Welcome to KPBSD Environmental Training Day

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Welcome to KPBSD Environmental Training Day

• Friday November 19, 2004
• Funded by a Grant from Caring for the Kenai and
  in Cooperation with KPBSD.
• PowerPoint By Richard Frederic

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Todays Goals

• Caring for the Kenai Contest Information
• Idea Generation for Contest
• Working with Students CFK Ideas/Projects
• Teacher Share of Science Classroom Activities
• Web Resources for Research
• Computer Lab Time for Resource Reviews and For
  Planning CFK Projects.

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Caring for the Kenai

• CFK History
• Contest Question
• Student Achievement
• Community Involvement
• Awards to Students and Schools

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History and Information about CFK

• This year will be the 15th year of the contest.
• The primary sponsors of the contest are both
  Unocal and Agrium.
• Science teachers meet for annual reflection,
  evaluation, and improvement to contest.
• Cfk Web Link http//www.ptialaska.net/sikorski/i
  ndex.htm

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Community Involvement

• The contest has involvement with many community
  organizations In Cooperation With Unocal and
  Agrium
• Kenai Watershed Forum
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
• Kenai Peninsula Borough
• KPB School District
• ReGroup
• Peninsula Clarion
• Homer News
• AK Ventures Web Design
• Kenai River Guides Association

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CFK Contest Question

• What can I do, invent, or create to better care
  of the environment on the Kenai Peninsula, or to
  improve the areas preparedness for a natural
  disaster?
• Students answer in Essay form with 500 words more
  or less.

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Student Achievement

• Students can rise to the challenge if we prepare
  them for this program.
• Success with the program directly relates to
  teachers assigning the project in class and
  assisting students with their work.
• Working with project over a period of time is
  more effective in producing a quality project.
• Students working with their family, community
  resources, and/or industry, usually results in
  increasing quality and complexities of project.

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Student Achievement (cont.)

• CFK is part of our KPBSD High School Science
  Curriculum.
• 3 Student projects have received a Presidential
  Award for their work!
• One student has presented her winning CFK idea
  on Good Morning America.
• One student project was funded 70,000 to build a
  PolyCulture Greenhouse in Soldotna Alaska.

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All Students Who Enter Contest Will Receive

• Comments on their proposal from judges.
• A CFK Tee Shirt
• Other awards from other community organizations
  who support work of a particular students
  project.
• A chance to be one of 12 Finalists!

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Assigning Teachers

• Can send their top 3 student proposals directly
  to the final judging.
• If they feel that those 3 represent projects from
  students who have made the effort, done the work,
  and represent good examples of environmental
  problem solving.

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Final Presentations

• Each year 12 ideas are selected for final
  presentations.
• Each student/group presents and competes for
  final standing.
• Presentations by students allow students to share
  their idea and research to a panel of judges.
• Judges are from all areas of community,
  government, industry, KPBSD, business, and
  regulatory organizations.

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Awards to Students

• Top 12 finalists receive....
• 1st 1500.00 cash!
• 2nd 1000.00 cash!
• 3rd 800.00 cash!
• 4th 600.00 cash!
• 5th 450.00 cash!
• 6th 300.00 cash!
• 7th-12th 150.00 cash!

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Awards to Schools For Participation!

• Due to a special 5,000 grant from the Kenai
  Sport Fishing Association to add to the 5,000
  from Agrium Unocal, schools will receive a
  grant of 10,000 to be divided among
  participating schools.
• Continuing from last year On top of the
  finalists money, each school with over 50
  students that assigns Caring for the Kenai will
  receive 500 towards their science department.
  Smaller schools will receive 300.
• Remainder of monies will be given prorated to
  schools that have finalists.

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Teaching CFK Content Processes

• Global Environmental Concerns
• Idea Generation.. What is a good idea?
• Project Proposal Development
• Research www, local community sources, borough,
  state, federal, industry,etc.
• Interview processes, phone, email, in person.

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Global Environmental Concerns

• Work with students on an understanding of Global
  Concerns.
• Research each global concern in groups
• Groups present to class
• Relate each global concern to local area
  environmental concerns.
• Relate global concerns to possible health
  concerns.
• Connection of Global Concerns to one another.

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Global Environmental Concerns

• Water Pollution
• Air Pollution
• Toxic Wastes
• Radioactive Wastes
• Global Warming
• Ozone Depletion
• Fisheries Depletion
• Habitat Destruction
• Forest Depletion
• Desertification
• Species Extinction (All Kingdoms)

• Students initial research on topic should
  support the fact their project idea does
  represent a real problem.
• Their project work should focus on a plan to
  solve that problem.
• The ultimate goal is implementation of their
  project plan.

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Idea Generation Process!

• The most difficult from the teacher perspective
  is the creation of ideas by the students.
• Students can revisit ideas from past projects.
  They do additional research and work to take idea
  to new level.
• Local Community Environmental Issues can lead to
  great ideas.

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Generation of Ideas can be facilitated by

• Weekly news reporting in classroom of science
  related topics in local news papers relating to
  environment or biology by individual students.
• Teacher taking note of environmental issues
  reported locally.
• Use of supplied CFK Idea List
• http//www.ptialaska.net/sikorski/ideas.html

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A Good Idea?

• Local issue suggests there is an environmental
  problem.
• Student research finds basis of environmental
  concern, possible connections to global concerns,
  and data there really is a problem!
• Student research and brainstorming finds possible
  solutions to problem.
• Solutions are feasible, innovative, and
  beneficial to environment.

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What would a good final student project include?

• Complete Essay Proposal
• Visual representation of Idea/Project
• Complete Entry Form with Title of Proposal.

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Essay includes

• A well written and researched essay with
  documented sources.
• Discussion of environmental concern including why
  its really a problem locally.
• Solution of problem discussed in depth with
  issues showing research and/or experimentation,
  feasibility, and vision.
• 500 words more or less!

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Visual Includes

• Information to show others visually what project
  is about.
• Examples of visual might include, actual
  invention, model, power-point, web page, short
  movie, game, etc.
• Visuals should relate new information to project,
  not just the same info as essay.

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Possible Student Assignments

• Project Idea.. 1-2 pages explaining environmental
  problem, why its a problem, global concerns
  associated with, and possible solutions.
• Project Draft Essay, 500 words more or less,
  explaining environmental problem, why its a
  problem, global concerns associated with, and
  proposed solutions to problem. Include sources,
  10 www, 3 (book, mag, news), 3 interviews of
  experts on topics.
• Final Essay, address teacher concerns and/or
  comments, completion of all research. Put
  finishing touch on project proposal.
• Project Visuals- Visual representations of
  project!

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Students Present to Class

• Classroom presentation to peers of project and
  visuals when all projects are due. (PowerPoint
  works great here!)
• Peer questions and input of positive suggestions.
• Possible re-evaluation of all work before final
  submissions.

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And..

• You have two due dates to consider as a teacher.
• One, your assignment due date.
• Two, the contest deadline
• Some students will work on their own and might
  turn in replacements to first turn in due to
  additional work, research, and planning.

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Always make sure.

• The teacher has time to look and process contest
  materials to turn in.
• Students use their Assigned number on all work..
  Essay.. Visuals..etc.
• There should be no reference to student names,
  teachers, schools, in work.

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In closing.

• CFK is a example of a partnership with Industry,
  Business, Community, and our Schools that really
  makes a difference for kids.
• CFK has allowed over 150 students in high levels
  of academic competition for the last 13 years.
• CFK has allowed educators to be involved and
  determine the future of the contest by making
  yearly adjustments to the contest.
• CFK has allowed our students to do environmental
  projects that impacts and involves our
  communities.
• CKF has promoted a community celebration of our
  students achievements.

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Thank-you for your time!

• Are there any questions?
• Web Sites Resources
• Online Resources for Teachers www.rfrederic.com
• CFK Home Page http//www.ptialaska.net/sikorski/
  index.htm
• CFK Documents/rubrics http//www.ptialaska.net/s
  ikorski/new04.htm
• CFK Links http//pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/RLF/
  id44.html
• http//www.ptialaska.net/sikors
  ki/links.htm
• Previous CFK Winners http//www.ptialaska.net/s
  ikorski/previouswinners.htm