The Foundation seeks to contribute to the development, implementation and/or field testing of environmental curricula that meet the mission, goals and requirements below.
Grant Mission: The mission of our grant program is to support educators in developing and implementing holistic environmental curricula that: • Integrate field activities and classroom teaching, and • Incorporate basic ecological principles and problem solving. Grant Goals: We have developed our grant program with the following goals: • To empower and encourage students to become involved in solving environmental and social problems • To promote thoughtful and appropriate analysis and understanding of the natural world • To train students as informed decision makers through the emphasis and application of basic ecological principles. Grant Requirements: To be awarded a grant, environmental curricula must: • Show a holistic approach • Strive to synthesize multiple levels of learning (facts, concepts, principles) • Include experiential integrated learning and problem solving • Be founded on basic scientific principles, including hypothesis testing and experimental design • Incorporate basic ecological principles and field environmental activities within a primary or secondary school setting • Present controversial issues objectively, stressing the development of individual student opinions
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