The Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources hosted the second annual Maryland Youth Summit on Friday, June 3. The Alice Ferguson Foundation set up two environmental literacy stations. Baltimore’s coverage of the event discretely mentions both! The first is our Crumpled Paper Watershed station during which students [...]
One of our amazing partner teachers from Watkins Elementary School in DCPS, Lauren Tate, has been honored with this Presidential Award! She has attended our Teacher Institute and participates in our long-term partnership program as well. She gives us a shout-out in her bio for the award. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and [...]
We had a great time at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Prince George’s County learning all about properties of water, water cycle, importance of water, water conservation, and human impacts on water. Project WET is a wonderful compilation of fantastic hands-on activities for kids to learn all about water. My favorite part of the workshop [...]
We were delighted to exhibit at the United States Botanic Gardens’ Earth Day Celebration last week. Naturalists from Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center brought baby chicks, rabbits, and eggs to teach visitors about where their food comes from and about animal adaptations. We even got 3 seconds of fame on the local news! Check it [...]