Environmental Education Program:
Getting Our Hands Dirty



First Year Curriculum
Topics:
studying the urban environment
understanding process

Field Study:
neighborhood walks

Assignments:
neighborhood based inquiry: getting to know your place
Second Year Curriculum
Topics:
the nature of trees
the urban environment
trees and the urban environment

Field Study:
nursery soil analysis and recommendations
introduction to climatic study - the nursery

Assignments:
reports and presentations of above topics


Third Year Curriculum
Topics:
Trees for Urban Environments - research, recommendations for nursery plantings
The Latin language -mythology/history/grammar

Field Study:
nursery tree monitoring
street tree monitoring
street climate monitoring - comparisons

Assignments:
Reports - monitoring programs
Group Work - recommendations for street trees
Computer - create on-line database of collected data and student work