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DeirdreBingaman, a Donnelly Elementary School teacher, has been selected as one of 18teachers nationwide to receive the President’s Innovation Award forEnvironmental Educators. Ms. Bingaman was selected for “her demonstratedexcellence in focusing her class on environmental education projects thatreflected real-life community challenges and creating a powerful connectionbetween her students and the natural world.”
ThePresident’s Innovation Award for Environmental Educators recognizes andsupports teachers from both rural and urban education settings who make use ofexperiential and environmental opportunities that use creativity and communityengagement to help students develop a sense of civic responsibility andstewardship in ecosystems. The prestigious award is bestowed by the White HouseCouncil on Environmental Quality in partnership with the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency.
“Ms.Bingaman earned this honor the ‘old fashioned way’,” said Kate Kelly, Directorof EPA’s Office of Ecosystems, Tribal and Public Affairs in Seattle. “Byworking hard to demonstrate inspiring leadership and deliver excellence inenvironmental education, all the while sparking her students’ imagination withchallenges and adventures beyond the traditional classroom.”
DiedreBingaman’s fifth grade classes have worked as equal partners on a range ofenvironmental projects with area professionals. Bingaman started the BoulderCreek Project in 2008 after learning that the State identified a nearby streamas suffering poor water quality. Her classes compiled stream information,applied scientific methods to answer tough questions, and then presented finalresults to the City Council and community members. Bingaman’s students havealso analyzed the school recycling program and are part of a Idaho elementaryschool effort to report their recycling results online to help calculatestatewide results.
Thisyear’s winning teachers' programs range from field studies in watershed andwetland science in New England to the study of clean energy sources in Coloradoand ocean and climate science in Texas, forest ecology and trout studies in thePacific Northwest and water resource management projects in the desert.
For more information aboutthe other winners please visit: http://www.epa.gov/education/teacheraward/winners.html
For more information about this program please visit: http://www.epa.gov/education/teacheraward
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