For International Women's Day, read about four women whose work in environmental leadership will safeguard a more sustainable planet.
Becoming a Botanist: Celebrating Jane Colden
Jane Colden is remembered as the first American woman botanist.
Cultivating Resilience: Dirt Girls Grow Indoors
Sensory experience–a hallmark of science, nutrition, and environmental education–is much harder to deliver via screen. However, a few months ago I was inspired to turn over a new leaf.
Giving Away Earth Day Kits
Submit a Dirt Girl Diary to be eligible for an Earth Day 2020 Giveaway!
Designing for Sustainable Crafts
A modified version of a simple DIY "crafting" activity offers a solution to an environmental problem in a way that incorporates engineering design while also teaching sustainability.
Building DIY Scarecrows
DIY Scarecrows are a fun STEAM Project that promotes creative solutions, teamwork, and interdisciplinary thinking. Four different teams constructed unique and imaginative scarecrows. They collaboratively fashioned outfits from ripped nylon hammocks, scavenged props from the toolshed to rubber band in scarecrow's gloved hands, and bent wire into eyeglasses that even had tape lenses!
Fostering Teamwork and Inclusion
A little over a year ago, I established an after school club that I dubbed "Dirt Girls." The decision to limit participation only to girls was initially motivated by the relative inequity in STEM fields. According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women make up just 29% of the STEM workforce. Research suggests that time … Continue reading Fostering Teamwork and Inclusion
Founding a Program from the Ground Up
A lot of tiny hands help maintain the school garden after school.
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