Course Description
Effective educational outreach in environmental sciences is designed to meet educational and environmental goals for specific stakeholders. Educators design activities and use appropriate teaching strategies to engage learners and empower them to solve environmental issues. This course will introduce students to developing and implementing environmental education activities in nonformal settings.
Athena Title
Design Implement Activities
Pre or Corequisite
AGED 2001 and (COMM 1110 or AGCM 1200)
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
•Conduct a needs assessment to collect information from stakeholders •Explain how various activities achieve environmental education (EE) goals •Develop a logic model for activity planning •Apply teaching methods and learning theory to EE activities •Design environmental activities for various audiences •Implement environmental activities for various audiences •Develop assessment tools to measure outcomes of activities •Construct a plan for a series of activities on a selected topic
Topical Outline
1.Course Intro, What is EE 2.Learning Theories, Activity Demonstrations 3.Identifying Issues 4.Assessing the Need for an Activity 5.Breakdown of NAAEE Guidelines of Excellence 6.Planning the Activity, Objectives, and Outcomes 7.Behavior Change 8.Activity Development, Teaching Strategies a.Based on results from needs assessment 9.Activity Implementation I 10.Assessing Activities a.Based on activity implementation I 11.Activity Implementation II 12.Issues in Activity Design and Implementation 13.Activity Program Design Based on: a.Results from needs assessment b.Experience with activity plan c.Comprehension of objectives, outcomes, and behavior change d.Experience implementing activities e.Experience assessing activities