) about two days before the workshop, please keep an eye out for this email.  You can print the materials and bring them if you want, or use them for reference later.
  • Please bring your own lunch. If you bring a sustainable and waste free lunch you will be entered into a raffle to win eco-friendly prizes.

Workshops are interactive and cross disciplinary, featuring inquiry-based, hands-on activities.  Workshop agenda items include:

  • How to investigate your school's waste stream by collecting and analyzing data to help your students brainstorm ways to make improvements.
  • Develop an understanding of how individual and collective actions can affect the waste stream.
  • Learn about sustainable approaches to waste management and why it is important to adopy sustainable practices.

PLT lessons include:

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • A Look at Aluminum
  • Resource-Go-Round
  • A Peek at Packaging
  • Waltk through the PLT GreenSchools! Curriculum on Waste and Recyling

This workshop is the first step to becoming a PLT CT GreenSchool!

  1. Participate in a PLT CT Professional Development Workshop
  2. Form a PLT CT GreenSchools! Team
  3. Complete five PLT CT GreenSchools! Investigations - Energy, Water, Waste/Recycling, School Site, and Environmental Quality
  4. Take Action
  5. Celebrate Success
  6. Find out more by visiting PLT's website at www.plt.org

Benefits of attending an eesmarts Summer Institute Workshop also include:

  • Receive $100 stipend (per day)
  • Receive free program lessons and materials for your classroom. All eesmarts and Project Learning Tree lessons are fully aligned with Connecticut Science Framework and NGSS 
  • Gain knowledge, confidence and skills for teaching your students about energy, energy conservation, renewable energy sources and efficient technologies
  • Receive a free pass to one of the Energize Connecticut museum partners

*This professional development workshop is open to CT educators only.