KEEC hosting water quality workshop at Red River Gorge
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will hold a water quality and conservation workshop Sept. 13 at the Gladie Visitor Center at Red River Gorge near Pine Ridge.
Grants available for projects on water quality, water conservation
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council will award $22,750 in grant funding to schools for service learning projects that focus on water quality or water conservation.
Testing the waters
Teachers went wading recently through Caney Fork Creek as part of a water quality testing workshop, overseen by Tabitha Owens, an environmental education specialist with the Kentucky Environmental Education Council.
Water quality and conservation workshop planned
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will host a water quality and conservation workshop July 18 at the Thomas More College Biology Field Station near California. The workshop is open to teachers from all grade levels and content areas. Educators will learn how to teach lessons focusing on water quality and water conservation in all grade levels, view demonstrations, conduct [...]
Growing students with environmental education
Teachers discover the benefits of learning outside at the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education’s Outdoor Learning Symposium.
KEEC hosting water quality workshop in Elizabethtown
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council will host a water quality and conservation workshop June 16 at the Hardin County Early College and Career Center and the City Springs Water Treatment Plant in Elizabethtown.
KEEC hosting water quality workshop in Somerset
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will host a water quality and conservation workshop May 31 at Pulaski County High School and Liberty Nature Center in Somerset. The workshop is open to teachers from all grade levels and content areas. Educators will conduct hands-on activities, including macroinvertebrate sampling. Special focus will be given to the new Kentucky Science Assessment System [...]
Water-quality education grant awarded to KEEC
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) has been awarded a $91,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to train teachers about water-quality education and fund student water stewardship projects in the state through the Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) program. The grant will support teacher training in scientific concepts about water. It also will allow the KGHS program [...]
Apply now for the Professional Environmental Educator Certification course
Join the Kentucky Environmental Education Council and dedicated environmental educators from across the state in the upcoming Professional Environmental Educator Certification course.
Sanctuary hosting environmental education workshop
Kentucky State University, the Life Adventure Center at Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary and the Kentucky Environmental Education Council will offer a Project Learning Tree K-8 curriculum workshop focusing on outdoor and wildlife-related activities July 8 at Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary near Frankfort. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The registration fee is $15, which includes lunch. Click [...]