Fall 2002 - Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club

EE BRIEFS
Lone Star Sierran Fall 2002 17
Environmental Education
Statewide EE Conference to be held in
San Antonio
The Texas Environmental Education Partnership,
TEEP, will hold its second statewide environmental education
conference in San Antonio, TX September 12-14,
2002. Adults interested
in being updated on EE
happenings across the
state in the past five
years, needing professional
training, or simply
wanting to meet folks in
the environmental
education field, are
invited to attend. To
receive detailed conference
information, see
website http://
ww.eih.uh.edu
Registration Time for
EE After School Sessions
The Lone Star Chapter of the
Sierra Club offers the Nature
Scientists after
school environmental
education program
throughout
Texas, and, is now
registering school
and home schooling
sites for Winter and
Spring 2003. These
multi-week classes
can be taught in
English or adapted
to a bilingual English/Spanish
audience. Students
can expect these
60-minute sessions
to be filled with fun,
interactive, hands-on activities,
while teachers and parents
will be pleased to know
their youth are building a
strong, basic science foundation
in the areas of: botany,
geology, biology, and ecology.
Upon completion of the program,
students are awarded the
Junior Nature Scientist certificate.
For more information, or
to set-up your school as a site,
contact Jackie McFadden, 512-
990-9396,
eeant@austin.rr.com.
New Sierra Cubs
Camps 2003
During 2003, the Sierra
Cubs Camps will be offered in
Central, East, and North Texas
for youth ages six to nine.
Additionally, in the Austinarea,
Sierra Club will hold a
brand new camp for youth
ages 10 to 13, especially
created for those young
scientists wanting to explore,
and investigate connections
in nature. See future issues
of the Lone Star Sierran for
more details.