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Coming Soon!
Teachers in the Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456 are going "over and
above" to help students understand the importance of their local natural
resources at the new Melvern Riverfront Park and Trails system. Working
in a 16 hour "Summer Institute" with the Kansas Association for
Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) organization, eleven
local educators developed lesson plans that will teach students about
their local ecosystem and water quality in outdoor classrooms over the
next two years.
Teachers from other USDs are invited to use the Melvern park and lesson
plans for field trips and outdoor classrooms; however, please call
Friends of the Trail representative, Dee Robinson, for scheduling your
event at 785-549-3376.
Watch this site for the USD 456 lesson plans and other information
resources for conducting water quality and natural resource education.
The HEHC Vision. . .
Our vision for the Healthy Ecosystems-Healthy Communities Project is citizen-lead planning and actions to sustain environmental quality and community health. |
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| What is
the relationship between your community and its ecosystem?
The health of
a community and its local ecosystem is dependent on the intricate
relationship between the people that live there and how they
interact with their surroundings–the land, water, plants, animals,
and natural resources. By definition, the word “resource” means
reserve, supply, or store; so the health of a community is
dependent on the health of these natural “supplies.”
Water,
incredibly rich soils, lush grasslands and a wealth of wildlife
enticed settlers to Kansas over 150 years ago and supported our
state’s agricultural economy and heritage. However, as with any
limited store of supplies, using them in a way that sustains the
quantity and the quality is necessary to ensure that these
resources will be there for us and for our children in the future.
But how do we know what’s left of the “reserves, supplies, or
stores” that our community was built upon? How do we measure the
health of our community’s natural resources?
The Healthy
Communities / Healthy Ecosystems Project is here to help!
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