As part of NSF funded projects (CZNet Big Data), I collaborate with the “Champlain Research Experience for Middle and Secondary Teachers” program, led by co-PI Regina Toolin to engage teachers in an exploration of land and water biogeochemical research in the Lake Champlain Basin. As part of this collaboration, we have intentionally integrated the Critical Zone concept as a framework that supports teaching in Earth and Environmental Sciences and beyond. Trough hands-on investigations with project scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers have opportunities to integrate project, proficiency, and place-based teaching practices in alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and develop a project be implemented in their classrooms during the academic year.
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Here is a video we made for the program to describe the interconnectedness of land and water.
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