Camden City Environmental Center site based curriculum and teacher activity guide

The purpose of this curriculum and teacher activity guide is to provide Camden City School District\u27s Environmental Center Program with a curriculum for kindergarten through fourth grade students. The curriculum provides students with site-based lessons and activities that are aligned and correlated with New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Science, and the Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines For Learning (K - 12). The Site-Based Curriculum and Teacher Activity Guide, upon approval by the Camden City School District Board of Education, will provide students with guided discovery experiences that introduce new ideas, dispel misconceptions and reinforce previous learning. The scope and sequence of the curriculum is designed to lead students through concept development, inquire learning, and hands-on experiences to become more sensitive to the relationship they share with the environment to the extent that they are ecologically aware, caring and responsible