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| Title: |
Active Environmental Education |
| Description: |
Active Environmental Education
In association with An Taisce
This course is an exciting, practical, interactive and informative look at our environment and our role within it.
Aims:
- To develop an appreciation of the connections between the natural environment, built environment, impacts of everyday actions on our environment and environmental management.
- To provide practical solutions to environmental management within a school, aided by the themes in the Green Schools programme.
This course will include:
- The Green-Schools programme, introducing the themes of Green-Schools and the links between Green-Schools and the primary school curriculum.
- The end of our throw away society - a look at waste management.
- Fostering a practical understanding of waste management at a local level.
- Monitoring waste in a school environment.
- Composting for Schools Workshop.
- Water & the big picture - The Water Cycle.
- The Blue Flag & Clean Coast programmes
- Water; from the treatment plant to your home and the 'Slow the Flow' campaign
- Water conservation measures for schools
- Our oceans - Deep Blue
- Investigation of our oceans and the life within it.
- Energy - Ireland, Europe & the World
- Energy conservation measures for schools
- Formulating an energy plan for a school which would include micro management & macro management techniques.
- Energy experiments for the Classroom..
- The Green-Schools Travel Programme.
- Making the connection between health and transport.
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Teachers participate in a Walkability Audit: evaluating how pedestrian-friendly the route is by assessing the quality of footpaths, lighting, traffic speeds, infrastructure, safety, etc.
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Field trip to Brigit's Garden
- Includes Mapping & Identification route for walkability audit (google maps)
- Initiatives to promote sustainable travel in schools & Walking Buses.
- Cycling Safely to School.
- Peer to peer postcard campaign art activity.
- Teaching children about climate change.
- Science Activities: Global Warming.
- Food web eco- systems activity.
- Biodiversity in your school garden.
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| Eascaitheoir(í): |
Jimmy Mc Veigh, Caitriona Cunningham, Graham Clarke, Tiarnan Mc Clusker, Annabel Mc Loone, Aidan Gray |
| Ionad:
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Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway |
| Starting
Dáta: |
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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| Subsequent
Dáta(í): |
Friday, July 02, 2010
, Monday, July 05, 2010
, Tuesday, July 06, 2010 , Wednesday, July 07, 2010 |
| Ám: |
10.00am-2.45pm |
| Táille:
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40 |
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