About the CAEEC

The CAEEC is an outreach program designed to increase environmental and natural resource education to elementary and secondary teachers and their students. CAEEC offers a variety of programs designed to educate students about ecology and utilizes an interactive, hands-on approach to engage students in activities that require problem solving and critical thinking skills.

CAEEC adjusts vocabulary and conceptual level of various topics for specific grades so that students will gain the full impact of their natural resource educational experience. The offerings, although still growing, include:

• Agriculture
• Forestry
• Water
• Wildlife

CAEEC has five functions that address environmental education:

• provide activity-based, in-class and in-field demonstrations on a variety of natural resource subjects
• provide teacher training on environmental education topics
• maintain a resource library
• assist teachers in developing outdoor classrooms
• facilitate active learning projects between high school students and natural resource experts

These programs are provided at no cost to schools and community groups.

Where:

The CAEEC targets programs to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. It was established by the Agua Fria-New River and East Maricopa NRCDs in 1997.

When:

If you are interested in an in-class presentation, please contact the Center at least two weeks in advance at 602.353.0378 ext. 122.

Affiliations:

Arizona Association for learning in and about the Environment(AALE) &
Arizona Science Teacher Association(ASTA)

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Send email to Agua Fria NRCD

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