Description
STREAM Education for Kindergarten to 12th Grade
STREAM Education for Kindergarten to 12th Grade Product overview:
Cost:
- 99.95 – 350.00 per grade level
What you will receive:
- A one hour one-on-one session with Blue Schools Team Member to customize your plan
- Lessons + activities based on the package you choose
- Blue Schools STREAM Educators Guide
Please see below for a more in depth description on what you will receive in this purchase, the learning outcomes and the options you will be choosing from. You will specify your grade level, location and class size upon purchase.
Grade Levels:
- Kindergarten through 12th grade
STREAM Subjects:
- Science
- Technology
- Reading
- Engineering
- Arts
- Mathematics
Formats:
- PDF documents and a custom powerpoint slideshow presentation e-mailed to you
- Ocean Debris STEM Kit materials mailed to your address
- Access to OBP Blue Schools Educators Google Classroom + materials (G-mail required)
*Note: slideshow presentation may take up to 4 weeks as it is custom created for you and your local watershed
This STREAM Education for kindergarten through 12th grade teaches ocean ecology principles and encourages creative expression. It consists of hands-on STEAM curriculum, activities, and lessons tailored to your class needs, students’ age, and location.
It also includes a one-on-one web conference or phone call with an Ocean Blue Project Team Member to tailor the program to your classroom’s unique needs and geographic location. Workshops are available upon request for Continuing Education Units or Clock Hours. The STEAM Curriculum also comes complete with an OBP Blue Schools STREAM Educators Guide so that you are comfortable with the science behind the lessons regardless of your previous knowledge or experience.
The curriculum is available in a flexible day, a one week, or one month option. The full OBP Blue Schools STREAM Education offers an experience like no other with a year-long project-based learning program.
Whether you are able to dedicate months to immersive environmental science lessons, or you are looking for a single day of quick and fun activities to complement your own science curriculum – we have you covered!
Whichever option is the best fit for your class, Ocean Blue Project is excited to support your class. The full STREAM Education Program is available for $350 and Ocean Blue Project has helped teachers obtain scholarships at Title 1 and other schools.
What’s included with STREAM Curriculum for K-12?
- An Ocean Debris STEM Kit: Marine debris collected by Ocean Blue Project volunteers at various beaches around the United States including Oregon, Florida, California, and Hawaii. This kit directly correlates with the accompanying lessons and activities. Your Ocean Debris STEM Kit will be shipped directly to you within 30 days of your order.
- A one hour one-on-one session with an OBP Blue Schools Team Member to customize your plan and slideshow presentation titled, “What’s a Watershed?” with maps of your local watershed and basin.
This presentation is customized for your class, students’ age, and location. It will provide context and foundational knowledge for the subsequent activities and lessons. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of your local watershed from the custom webinar.
- Lessons and activities to be delivered to students in your own order and pace. This will include lessons and activities that have been designed to benefit your students’ specific grade level and local watershed.
- An Educator’s Guide that will give the instructor resources and instruction to implement these lessons and activities from start to finish
- CEU’s for licensed teachers: Opportunities for Continuing Education Units or Clock Hours may be available upon request, depending on your state of licensure.
Students will learn:
Watershed Knowledge:
- Watershed definition and facts
- Water cycle and basic hydrology
- Overall importance of clean water and its role in our lives
- How to identify local watershed, waterbodies, and basin
- The connection between watersheds, basins, and our one world ocean
- How geographical and political boundaries are related to your local watershed
Stewardship & Leadership Skills:
- How to process data and research
- Have critical discussions about scientific information
- Sustainability and how to minimize use of resources
- Awareness of Environmental issues and practical steps to be young watershed stewards
- We can each make a positive difference for the ocean right from our own neighborhood\
- Take action to practice stewardship in our everyday life or community events and how to explore these fundamentals using Transformative STREAM Education
And so much more! Keep reading to learn how OBP Blue Schools STEAM Curriculum and Ocean STEM Activities align with established learning standards.
Choose an option that works for your class and lesson plans:
Option 1 – Blue Schools STREAM Education $350.00
This option gets your class outdoors to connect to nature by observing and creating art throughout the seasons of the school year. This curriculum package is comprehensive and includes all the activities from the below options including an Ocean Debris STEM Kit with an optional lesson plan classroom activity, Activity Worksheets aligning with National Core Arts Standards, the customizable “What’s a Watershed” slideshow presentation and an Educator’s Guide for creating hands-on service learning Stewardship Action Projects in your community.
What you receive with the OBP Blue Schools STREAM Education with STEAM Curriculum and Ocean STEM Activities, and what is not included in the Ocean Fun Packages below are:
- OBP Blue Schools Team customizes your “What’s a Watershed?” slideshow presentation to your local watershed and basin for you.
- A one hour one-on-one session with an OBP Blue Schools Team Member to customize your plan and slideshow presentation titled, “What’s a Watershed?” with maps of your local watershed and basin with CEU opportunities in most states.
- You receive a full year of curriculum with every single standard for your grade level integrated with:
- Next Generation Science Standards
- National Core Arts Standards
- Some standards from Common Core State Standards for cross-disciplinary lessons
This extended learning curriculum allows students to witness the changing of the seasons in nature while giving teachers peace of mind, with learning standards listed on each lesson. Allowing an extended time frame for learners to observe, gives students the priceless opportunity to notice differences in their surroundings throughout the seasons (ex: before and after heavy rainfall) and be able to imagine, comprehend and process how the ocean is impacted by your local watershed, no matter how far inland you live.
Option 2 – Ocean Fun Day $99.95
This option includes activities and your customized slideshow presentation that can all be completed in just one day or be broken up into shorter blocks of time over a few days. The “What’s a Watershed” slideshow presentation will provide engaging foundational information to inspire your class to continue asking questions afterward.
It will also include an Ocean Debris STEM Kit and optional lesson plan for the kit, instructions for creating a Watershed Diorama and Theatrical Enactment, one (1) Activity Worksheet aligning with National Core Arts Standards, and an Educator’s Guide for creating hands-on service learning Stewardship Action Projects in your community.
The activities can each be completed in a short amount of time and you can expand the activities to make sure you have a full day filled with Ocean Fun. This is designed for any grade level. You will choose the grade that you are purchasing for during checkout.
Option 3 – Ocean Fun Week $119.95
This option includes five days worth of curriculum which will be a higher-intensity educational experience than the one day option. It’s fully equipped with shorter educational activities that are each approximately 1 hour long to be easily integrated into your current daily lessons. This option also includes access to the customizable “What’s a Watershed” slideshow presentation to provide foundational information and create excitement for the future lessons.
This option also includes an Ocean Debris STEM Kit and optional lesson plan for the kit, instructions for creating a Watershed Diorama and Theatrical Enactment, five (5) Activity Worksheets aligning with National Core Arts Standards that can be completed in a short amount of time, and an Educator’s Guide for creating hands-on service learning Stewardship Action Projects in your community. The STEAM activities are appropriate for various grade levels and can support grades kindergarten all the way through 12th grade. You will choose the grade that you are purchasing this for during checkout.
Option 4 – Ocean Fun Month $159.95
This option will allow you to integrate STEAM Curriculum Activities and environmental education into the classroom each day for one full month! This kit provides a full month of oceanic and watershed ecology themed learning fun and stewardship activities.
Your Ocean Fun Month Kit comes complete with 25 marine biology and marine debris awareness inspired in-class Activity Worksheets aligning with National Core Arts Standards. These worksheets are designed for various grade levels and can be adapted for Kindergarten to 12th grade. Activities can be completed individually, in small groups, or together as a class. You will choose the grade that you are purchasing for upon checkout.
Ocean Fun Month also includes an Ocean Debris STEM Kit and optional lesson plan for the kit, instructions for creating a Watershed Diorama and Theatrical Enactment, that can be completed in a short amount of time, and an Educator’s Guide for creating hands-on service learning Stewardship Action Projects in your community.
Important Note: It may take up to 4 weeks to process your order and schedule your one-on-one session and class webinar with an OBP Blue Schools Team Member as your content will be directly related and customized to your local watershed and basin. We appreciate your patience and commitment to providing your students with quality education.
How does project based learning benefit students?
OBP Blue Schools STEAM Curriculum and Ocean STEM Activities empower our youngest generations to understand the environmental and emotional connection between the watershed under their feet, their drinking water, and the ocean we all share. Through at-home and in-class project based learning, students acquire skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
OBP Blue Schools STEAM Curriculum unites students and communities to become stewards of the beaches, streams, rivers, and watersheds, and our world ocean. The ecology-based curriculum was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s (NOAA) Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) and is being recognized in 2022 by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of 109 Green Citizen Projects.
OBP Blue Schools STEAM Curriculum is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards, National Arts Core Standards and NOAA’s Meaningful Watershed Enhancement Experiences also known as, MWEEs which are science-based activities that increase participants’ environmental literacy and highlight the connection between human activity and environmental conditions.
Utilizing environmental education programs provides many benefits for all students and communities. The content can be customized to meet the unique needs of individual classrooms, communities, and watersheds based on your location. The program also empowers diverse and marginalized students, including those in Title 1 schools, to reflect on the impact they can have on their environment while developing critical thinking skills. OBP Blue Schools aims to inspire the next generation to be leaders in environmental science and stewards of the earth by providing scholarships for Title 1 schools.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion link our core values: Optimism, Collaboration, Equality, Action, and Nobility. Founded by tribal members of the Choctaw Nation, Ocean Blue Project collaborates with diverse individuals and tribal nations from any watershed to ensure acknowledgment of tribal lands, peoples, and nations, and to achieve our common goal and vision of a clean world ocean.
We are so excited about your journey with the educational activities we have created, and are here to help if you have any questions. Please contact Ocean Blue Project at education@oceanblueproject.org if you have any questions about these activities!