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Project-Based Learning

The Continuum of Environmental Awareness, Know-How, and Problem-Solving

Adapted by EEA from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Engaging students in environmental education and outdoor learning is more than simply providing content knowledge. It is a process that ranges from awareness to action, and increases student capacity for designing and carrying out solutions to bite-sized, local environmental problems. 
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Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning is a student-directed, collaborative learning process that results in a project or product. Among the many approaches to project-based learning and environmental stewardship (i.e., project-based learning that is intended to solve an authentic local environmental problem), are the following methods and models for engaging students:
Earth Force Action Projects
CPF's Project Hero Quests
PBL Works
NOAA MWEEs
Sprocket ES Projects
Project Lead the Way
Schoolyard Habitat Projects
EcoRise Audits & Projects
HQ PBL Projects

Storylines: The GREAT Projects model for student-directed stewardship

EEA, in partnership with the Captain Planet Foundation, has created a series of scaffolded project guides that lead a class from decision point to decision point through a process that includes observation of a phenomenon, problem identification, research, investigations, ideation and pitching of solutions, engagement with the community,  project implementation, assessment, and reflection. We call this scaffolding the GREAT Project Storylines (see below for a schematic example). The GREAT Project Storylines were designed to provide three-dimensional learning experiences that can be used in states that have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards and in states that have not. 
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 Water Quality 
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Biodiversity
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​Zero Heroes - coming soon

Schematic Concept Map of GREAT Project Storylines
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Key Research that Informed the Design of GREAT Project Storylines 

Connection to Nature

3-Dimensional Learning

Graduated Challenges 

“As a result of the curriculum initiative, education officials found that students felt hopeless and disempowered. The problems were seemingly so widespread and beyond their control that the students tended to turn away from, rather than face up to, participating in local attempts at problem- solving.” - David Sobel in Ecophobia, 1996 
3-dimensional learning is based on research into how children learn. Its key tenets include students observing and trying to make sense of phenomena before teacher explanations. Students engage in science or engineering practices and look for crosscutting concepts to understand core ideas. 
Louise Chawla's research addresses both formative experiences in childhood to which adults attribute their environmental ethic, and a process of exploring the world  that results in increased environmental know-how, competence, and confidence in the ability to change the world. 
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“When children have satisfying experiences in the world nearby, they are motivated to explore further; and with each feature of the environment that they come to understand and each challenge that they overcome, they build greater levels of environmental knowledge and personal competence.”
David Sobel: Beyond Ecophobia - Reclaiming the Heart of Nature Education
National Academies of Science: A Framework for K-12 Science Education
Louise Chawla: Childhood Experiences and Care for the Natural World

Environmental Stewardship in Action
Films & lesson plans from This American Land and Captain Planet Foundation

If a picture tells a thousand words, watching a video conveys the potential and value of an instructional strategy such as project-based learning more effectively than reading the research on which it is built. Check out these videos of student projects, which vary widely in the degree of teacher facilitation, and get inspired! Then read the research if you would like to know more.
Fabulous Filtering Fungi
Restoring Native Plants 
Building a Bioswale
Raising & Releasing Trout
Billion Oyster Project
Water Testing @ Floating Classroom
More EcoSolution Projects

Sustainable School Programs

There are several whole school initiatives that focus on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals as a compass for student projects. Some of these programs offer professional learning for teachers and all provide recognition for schools that make measurable improvements toward a sustainable future, often focused on school operations. To learn more, click the buttons below.
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Green Schools National Network
Green Ribbon Schools
Green Schools Alliance
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Environmental Education Alliance, Inc.  
P.O. Box 801066 | Acworth, GA 30101


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  • Our Story
    • About EEA
      • About Env Ed
      • About Env Stewardship
      • About Env Justice
      • About Our Organizational Members
      • About Our History
  • Our Team
  • Our Resources
    • Wildlife Viewing Grant
    • Earth Month Activities
    • Garden-based Learning
    • EcoEngineering Challenges
    • Participatory (Citizen) Science
    • Problem-Based Learning
    • Place-Based Learning
    • Project-Based Learning
    • Teaching about Climate Change
      • P WET Climate Resilience pdf
    • SAGES Project
    • Virtual EE Resources
    • Evaluation and Assessment
  • Our Work
    • Our Conferences
      • EEA Annual Conference
      • Outdoor Learning Symposium
      • SEEA Conference
      • NAAEE Conference
    • Professional Learning
    • ATEEG
    • CoOL
      • CoOL RESEARCH on Outdoor Learning
        • Stanford Key Findings on EE
        • Frontiers Special Edition
      • CoOL AWARDS & GRANTS
      • CoOL ToolKit ToC
      • CoOL Toolkit Survey
      • CoOL Toolkit Map
      • CoOL Toolkit Audits
      • CoOL Toolkit SPACES
      • CoOL Toolkit METHODS
      • CoOL Toolkit SUSTAIN
      • CoOL Toolkit COVID
    • EEinGeorgia.org
      • EEinGeorgia
    • Monarchs Across GA
      • MAG Awards
      • Mexico Book Project
      • Pollinator Habitats
        • Pollinator Habitat Grants
        • Pollinator Habitat Certification
      • MAG Resources
        • Buy Milkweed
      • Symbolic Migration
      • MAG Volunteers
      • MAG Events
      • Mapping Milkweeds for Monarchs in GA
    • EEA Memorial Forest
    • Awards and Grants
  • Our Initiatives
    • CEO Roundtable
    • EE Landscape Analysis
    • Guidelines for Excellence in EE
      • Outdoor Learning Collaboratory
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    • GOLD Grant Application Preview
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