1. RYE.ca Youth Education Program

2. RYE.ca Youth Education Program - The Need
Education for recycling programs constrained by limited resources
Traditional informational messaging secondary to inspirational approaches
In-school education outreach “helps build awareness and shift attitudes”
Hands-on action research approach
Deliver information tied to emotions

3. RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Development
Advisory team: lead teachers in environmental education and science fields
Best initial connection for RYE.ca
Electricity and climate change
Science and Technology in Society and the Environment (STSE)
Ontario EcoSchools

4. RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Electricity & Climate Change
Hands-on “action research” approach
Five classroom-ready lessons
Student activities, teachers’ notes
Printable activity sheets, web links (on-demand downloadable PDFs)
Sample lesson
Collection event, school fundraiser

5. RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Outreach
Introduce program in Tier 1 counties (rural / northern / school boards with limited personnel resources)
Curriculum distributed to 23 district boards
400+ USB keys
2000+ booklets
Workshops; 120+ teachers
STAO Conference 2013/14
Educators’ Toolkit (RYE.ca)

6. RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Key Learnings
Overwhelmingly positive reception
98% rated the program as either excellent or very good
Estimated 4,640 students / households reached
Spike in RYE.ca web traffic, educators’ toolkit, fundraising
Requests for more resources, workshops

7. RYE.ca Youth Education Program