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EEI Live!
EEI 101
Meet the EEI Team
Wendy WellerEEI Teacher Ambassador
Elk Grove Unified School District
Christy Porter HumpertSenior Environmental Education Specialist
CalRecycle
Quick Poll
Tell us who you are:
a. K-2 Teacher
b. 3-5 Teacher
c. 6-8 Teacher
d. High School Teacher
e. Administrator / Other
Today’s Agenda
• EEI Background
• Tour of EEI Curriculum Units
• Look Inside a Teacher’s Edition
• Why You Want EEI in Your Classroom
• How to Order Your EEI Unit
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What is EEI and why does it exist?
• Environment-based curriculum.
• Inspired by a vision of
environmental literacy for all.
• Legislation authored by former
teacher.
• 2003 law mandated the
creation of the EEI curriculum.
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Approved by State Board of Education
Senator Fran Pavley
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EEI Features
• Grades K-12
• 85 curriculum units
• Science and history/social
science
• Environment-based education
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PRINCIPLE IPeople Depend
On Natural
Systems
PRINCIPLE II People Influence
Natural Systems
PRINCIPLE IIINatural Systems
Change in Ways
That People Benefit
From and Can
Influence
PRINCIPLE IVThere are no Permanent
or Impermeable Boundaries
that Prevent Matter
from Flowing Between
Systems
PRINCIPLE VDecisions Affecting
Resources and Natural
Systems are Complex
and Involve Many
Factors
Environmental Principles
Required to be included in
all future textbook adoptions
Environmental Literacy
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Kindergarten EEI Units
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5ST
First Grade EEI Units
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Second Grade EEI Units
Third Grade EEI Units
T
Fourth Grade EEI Units
Fifth Grade EEI Units
Sixth Grade EEI History/Social Science Units
Sixth Grade EEI Science Units
Seventh Grade EEI Units
Eighth Grade EEI History/Social Science Units
High School EEI Earth Science Units
High School EEI Biology Units
High School EEI World History Units
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High School EEI U.S. History Units
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Twelfth Grade Principles of American Democracy and Economics
Teacher’s
EditionStudent
Workbook
Teacher’s
Masters
Readers
Dictionary
NGS Wall
MapsVocabulary
& Alphabet
Cards
Word Wall Cards
Big Book
Visual
Aids
Information
Cards
EEI Features: Visually Captivating Components
Diverse Formats for English Language Development
Inside a Teacher’s Edition
Comprehensive Lessons
Relevant California Connections
Extensions and Unit Resources
29
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Traditional and Alternative Assessments
30
Why Bring EEI into Your Classroom?
EEI is Easy to Use!
EEI Motivates and Engages Students
EEI Supports Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards
FREE EEI Materials for Your Classroom
FREE Training
EEI is Easy to Use
Step-by-step Procedures
Teacher Background
Flexible and collaborative
EEI Motivates and Engages
Modern
Relevant
Engaging
“EEI was written for the 21st Century.”
Tom Adams
Director of Curriculum Frameworks and
Instructional Resources,
California Department of Education
EEI Supports Common Core Standards
Provides informational
text.
Promotes critical
thinking and analysis.
Provides information in
diverse formats.
Builds collaborative
skills.
Easy Common Core Correlation Matrix
Common Core Basics
EEI Supports:Next Generation Science Standards
Perfect tool for
transitioning to NGSS
*The “Next Generation Science Standards” logo is a registered trademark of
Achieve. Except for the State of California, neither Achieve nor the lead
states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards,
was involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this document.
How EEI Supports NGSS
Real world connection in science
Incorporates Science and Engineering
Practices.
Addresses Disciplinary Core Ideas
(content).
Explores crosscutting concepts
- especially cause and effect.
Free EEI Materials
Free hardcopies for teachers and
students
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Free Training
Webinars
In-person trainings
EEI Training
Californiaeei
@CaEEI
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• Resources
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fellow educators
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How do I take the survey?
Post-Surveys available at www.CaliforniaEEI.org
