Environmental Education
Education Programs - We conduct annual education programs which have become very popular across the region. Conservation Camp brings some 1,500 sixth graders to the banks of the Clinch River where they rotate through 23 different learning stations. Water Wizards is a third grade science curriculum of nine lessons in water quality which is voluntarily taught by teachers in more than 3 dozen classrooms. Envirothon is a high school team competition in soils, forestry, aquatic resources, wildlife, solid waste and a current environmental issue which changes each year. We also organize an annual voluntary teacher in-service for 80-100 teachers focusing on environmental education.
Envirothon
Find more envirothon information here.
Conservation Camp
Healthy
Water, Wealthy World Conservation Camp held the first week of May along
the Clinch River on U S Hwy 25-E at the Grainger / Claiborne County line.
Conservation Camp is made available to all sixth grade students in Claiborne,
Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins and Union counties. About 1500 students attend
the three day event, involving Environmental/ Water Quality/Conservation
Curricula, with approximately 500 students attending each day. Prior to
Camp, each student receives a Conservation Camp workbook outlining various
topics and subjects they will be exposed to at Camp. The teacher also
receives a workbook, along with a Question and Answer study guide. Throughout
the course of the day, students rotate every 12 minutes to 23 different
stops focusing on different water quality and environmental topics. Refreshments
are provided to the students attending.
Download the Student Edition or Teacher Edition of the camp workbook.
Conservation Camp is made possible only through the efforts of the following groups.
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TN. Department of Agriculture/Forestry |
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service |
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Tennessee Department of Transportation |
TN Highway Patrol |
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Grainger County Ambulance Service |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency |
Friends of the Clinch and Powell Rivers |
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AmeriCorp /Appalachia CARES |
Keep America Beautiful |
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The Nature Conservancy |
UT Agriculture Extension |
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Grainger County Sheriff's Department |
State Park Service |
Water Wizards Program
The
Water Wizards program is a third grade science curriculum focusing on
water quality and related ecological issues. It includes nine lesson plans
with instructions for hands-on experiments and a fun activity, student
workbooks and a take home sheet for the students.
The Teacher's Guide provides step-by-step "how-to" instructions for each activity. Each lesson includes an experiment to illustrate the topic. Teacher manuals also include suggested extended activities to reinforce the topic. Teacher's guide includes an overall evaluation upon completion of the program. Evaluations measure the success of the program and help to guide with revisions.
Water Wizard's Teacher's Guide - PDF Format (617 Kb)
Student workbooks are also provided. The workbook is divided into nine
lessons, one for each full month of the school year. Each lesson plan
includes background information on the topic, study questions and a fun
activity called Water Wizard Workout. Vocabulary words are underlined
in the text and defined in the glossary. The workbooks can also be used
as coloring books.
Home Brew extended learning sheets are designed to encourage students and parents to discover ways they can change their own lives and help save the earth.
Water Wizard's Student's Guide - PDF Format (481 Kb)
Teacher training provided upon request. Each lesson can be completed in about ½ to 1 hour.
We now have Water Wizard's Guide by section
Student Guide |
Teacher's Guide |
Home Brew |
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The Great Earth Burp |
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#1 Water You Know |
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#2 Acid Rain |
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#3 Water Recycle |
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#4 Water Stoppers |
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#5 Awesome Filter |
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#6 Deadly Waters |
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#7 Natural Fact |
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#8 Shopping for the Environment |
.pdf (quiz) |
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#9 Wicked Waste |
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Water Wizards Glossery |
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Water Wizards Evaluation |
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Water Wizards References |
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Teacher In-Service
In conjunction with our Partners for Clean Communities KAB, we sponsor
a very popular teacher in-service program annually. K-12 teachers attend
a variety of sessions of their choosing. From energy education and recycling
to heritage based language arts, this is an in-service day not to be missed.
Check out the downloadable version of "Tennessee
Wilderness Road CD-ROM - Tips for Classroom Use".
Lending Resources
The RC&D maintains many wonderful classroom and enrichment resources
available to educators throughout the region. From animal pelts to puzzles,
you are invited to "check out" materials as often as you like.
To find out more, call us at 828-5927.
“All programs and assistance of the RC&D Council are available without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).”