1. Sarah Bohlen Jessica Brown Stephanie Ward

2. What is the impact of environmental education on the general classroom curriculum?

3. What is NCLI? Environmental Education -active learning
-“nature deficit disorder”
-childhood obesity
-academic achievement
Environmental literacy
NCLB
Narrowing of curriculum
Incentives

4. Get 'em Outside

5. Benefits of Environmental Education
• Deeper engagement in curriculum • Greater understanding of environment • Fight challenges of obesity

6. Different Perspectives
Disagree
Peter Gray “ ‘No Child Left Inside’: An Example of the Wrong Way to Solve a National Problem”
Results of the implementing of No Child Left Inside?
Educational expenses
Dislike of the outdoors
Agree
Report Card on the Status of Environmental Education in Washington State
Better test scores
Connection to the outdoors

7. Solutions
• Design environmental assessment activities • Controlling consumption • Think about the effect our decisions have on the environment

8. Our Thoughts What about funding? Resources? Further teacher education?
Incorporation of NCLI would benefit students' approach to learning
Feasibility and integration with other subjects

9. Sources
Blumstein, Daniel T., and Charlie Saylan. "The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It)." PLOS Biology. 17 Apr Web. 21 Apr < Get 'em Outside. YouTube. NCLI Coalition, 9 Apr Web. 21 Apr < Gray, Peter. "“No Child Left Inside”: An Example of The Wrong Way to Solve a National Problem." Psychology Today, 8 Oct Web. 21 Apr < Munoz, Sarah A. "Children in the Outdoors." Countryside Recreation Network. Sustainable Development Research Centre. Web. 21 Apr < No Child Left Inside. Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Web. 19 Apr < "Report Card on the Status of Environmental Education in Washington State." Environmental Education Association of Washington. 16 Nov Web. 21 Apr <