Summit Design

Overview and Goals of the Environmental Literacy Summit

Each Phenomena Summit is a two-day experience designed to bring classroom teachers, out-of-school educators, and university scientists together to build understanding of environmentally-focused phenomena and their role in NGSS aligned science instruction.

In addition to learning sessions, participants work in collaborative teams to build out an instructional resource that:

• identifies a useful, environmentally-focused phenomenon
• highlights resources for building teacher understanding of the phenomenon
• identifies possible student activities which emphasize the Science and Engineering Practices of the NGSS
• provides a grade-level appropriate student explanation that incorporates Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts
• makes explicit connections to the Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs)

Summit Design Structure

• Pre-Summit
• Science Learning
• Phenomena Resources

CA Environmental Literacy Summit Locations and Regions

• Region 9, held in San Diego, October 25-26, 2018
• Region 4, held in Berkeley, March 26-27, 2019 (View Flier)
• Region 3, held in Woodland, April 2-3, 2019 (View Flier)
• Region 10, held in Rancho Cucamonga, May 7-8, 2019 (View Flier)
• Region 5, to be held in Santa Cruz, Fall 2019 (View Flier)

This project is funded through Budget Act of 2017, Item 6100-488-0001, Provision 6

California CCSESA Regions