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Environmental education is the simple process of bringing information
about our environment into our everyday decision-making process, into
our homes, and into our classrooms. Santa Monica is committed to
offering teachers and parents the tools they need to offer exciting
educational experiences for all ages. Explore the dozens of
opportunities available to the Santa Monica community.
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ReDiscover
ReDiscover is a community resource that promotes creativity in early childhood and elementary education while encouraging environmental responsibility. This year has been especially fruitful with numerous visits to Will Rogers and John Muir elementary schools.
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They reuse everyday discards donated by businesses – plastic, fabric, wire, wood, metal, glass, and more – and give them new purpose as hands-on learning materials. Through workshops and other opportunities, they how parents, educators and children how to reuse unwanted products into hands-on learning tools that are challenging, thought-provoking, inexpensive, and friendly to our environment. Learn more, visit www.reDiscoverCenter.org.
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Key to the Sea
Attention K-5 Teachers! Take your students to the beach, and so much more, with the Key to the Sea Program. Key to the Sea includes professional development opportunities for teachers, interdisciplinary standards-aligned classroom curricula and supplies, and a hands-on field trip to the beach for you and your students. The program focuses upon watershed stewardship, pollution prevention, and the sandy beach habitat. |
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Get involved today – go online or call 310.451.1500 x147. Partnering field trip sites are Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, Roundhouse Aquarium in Manhattan Beach, SEA Lab in Redondo Beach, and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. Bus transportation funding is available for Title I schools on first-come first-serve basis; please contact us for details.
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| Inform and involve yourself with free green living workshops for residents, businesses and students. Sustainable Works |
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The Library Goes Sustainable All Over!
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| The Santa Monica Library has developed a formidable collection over the last several years on all subjects sustainable. Whether you are a professional or student researcher, or just a parent trying to get through another science project for your child, we have the resources right at your finger tips. Link directly to the Library's database and watch the collection grow before your eyes. The Library itself is a phenomenal green story. |
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