Profiles of Environmental Education Grants Awarded to Organizations in Connecticut
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2015 Grants
New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. $76,668
Joel Tolman, 358 Springside Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515-1024
http://www.nhep.orgExit
TEACH CITY
Five urban high schools are engaged as part of the New Haven Ecology Project to develop a new generation of environmental stewards equipped to make a difference in communities across the country. This project strengthens the capacity of these schools to teach and empower high school students to work with community organizations and residents to turn the urban environment into a classroom for city students. The schools and their students address issues related to urban waters, air quality, toxins and other environmental issues of concern to local communities. Each high school makes a commitment to identify a potential capacity-building project with the most pressing environmental challenges and develops a school-specific strategy to fulfill the literacy and stewardship goals of the community project identified. The high schools host visits with each other to share best practices, learn about community issues in the other high schools, and share how those issues were addressed.
2011 Grants
Education Connection $28,977
Ms Abby Peklo, 355 Goshen Road, PO Box 909, Litchfield, CT 06759
Collaboration with Middle School Teachers and Environmental Educators.
The key partners of Education Connection on this grant are Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP), Kellogg Environmental Center (Kellogg), and the Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Educators Association (COEEA). Middle school teachers from diverse middle schools in western Connecticut receive 20 hours of professional development workshops on integrating the environment into their classroom curricula. Students with these teachers receive a full day educational visit to partnered nature centers, an outdoor experiential class for students on school grounds facilitated by the environmental center partner, one community education day at each nature center highlighting students' work, and informal instruction for teachers as needed throughout the project period. Teachers and students are educated in climate change and how air quality, water quality, and chemical risks are integral to the effects of climate change.
Soundwaters, Inc. $14,980
Leigh Shemitz, 1281 Cove Road, Fairfield, CT 06902
Stamford Partnership in Fairfield County, CT
The Stamford Partnership in Fairfield County includes Soundwaters, Rogers International School, and Stamford's Environmental Protection Board. These partners educate students in grade 6 on coastal ecology (the structure and function of coastal dunes), adaptations of organisms living in this zone, and restoration of critical coastal habitat. Students have multiple means of learning, including in the classroom with their teachers; with Soundwaters educators in the Soundwaters Coastal Education Center and in the Soundwaters Learning Laboratory; through field study along the coast of Long Island Sound; and in designing and implementing a horseshoe crab census and study that employs data collection for education. Students observe nesting and spawning behavior and tag horseshoe crabs in conjunction with Project Limulus, the statewide horseshoe crab project that is gathering data to measure population numbers and assess migration patterns. Project Limulus is sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and scientists at Sacred Heart University. The goals of the Stanford Partnership are to increase knowledge of coastal habitat through hands-on learning, develop local environmental stewardship, and reestablish the dune grass habitat.
Housatonic Valley Association $11,851
Dennis Regan, 150 Kent Road, P.O. Box 28, Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754
Building Watershed Stewardship in Housatonic River Communities.
Members of the public are educated through six guided river tours that are adult and family friendly, and a series of five educational workshops aimed at adults. High school students in the Berkshire County are also educated on various environmental aspects of the river. The workshops and tours of the Housatonic River educate students and adults on water quality and protection, wetlands and land use around the river, water conservation, non-point source pollution, and the health and history of this river.
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative $21,199
Colleen Murphy-Dunning, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 05611
Green Skills = Green Streets
The Green Skills = Green Streets program engages students in community-driven planting project. Students are educated about water cycles, nutrient cycling, wildlife biodiversity, forest structure, the connection between species and habitat diversity, adaptation, and the impact of the urban environment on its natural counterpart. As part of this project, students plant more than 100 street trees throughout the city to help restore New Haven’s street tree canopy. The New Haven Urban Resources Initiative teaches Yale School of Forestry graduate students and high school students about the best practices for street tree planning and the ecosystem services provided by the city’s tree canopy. By engaging them in the planning effect, this project provides high school students with job skills and fosters their sense of environmental stewardship.
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc. $25,082
Jamie Dickinson, 10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854
The Water Stewards Project for Norwalk 6th Grade Students
Through living exhibits, marine science and environmental education, the Maritime Aquarium inspires people of all ages to appreciate the Long Island Sound and protect it for future generations. This project teaches all sixth graders from the Norwalk Public School District about nonpoint source pollution affecting Long Island Sound. Students learn how human activity affects water resources in Connecticut and its ecosystems through educational kits, field trips, school and home activities, and science presentations. Teachers learn how to conduct an inquiry-based curriculum focused on nonpoint source pollution. Families are also encouraged to participate and learn about nonpoint source pollution.
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice $10,755
Mark Mitchell, P.O. Box 2002, Hartford, CT 06145
Bridgeport Asthma Speakers' Bureau
The target audience of the Bridgeport Asthma Speakers’ Bureau is the residents in Bridgeport’s low-income neighborhoods. The speakers are drawn from neighborhood residents who are trained to educate their peers on asthma and on taking control of the indoor and outdoor environments. The first effort is focused on recruiting low-income residents who have the cultural and linguistic competency for four train-the-trainer workshops of about two hours each. Community residents and families are then invited to attend community asthma and air quality talks and strategy sessions for resolving problems. These residents are recruited through local community partners. The incentives offered to the residents attending the meetings include transportation, refreshments, and childcare.
New Haven Ecology Project $10,022
Betsy Sneath, 358 Springside Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515
Earth Day At Common Ground
This organization holds an annual Earth Day festival for students in grades 1 through 6 and adults. During this day-long festival, participants are educated on food systems and on local, sustainable food, ecosystem protection, pollution, recycling, and organic farming. The festival raises the awareness of participants on their role in environmental protection and their connection to the natural world. These goals are achieved through interactive lessons and tours by trained Common Ground High School student and adult staff volunteers.
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative $10,750
Colleen Murphy-Dunning, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Open Spaces as Learning Places
This project reaches students in grades 4 through 6 in an urban setting on the ecological systems around them. Open Spaces as Learning Places focuses on six types of urban open space in New Haven: school grounds, reclaimed abandoned lots that are now community-managed, city parks, rivers and wetlands, pond life, and historical cemeteries. Through these open spaces, students are educated on water cycles, nutrient cycling, wildlife biodiversity, forest structure, the connection between species and habitat diversity, and adaptation, and the impact of the urban environment on its natural counterpart. Teachers are trained to both educate the students about these open spaces and to continue the open space curriculum.
New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. $5,000
Betsy Sneeth, 358 Spring Side Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515
Earth Day at Common Ground
Building on two successful Earth Day events held previously by the New Haven Ecology Project (NHEP), students in grades 1 through 4 from New Haven, Connecticut, and surrounding areas participate in an Earth-centered education and celebratory event. Participants at the Earth Day event learn about ecosystem protection, air and water pollution, hazardous waste recycling, natural resources, and stewardship for their own neighborhoods.
Jamie Alonzo, 155 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208337, New Haven, CT 06520-8337
Environmental After School Program
Yale University is partnering with Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, New Haven Public Schools, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection to provide middle and high school students an after-school and summer program to explore the natural and environmental sciences while they learn about associated majors and careers. Although it directly serves students in the local community, the program also includes an outreach component where students work with local environmental organizations as well as use the final exhibit projects to engage the general public in environmental education. The following issues of local importance are discussed: air pollution, asthma triggers, lead paint, and radon.
Progressive Training Associates, Inc. $4,998
Warren Godbolt, 965 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Project PEEAL (Parent Empowerment and Education About Lead)
This project is expanding an existing program that provides education about lead poisoning for low-income families in Bridgeport, which has the highest number of lead poisoning cases in the state. The project is aimed specifically at providing services for parents who are re-entering the community after incarceration and who have children under the age of 6 years.
Sea Research Foundation, Inc. $20,104
Ingrid Walker, 55 Coogan Boulevard, New London, CT 06355
Protecting the Jewel in Our Backyard: The Long Island Sound Curricula Outreach Program
This project is developing a week-long summer institute for approximately 30 teachers of grades 5 and 6 in the New Haven public schools. The institute focuses on critical issues facing Connecticut's marine ecosystems and features outdoor field experiences, hands-on activities, interactive workshops, presentations, and discussions. The workshops and presentations are aimed to enhance the teachers' understanding of marine science.
Stephanie Bergman, 425 West Rock Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515
Hands-on Outdoor Learning Adventure (HOLA) Program
This is a school program that provides hands-on, outdoor learning opportunities to students in grades 4 and 5 from a low-income urban community. The program emphasizes the scientific benchmarks in the New Haven Public School Standards and helps students to understand that their personal choices can affect the environment. The students participating in this program increase their scientific achievement while developing the knowledge, attitude, skills, and commitment to integrate environmental ethics into their lives.
Progressive Training Association, Inc. $4,969
Warren Godbolt, 965 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Parent Empowerment and Education About Lead
The Parent Empowerment and Education About Lead (PEEAL) project promotes awareness and provides education among poor and low-income families in Bridgeport, which has the highest number of lead poisoning cases in Connecticut. The PEEAL project is aimed specifically at providing services for parents who have children under the age of six and are re-entering the community after incarceration.
Science Center of Connecticut $16,650
Hank Gruner, 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford, CT 06119
Our Cities, Our Health: Summer Ozone Monitoring Network
Representatives of a partnership between the Science Center of Connecticut and the Boys and Girls Club work in seven urban areas of Connecticut to integrate an ozone monitoring project and a 5-week air pollution curriculum into each club chapter's education program. Scientists visit each club chapter at least once per week to work with children and to lead an activity with the assistance of Boys and Girls Club staff.
Hispanic Health Council, Inc. $10,000
Kaya Townsend, 175 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Local Environmental Health Education: A Teacher Training and Hispanic Youth Experience
Hispanic youth, ages 14-18 learn to monitor and assess their local environment under the guidance and tutorage of undergraduate students from Connecticut State University. Issues such as asthma and lead poisoning pose a significant danger to the health of many in Hartford's Hispanic community. Residents are educated about pollutants and how to reduce exposure to these health threats.
Upper Room Unlimited, Inc. $17,000
Crystal Emery, 900 Chapel Street, Suite 440, New Haven, CT 06530
"This Is Where I Live," Environmental Education Program for Inner-City Children.
Through an interactive play and a flexible menu of hands-on workshops in urban schools, this program delivers environmental awareness, education, and tools that help inner-city children understand and begin to solve environmental problems affecting their communities. An experiential field trip to a local nature area is included to complement and solidify the messages drawn from the play and workshops.
Colchester Public Schools $5,000
Karen Loiselle, 127 Norwich Avenue, Colchester, CT 06415
Project Steward: A School and Community Environmental Partnership
Colchester recently purchased a 111-acre open-space property that is expected to become an environmental classroom for the entire community. Using the Coverts Project model developed by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service, selected teachers and students learn about the physical features of the property and the organisms that inhabit it. The trained stewards work with personnel of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s Goodwin Conservation Center to develop lesson plans related to land management and management of open spaces. During the pilot-test year, 80 teachers and more than 100 students are expected to participate in the project.
Connecticut Department of Public Health $18,360
Mary Lou Fleissner, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134
Asthma Awareness Program
The environmental education project educates culturally diverse, low-income families to identify and manage indoor air pollutants that aggravate the symptoms of asthma in children. The program focuses on educating families who live in dwelling units targeted by the health department of the city of Hartford for the reduction of hazards posed by lead-based paint under separate funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Hartford Public Library $5,000
Mary Albro, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06104
Environmental Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
ESOL instructors combine ESOL teaching methods, strategies, and techniques with environmental education content and materials. Workshops introduce ESOL instructors to existing environmental education materials that can be incorporated into their classroom curricula. The project is expected to reach 40 participants. The Hartford Public Library has entered into a partnership with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection to conduct the Hartford Neighborhood Environmental Project.
New Fairfield School District $10,642
Kathleen Matusiak, 3 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfield, CT 06812
Project CLEAR: The Candlewood Lake Environmental Awareness and Responsibility Project
Project CLEAR is an alliance of education, community, and environmental agencies organized to demonstrate and disseminate a model watershed protection education initiative for students in kindergarten through grade 12 and residents of the five communities in the vicinity of Candlewood Lake. The project develops inquiry-based environmental education programs in the schools and communities to foster widespread support for and involvement in watershed protection programs. Educators in kindergarten through grade 12 and representatives of the communities are trained in Project WET. A core group of teachers incorporates Project WET into curricula at specific grade levels. Schools work in partnership with community organizations to provide field experiences in water activities. A minimum of 15 educators and 700 students in grades 5, 6, 9, and 11 participate in the project.
2000 Grants
Integrated Day Charter School $4,950
Joan Heffernan, 68 Thermos Avenue, Norwich, CT 06360
Urban Ecology Project
The Integrated Day Charter School (IDCS), in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, trains teachers at IDCS in an interdisciplinary environmental education curriculum for grades 4 through 8. The curriculum is tied to state teaching frameworks. The participating students become aware of how their lives are connected to the diversity of species in their surroundings. Career development materials are integrated into the school curricula. The training is used as a model for the other 13 charter schools in the state.
1999 Grants
Connecticut Business & Industry Association Education Foundation $5,000
Lauren Kaufman, 350 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Environmental Learning Games for High School Students
This project is an education reform initiative under which both teachers and students are educated about real-world environmental problems and develop strategies to solve those problems. The project also exposes students to environmental careers. The purpose of the project is to increase the number of school districts in which students are exploring the environmental cluster by developing real-world, industry-based, problem-solving games that teachers easily can incorporate into their curricula.
SoundWaters, Inc. $5,000
Lee Ann Beauchamp, 69 Dyke Lane, #13, Stamford, CT 06902
Teacher Training Workshop: from the Sound to the Schoolyard
This project provides teachers with a unique multidisciplinary, five-day watershed ecology workshop at river sites in the Long Island Sound watershed, aboard the schooner SoundWaters, and at other field sites. The workshop offers a new approach to watershed education by demonstrating how teachers can integrate hands-on teaching methods, as practiced by outdoor educators, into traditional classroom curricula.
1998 Grants
Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center $5,000
Barbara Milton, 1 Milford Point Road, Milford, CT 06460
Planning Workshops for Milford's Open Space Steering Committee
Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center (CACC) hosts six bimonthly workshops for representatives of the city of Milford's Open Space Steering Committee. The workshops cover the following topics: natural resources inventories, low-impact development, wetlands and waterfront open space, management of open space, funding for and acquisition of open space, and development of slide presentations. Approximately 20 representatives of various agencies will attend the workshops. Presentations based on the contents of the workshops are expected to reach thousands of people.
Connecticut Food, Land & People Project $18,950
Steven Fish, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Connecticut Project Food, Land & People
Project Food, Land & People developed a model curriculum that focuses on agriculture and environmental concepts and issues. The curriculum has been field-tested with 72 teachers. The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and its partners distribute the curriculum throughout the state to teachers of prekindergarten through 12th grade. A culturally diverse mix of students in all grades is targeted. In addition, 25 teachers are trained to train other teachers.
New Haven Land Trust $5,000
Sylvia Dorsey, P. O. Box 935, New Haven, CT 06504
Youth Environmental Education Program
Through this summer environmental education pilot program, young people from age 7 through age 12 design and develop seven community gardens. Hands-on activities with the young people in the gardens will bring the environmental education content to the program. Community gardens are located in low-income and culturally diverse neighborhoods. The program is expected to reach some 150 people.
Save The Sound, Inc. $5,000
T. Robins Brown, 185 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902
Restoration of Estuarine Habitat
The project develops and tests a training program in restoration of estuarine habitat restoration for 25 high school students annually. Each student spends 200 hours in hands-on learning about how to restore estuarine habitats.
Soundwaters, Inc. $5,000
Nathan Frohling, 69 Dyke Lane, Box 13, Stamford, CT 06902
Discovering Long Island Sound
Discover Long Island Sound : Bringing it Back to the Classroom is a five day, multidisciplinary workshop in marine ecology for teachers. The workshop is conducted aboard the schooner Soundwaters and at several field sites. The goals of the workshop are to inform teachers about priorities related to Long Island Sound and to provide them the skills, materials, and resources they need to teach about those priorities. As many as 25 teachers participate in the workshop, and more that 500 students participate in a classroom or outdoor activity led by a Soundwaters educator.
1997 Grants
Lyme Consolidated School/Connecticut Regional School District $5,000
Donna Turchi, RFD #2, Box 478, Lyme, CT 06371
Salmon Restoration/Watershed Study Project
The Salmon Restoration/Watershed Study Project provides an indoor aquatic laboratory designed to heighten students' awareness of the adjacent Connecticut and Eightmile River tidelands. Teachers are trained to use the rivers and the aquatic station as laboratories for fostering scientific inquiry. The project is a collaborative effort between the Lyme Consolidated School and the Edgerton Elementary School in New London and its minority population.
New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. $4,955
Joanne Sciulli, c/o West Rock Nature Center, P. O. Box 2969, New Haven, CT 06515
Future Environmental Educator Training
The Future Environmental Educator Training (FEET) project trains urban teenagers to become environmental educators in West Rock, a primarily African American community in New Haven. FEET trains six teen educators who lead programs for as many as 400 children and adults in the following year. The program exposes the young people to careers in education and the environmental professions, fields that are in dire need of racial diversification.
Save the Sound, Inc. $5,000
T. Robins Brown, 185 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902
Long Island Sound Education for New Rochelle, New York
This project increases children's awareness and knowledge of Long Island Sound, New York and its watershed by involving them in hands-on activities. Teachers learn how to integrate activities related to Long Island Sound, watershed preservation, and the threats that water pollution poses to health into their classroom programming. The program reaches 15 to 20 teachers of fourth- and fifth-grade classes in New Rochelle. Under the program, the students of the participating teachers take part in beach classes led by experienced naturalists at Long Island Sound Beach. Partners with Save the Sound, Inc. in the project are the New Rochelle Environmental Partnership and the City School District of New Rochelle.
SoundWaters $5,000
Nathan Frohling Brewers Yacht Haven Marina, Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06902
Urban Ecology Project at Monterey Village
The project educates from 30 to 60 children in fourth through eighth grade from a low-income, culturally diverse population, along with their families, in issues related to non-point-source pollution. It demonstrates the link between Monterey Village, a privately owned, low-income housing project, and the Norwalk River Watershed that flows into Long Island Sound.
1996 Grants
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection $12,500
James Murphy, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06102-5127
Environmental Issues Traveling Exhibit
In conjunction with the University of Connecticut's Museum of Natural History, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is creating an Environmental Issues Traveling Exhibit for display at public venues statewide. The exhibit is communicating two primary ideas to exhibit viewers: 1) that the communities in which we live are the product of natural and cultural processes, which, when understood, can help us make more informed choices about how to use the land in the future; and 2) that the choices people make in their everyday lives affect the quality of life in their communities.
Save the Sound, Inc. $5,000
T. Robin Brown, 185 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902-5939
Long Island Sound Watershed Workshops for Connecticut Elementary School Teachers
Save the Sound, in conjunction with the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System, proposes training 100 upper-elementary school teachers from communities within the Long Island Sound watershed on how to integrate information about preservation and restoration of the Sound into their curriculum. The workshops will be held at five locations within the watershed and 15 to 30 teachers will receive ten hours of training. The training will include hands-on learning activities about the Sound, its watershed, and water quality to help them feel comfortable teaching this subject matter to their students.
1995 Grants
20th Century Trends Institute, Inc. $4,500
Mary McLaughlin, 720 West Lake Ave., Guilford, CT 06437-1305
"The Source" Environmental Topic Books
This project will expand an existing program to three additional intermediate schools (grades 5 through 8) in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. The total student population of these schools is 1,736. Approximately 90 science and language arts teachers will have access to "The Source" environmental topic boxes. Teachers are trained in workshops on how to incorporate the materials into lessons and hands-on activities.
Soundwaters, Inc. $4,988
Ruth Ann Shapiro, 4 Yacht Haven Marina, Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06902
Science of the Sound Learning Station
This project will educate students and adults within the Long Island Sound watershed about factors that affect the health of the Sound. Objectives of the program include: 1) expanding the existing program to add water chemistry and geology components; 2) providing students with the opportunity to witness the impacts of human population on the watershed; and 3) encouraging students to make informed decisions about their lifestyles. To meet these objectives, the program must purchase equipment, upgrade curricula, and provide teachers with new options for studying Long Island Sound.
South Arsenal Neighborhood Development Corp. $20,000
Karen O. Lewis, 45 Canton Street, Hartford, CT 06120
SANDCLEAN
The purpose of this project is to educate members of the community through an environmental education and action program for 75 6th graders. These students are empowered to be community organizers, researchers, or journalists for the school year. The program culminates with a student-led conference that showcases their experiences for their parents and neighbors, and challenges the adults to address the issues they have identified as important to the community.
The New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. $4,968
Oliver D. Barton, West Rock Nature Center, P. O. Box 2969, New Haven, CT 06515
Teacher Training Workshop
This project will fund a field-based workshop that will be held in eight weeks to plan curriculum to improve the environmental education teaching skills of 15 elementary and 15 middle and high school teachers in New Haven, Connecticut. The project includes the collection of implementation plans connected to the curriculum in the teacher's class, and on-site field studies with each class with the support of a scientist and educator. Thirty inner-city classes (approximately 600 students) directly benefit from the effort.
1994 Grants
Farmington River Watershed Association $4,975
Maryon Attwood, 749 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070
Phase I, Adopt-A Stream
The "Phase I, Adopt-A Stream" portion of the Farmington River Green Way project will identify and create a plan to focus on the unprotected lower portion of the Farmington River. The project will facilitate the partnership of diverse groups through environmental education and community stewardship activities. The groups to be targeted include community civic groups, town officials, and businesses in seven area communities. Eventually, more than 600,000 people may be affected. The collection of natural resource data and the subsequent adoption of sections of the river by these different groups will lead to a river corridor conservation plan that affects many towns.
Science Center of Connecticut/Roaring Brook Nature Center, Inc. $7,790
Beth Dal Negro, 70 Gracey Rd., Canton, CT 06019
Roaring Brook Nature Center
The Roaring Brook Nature Center project will establish a partnership with 17 developmental pre-schools, comprising 680 four-year-old children, more than 70% of them African American or Hispanic, in the Hartford Public School system. These developmentally at-risk pre-school children will begin to understand the interconnectedness of the natural world of people, plants, and animals. The project, which consists of an initial teacher workshop, in-class program, and field trip to the Nature Center, will lead to an increase in the children's familiarity with the natural world and greater environmental consciousness.
The Nature Conservancy $4,586
Stephen R. Patton, Box 1162, Weston, CT 06883
Interactive Interpretive Trail Guide
The "Interactive Interpretive Trail Guide" will provide visitors to the Lucius Pond Ordway - Devil's Den Preserve education in watershed protection, ecosystem function, and conservation of biological diversity. Through these interactive, outdoor educational and walking tours, visitors of varying backgrounds will learn about watersheds, habitats, and wildlife migratory routes on their own while walking a two-mile loop within the 1,660-acre preserve.
University of Connecticut $24,494
Richard Cooper, 1084 Shennecossett Rd., Groton, CT 06340
Aquanaut Program
The National Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut, through its "Aquanaut Program," will facilitate environmental research partnerships between high schools and research scientists. All high schools in Rhode Island will be provided with a brochure promoting the program. Highlights of the program include the use of the scientific method and its application using modern, in situ technology. Teachers and students will gain experience in hands-on research through the Narragansett Bay summer research cruise which will provide access to and promote regional geographic relevancy of environmental issues.
1993 Grants
20th Century Trends Institute, Inc. $4,149
Mary McLaughlin, 720 West Lake Avenue, Guilford, CT 06437-1305
Resources on Environmental Topics
This project provides teachers of grades 5 through 8 at three intermediate schools in the New Haven school system, with access to a wide range of resources and perspectives on environmental topics. The program will allow teachers in this urban setting to more easily incorporate lessons and activities into all aspects of their curricula.
Connecticut Geographic Alliance $4,996
Judith W. Meyer, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2148
University of Connecticut
The grant funds a project called the "Connecticut's River Basin: The Physical and Human Ecology of the Connecticut River." The project is a weekend advanced training institute where teachers of kindergarten through 6th grade work with Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection experts to study a variety of wetland and other habitats in the Basin, including participation in demonstration lessons that illustrate how the content can be used in the classroom.
1992 Grants
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Environmental Education $24,000
Hartford, CT 06106
Environmental Education Computer Programs
This project revises and disseminates novel computerized environmental education programs that deal with risk communication and public outreach on toxic substances which have been piloted to youth and adults in the state through a coalition of environmental, health, and educational agencies.
Rainbow Recycling, Inc. $5,000
New Haven, CT 06511
Rainbow Recycling, Inc. and Students United for a Rebirth of Excellence (SURE)
Rainbow Recycling, Inc. and Students United for a Rebirth of Excellence (SURE) seek to introduce community youth groups about solid waste reduction through development of a curriculum on composting and the construction of compost bins from recycled materials.