Health Careers Pathways Program
KU Medical Center
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
The Storytellers Inc., Artist Collective

EnvironMental combines environmental science, filmaking and editing, script writing, game creation and Public Service Announcements. YLDC apprentices must learn all of these skills to facilitate the programs for the elementary and middle school children. The students choose the mediums that fit best with the neighborhood school. Recycling is a mainstay throughout the programs and only recycled materials are used in all aspects of program implementation. EnvironMental won Bridging the Gap and the EPA Award for Excellence in children's programs. EnvironMental provides creative engagement at Rosedale, Central and Argentine Middle Schools during the day schedule. Adapting the existing science curriculum of KCKPS to the environmental themes, science students use math probability and genetics through coin toss monsters. Environmental toxins become one of the variables in the project. All projects components are made from recycled materials. Rachel Eilts provides EnvironMental Curriculum Development and day workshops as Mentor Specialist. Rebecca Sickbert leads the KIDZONE Extended Day and TREC EnvironMental Team as Mentor Specialist. Six YLDC members co-facilitate with Rebecca.

   
Neis Clinical Skills Laboratory
Medical Technology
The JayDoc Free Clinic

EcoKids
Interactive games & science experiments.
Water Science for Schools
This site is sponsored by USGS (United States Geological Survey).
EPA Environmental Kids Club
The Kids Club has activities & topics that cover all the big issues.

Storyboard Organizer
EnvironMental Film Storyboard Development Curriculum created by Mentory Specialist, Rebeccca Sickbert.

Curriculum
Rachel Eilts, Mentor Specialist

 
Integrated Classroom
Rosedale Middle School
3600 Springfield
Kansas City, Kansas 66103
Mondays,11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Central Middle School
TBA

Argentine Middle School
Pre-Tests
EnvironMental Clean-Up
8:30 AM - 9:26 AM (6th Grade)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (6th Grade)


Show Central Middle School EnvironMental Video
Overview of EnvironMental Learning Areas
Consensus Building on Topic
Written Summaries on Chosen Topic
Draw Ideas for Project
8:30 AM - 9:26 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Create Their Demonstration from Drawings out of Recycled Materials
8:30 AM - 9:26 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Continuation of Demonstration Development
8:30 AM - 9:26 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Post-Tests
Project Presentation
8:30 AM - 9:26 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Kidzone, Finish the Race and Extended Day
Silver City Elementary
2515 Lawrence
Kansas City, Kansas
Tuesday, 
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
 
Rachel Eilts
Curriculum Development
Integrated Classroom
Mentor Specialist
Becca Sickbert
Kidzone
Finish the Race
TREC
Mentor Specialist

 

 

 



Leady Kruger
Northwest Middle School
Itsy Bitsy Cockaroach
Banneker Elementary

 

 

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EnvironMental comes to Banneker Elementary KIDZONE!
High School and Middle School Apprentices join the team with adult Mentor/Facilitator Becca Sickbert, as the youth develop a game on Acid Rain Prevention.
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EnvironMental Integrated Classroom
After leaning about how to take care of the environment through recycling, learning about genetics and probability, drawing and graphing the results, monsters are made into 3 diminentional creatures. The monsters are created from the recycled materials from trash pick-up and recycled materials brought in from home by the students.
The youth begin with cleaning the surrounding school neighborhood. The trash becomes part of the materials used in the project.





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Students work in teams with Mentor Specialist, Rachel Eilts. Using genetics to determine Coin Toss Monster characteristics and toxic chemical effects as a variable on the monster results, students draw the results from the charts they developed.
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An example of a student's monster drawings from genetics study.




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EnvironMental at Central Middle School.
The students use recyled materials to study geology and make the layers of the earth and volcano. Mentor Specialist, Rachel Eilts facilitates the EnvironMental Curriculum in the classroom setting. Please click on the link above for the Environmental Curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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