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EGLE Classroom Newsletter

Whether at home or in the classroom, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is providing a variety of online videos and resources through its EGLE Classroom initiative that teachers and parents can use to supplement school lessons all year long.

Environmental education is an essential ingredient for developing environmental stewardship. “EGLE Classroom will help instructors to think about how to talk to their students on ways to interact with the natural world around them,” said Liesl Clark, director of EGLE. “We want this to be a two-way collaboration and urge teachers and students to create their own videos that can be shared with others across Michigan as a statewide resource.”

The NEW EGLE Classroom Newsletter will summarize our recent environmental education content and provide information about environmental topics and events.

Subscribe to EGLE Classroom to get information and resources each month from experts either from EGLE’s staff or through our partners.

Upcoming Education Events

EGLE Earth Day 2021 – April 22, 2021 Due to this year’s challenges with COVID-19, the Constitution Hall celebration will be held virtually. Pre-recorded sessions will be posted to the web page the week of April 22, 2021. The Earth Day awards ceremony will include the winners of the 2021 annual Poster Contest and Environmental Service Project awards and will be posted on website.

The Earth Day Poster Contest is for students in Kindergarten – 5th grade. Submitted posters are judged based on the "Restore Our Earth" theme and should include plants, wildlife, or ecosystems native to Michigan. The artwork can be drawn by hand or digitally created. Each school hosts its own contest for the students and submits the top three posters for each grade. The Earth Day Poster Contest committee selects the first and second place winners from each grade. Earth Day Poster Contest Template

The Environmental Service Award (ESA) competition is for students in 6th - 8th and 9th - 12th grade categories. Schools are invited to nominate a student, or group of students, to be recognized for completion of a school-sanctioned, environment-based project, that has tangible results. The project must incorporate the "Restore Our Earth" theme and provide a benefit for plants, wildlife, or ecosystems native to Michigan. Schools confirm the validity of each project and outcome. The Earth Day ESA committee selects the top two projects from each category.

The deadline for both contests to submit entries is February 28, 2021. The winners from both contests will be notified by March 15, and their work will be posted on the Earth Day web page.  

Highlighted #EGLEClassroom Videos

Storm Drains Do you get a lot of water in your basement during heavy rains? Don't go investing in a new sump pump just yet---instead, check the storm drains by your house! They might need a little TLC. Katrina explains how this can help your home stay dry!

Compost What do you do with your Jack-o-Lantern after Halloween has gone and passed? You can throw him in the trash bin OR you can compost him! Learn how with Aaron Hiday from EGLE.

Cattails Wetlands are areas where water covers soil all or part of the time. Wetlands are important because they protect and improve water quality, provide fish and wildlife habitats, store floodwaters and maintain surface water flow during dry periods. One of the most common plants found in wetlands are cattails, also known as reeds!

Radon Protecting yourself and your family starts with a simple home test kit. In this video you will learn about what radon is, where it comes from, health effects, testing for radon, what is involved in fixing your home, and other helpful resources. There are simple steps that you can take to test for radon and fix your home if necessary.

Check out all videos on the EGLE Classroom's YouTube playlist at YouTube.com/MichiganEGLE.

Source: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDEQ/bulletins/2bce482

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Students Learning About Great Lakes Stewardship

Six school districts have been awarded grants through the From Students to Stewards Initiative, a partnership between EGLE, Grand Valley State University, the Michigan Department of Education (DOE) and the MiSTEM Network through the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO).

Approximately 1,280 students from the six districts — Allegan Area Educational District, Comstock Public Schools, Copper Country Intermediate School District, Les Cheneaux Community Schools, Niles Community Schools and Northport Public Schools — will learn skills to prepare them for high-quality water-focused STEM careers and connect them with community organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to freshwater stewardship for place-based learning opportunities.

Follow EGLE on Twitter at @MichiganEGLE or on Youtube.com/MichiganEGLE

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Environmental Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE) Classroom Launches Instructional Video Series

School’s back in session and the opening bell has rung for EGLE Classroom.

As students settle in for a new school year – whether at home or in the classroom – the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is providing a variety of online videos through its EGLE Classroom initiative that teachers and parents can use to supplement school lessons all year long.

Want to learn more  about how you can interact with the environment? EGLE Classroom will share new content each week hosted by subject matter experts either on EGLE’s staff or through its partners. Environmental education is an essential ingredient  for developing environmental stewardship.

“EGLE Classroom will help instructors to think about how to talk to their students on ways to  interact with the natural world around them,” said Liesl Clark, director of  EGLE. “We want this to be a two-way collaboration and urge teachers and  students to create their own videos that can be shared with others across  Michigan as a statewide resource.”

Director Clark calls the class to order with this video. New material will be released each Tuesday.

We’re also looking for some help from teachers and students around Michigan. Record a quick classroom lesson or demonstration, post it to Twitter using the hashtag  #EGLEClassroom and don’t forget to tag @MichiganEGLE. Sharing knowledge  beyond classroom walls benefits students across the state, wherever and  whenever they are doing their schoolwork.

EGLE also has updated  its EGLE Classroom educational resources webpage.  There, you’ll find classroom resources from EGLE and its partners to assist  students and instructors with information on environmental topics. Come back  to the webpage often as it will be continually updated with new videos and  other instruction materials.

Still looking for  more content that can broaden school or at-home lessons about the  environment? Check out EGLE’s YouTube channel, where we’ve posted dozens  of videos from EnviroMinute shorts to in-depth presentations by staff or  recordings of webinars and public information sessions. There’s the  Brownfield Flip series, Shoreline Stewards, sustainability issues, lectures  and presentations.

Sources: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDEQ/bulletins/2a31743

https://www.michigan.gov/egle/0,9429,7-135-3307_3580---,00.html