1 / 18

SWEEP: Environmental Education in the Community

SWEEP: Environmental Education in the Community. Carol Ekstrom Rhodes College 2/11/05. SWEEP = Storm Water Environmental Education Program. Hands on environmental education for this generation and next to help keep Memphis waterways clean . The Goals are Four Fold:.

sandra_john
Download Presentation

SWEEP: Environmental Education in the Community

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. SWEEP: Environmental Education in the Community Carol Ekstrom Rhodes College 2/11/05

  2. SWEEP = Storm Water Environmental Education Program • Hands on environmental education for this generation and next to help keep Memphis waterways clean

  3. The Goals are Four Fold: 1) to promote environmental education at a the two schools • to assist Cypress as it addresses its TN underperforming status 3) to provide a service learning opportunity for students in science and education courses at Rhodes 4) to build stronger campus community bonds that can lead to other cooperative projects

  4. Match with ACS Alliance Objectives • Innovative project • Interdisciplinary • Inter-institutional • Community focused • Collaborative • Fits with Rhodes Mission and Buckman Laboratories interests, and therefore has the potential for sustainability.

  5. The Rhodes Vision • Rhodes College aspires to graduate students with a life-long passion for learning, a compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action in their communities and the world. 2002

  6. History of SWEEP • 2002-2003 EPA grant $100,000 to a collaborative of Memphis schools • Spring ’03 ACS CCP grant for SWEEP TWO

  7. Cypress Creek

  8. Rhodes and Cypress Middle School C R

  9. Velsicol 2002 & 2004

  10. Activities: maps, models, posters

  11. Field Trips 2002 -2005

  12. Data Collection

  13. Presentations at Rhodes Undergraduate Research Symposium

  14. Outcomes: Homecoming at Rhodes Fall 2003

  15. Outcomes: Federal Earmark • Rhodes Learning Corridor received Federal Earmark to Strenthen Neighborhood Ties through Science Education 2003-04 $500,000 earmark 2004-05 $250,000 earmark SWEEP is one of the 4 projects in the Learning Corridor

  16. Outcomes: Partnering with: • Memphis City Schools • Memphis Dept of Public Works • US Attorney’s Office • Buckman Laboratories • Girls, Inc. • Shelby County Health Dept. • AKA sorority

  17. HUD COPC $400,000 grant Awarded Jan 1, 2005 SWEEP is one of the Educational Programs in the grant.

  18. Conclusion ACS Environmental grants can have a major impact.

More Related