During this episode, Eugene and Matt are joined by a special guest - Tashanda Giles-Jones. Tashanda is a teacher at Environmental Charter Middle School in Inglewood, California, and she'll be sharing some of the work she's done helping students become leaders in their community through outdoor and environmental projects. Matt and Eugene will then explore how outdoor education can enhance opportunities for science learning.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• TreePeople
  • https://www.treepeople.org/
• Generation Earth
  • https://www.dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/ge/
• The California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum
  • https://californiaeei.org/Curriculum/
• The Bay Foundation
  • https://www.santamonicabay.org/
• GrowingGreat
  • https://growinggreat.org/
• The Edible Schoolyard Project
  • https://edibleschoolyard.org/
• California Academy of Sciences
  • https://www.calacademy.org/educators
• Green Schools National Network
  • https://greenschoolsnationalnetwork.org/
• 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools, Chapter 11: Instructional Strategies for CA NGSS Teaching and Learning in the Twenty-First Century
  • https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/cf/documents/scifwchapter11.pdf