Jeanne Salchli
PS 376, District 32
NY

I am curious.  What do most elementary educators think about teaching climate education in elementary?  I am not sure what climate education should look like early on.  In my opinion, we need to first inspire students to love the natural world by taking them outside and giving them opportunities to observe their immediate environment.  Only after these experiences can we begin...

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Forgive me if this is reposted, I am having issues with the site or my connection... I agree that I have doubts about how developmentally appropriate it is to teach evolution in elementary, however, I am taking a grad class on evolution and would like to see how I might be able to incorporate ideas of evolution and things like Nature of Science to touch on contributions from Darwin and Wallace....

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I am wondering if any K - 5, particularly 3 -5  teachers, incorporate evolution into their science teaching.  Are there any particular lessons, trade books, videos or interactive websites you can recommend?

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