Environmental Education 

The Earth Trek Program and Environmental Science Education Classes Winter/Spring/Summer 2009 Global Issues Resource Center and Library present handson interdisciplinary environmental science and technology workshops available for educaotrs and youth serving professionals.  Exciting and informative workshops that can be used to help prepare Northeast, Ohio youth for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) based economy while meeting state science standards.  Workshops can be designed for your school or organization.   Environmental Science Education Classes Registration Form

Earth Trek Program:

• Interactive learning experience for middle-school age young people (grades 5th to 8th)
• Can be used with modifications with all grades & ages 
• Interdisciplinary program materials are designed to enrich classroom lessons
• Lessons correspond to the Ohio Content Standards in science and social studies

The Earth Trek Program integrates core classroom subjects using an organizing essential question.  Each topic includes three components:

• A set of classroom pre-activities with detailed lesson plans to allow the classroom teacher to prepare students for their upcoming visit to the Earth Balloon. Activities last for 40 to 80 minutes.
• An Earth Balloon experience guided by a professional Earth Balloon learning facilitator.  Each presentation focuses on the chosen topic's essential question in a 20 minute interactive overview outside of the balloon followed by a 20 minute program continuation inside the balloon for a total of 40 to 50 minutes.
• A set of classroom post-activities with detailed lesson plans to allow the classroom teacher to extend and integrate the balloon experience into core curriculum areas.  These activities last 40 to 80 minutes per subject.

Earth Trek Program Topics are:

• Water, Water Everywhere, But...
• Popping Population
• Exploration:  Please Help Me, I'm Shrinking!
• Biosphere-Survival on Planet Earth