Climate change education: Meeting NJ’s mandate hands-on

We speak with the New Jersey School of Conservation’s Kerry Kirk Pflugh and Tanya Sulikowski, and Garwood, NJ middle school teacher, K.C. Bree about the SOC and about New Jersey’s first-in-the-nation mandate for climate change education in every grade. The SOC, a newly-reopened 75-year-old center for experiential learning and fieldwork, provides professional development as well as interdisciplinary programming for students including applied science, math, humanities, and arts in an idyllic outdoor setting. Students learn about humans’ responsibility toward other animals and the planet, and are empowered to take action.Working cooperatively, they often develop new respect for their classmates. Overview 00:00-00:17 Intros 00:17-03:00 NJ School of Conservation (SOC) 03:00-04:31 Professional development 04:31-08:00 NJ climate change education mandate 08:00-08:30 Social emotional learning  08:30-09:39 Correlation with state standards 09:39-11:24 Ethic of care 11:24-14:20 Garwood climate change education in elementary grades 14:20-22:43 Social emotional learning 22:43-24:54 Relationship with animals other than humans and plants 24:54-32:28 Climate change education over the next 5-10 years 32:28-33:41 SOC as a model 33:41-36:07 How do schools reach out to SOC? 36:07- Outro Transcript Click here to see the full transcription of this episode. 

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