Environmental Heroes
Center for Science and Math Education
&
Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation – Canalway Center
An After School Environmental Adventure
for middle and high school students (minimum age 12)
Get Close! Dig In! Get Wet!
Get Real! Go Wild!
You CAN be a HERO!
Apply now!
Free!
Environmental HEROES of the Week: October 4, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: October 11, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: October 18, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: October 25, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: November 1, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: November 15, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: November 22, 2011
Environmental HEROES of the Week: January 10, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: January 24, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: January 31, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: February 14, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: March 6, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: March 27, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: April 24, 2012
Environmental HEROES of the Week: May 1, 2012
Preparing for Research
Wood Frog (PDF)
Northern Red Salamander and Northern Two Lined Salamander (PDF)
Learning About Maps (PDF)
Gated Web Site for the Environmental Heroes
Individual and Group Award Possibilities for Middle and High School Students
Engage in Real Research, Adventure, Exploration!
Where: Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation
4524 East 49th Street
Cuyahoga Hts., Ohio 44125
Move Your Research Findings to Citizen Action!
Make a Difference!
August 2011 - June 2012: Environmental Heroes
What you do matters! Learn how in this free after school program for middle and high school students (minimum age 12), a joint program of the Cleveland Metroparks at the Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation-Canalway Center and Case Western Reserve University's Center for Science and Mathematics Education. Self - motivated participants will engage in real science with naturalists and scientists, collecting and analyzing environmental data, and in developing plans to solve environmental problems. Only serious Environmental Heroes, willing to make a commitment for 2 years need apply. Youth will be selected in a competitive process to participate and will spend two weeks in the summer actively developing field observational and investigative skills.
Orientation is August 8-19, 2011, 9:30a.m. – 2:30p.m.
daily. After school sessions begin September 13,2011. After school sessions are on Tuesdays 4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. throughout the academic year. All sessions are at the Canalway Center, Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation.
2011-2012 Environmental Heroes Application
(PDF)
For more information, please call
216-368-5075 or e-mail: kmk21@case.edu.