Memos+2+and+3+-+Sierra+Club+and+Groundwater+Foundation 

>> To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; >> To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.”
 * What organization developed the curriculum module you are evaluating?
 * What is the mission of the organization?
 * What is the educational mission and philosophy of the organization?
 * What does the curriculum module aim to teach? In other words: what are the learning outcomes supposed to be?
 * Do you think the curriculum is appropriately designed to produce the intended learning outcomes?
 * Does this curriculum teach the kind of literacies the EcoEd Research Group advocates?
 * What could be layered into this curriculum so that it address more of the learning outcomes that the EcoEd Group advocates?
 * The Sierra club
 * “ To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth;
 * “Through its environmental education programs, the Sierra Club nurtures caring, leadership skills, and critical thinking, and draws people of wide-ranging ethnic groups, cultures, and abilities into efforts to protect our environment.”
 * This module that I’m reviewing is designed for grade two. It is designed to teach the students to “name the various materials that comprise soil…” and “explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many kinds of plants.”
 * Mostly. It’s boring and a long exercise and lots of factors can affect whether or not the plants grow in the different soils.
 * Yes and no. It doesn’t go into much depth and seems like a surface exercise for second graders. I think we are severely underestimating them.
 * I would add more depth. I think making a water filter system exercise may be really cool. Also, if we could mix up a bunch of soil and water and watch it settle into the different layers I think it would be cool.

http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/lessons/science/default.aspx#4


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What organization developed the curriculum module you are evaluating?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What is the mission of the organization?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What is the educational mission and philosophy of the organization?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What does the curriculum module aim to teach? In other words: what are the learning outcomes supposed to be?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Do you think the curriculum is appropriately designed to produce the intended learning outcomes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Does this curriculum teach the kind of literacies the EcoEd Research Group advocates?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What could be layered into this curriculum so that it address more of the learning outcomes that the EcoEd Group advocates?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Groundwater Foundation
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“We educate people and inspire action to ensure sustainable, clean groundwater for future generations.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Believing that education is a powerful motivator for change and that factually informed people who understand the value and vulnerability of groundwater will act responsibly on its behalf.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It aims to teach about groundwater and how to make a working aquifer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It’s a bit abstract, but it is an excellent way to simply demonstrate ideas regarding aquifers. I wish it had more time though. It shrinks things down to scale and does a great job at simplifying bigger concepts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yes, it does. It is very creative and it can definitely become bigger, especially in teaching fracking to the students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It could have a straw going down to simulate fracking practices. It could be a deeper container and adding in cooking oil to emulate oil and fracking in a small scale.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.groundwater.org/kc/activity8.html