Week of April 10th

Environmental Education

Title: Environmental Education Program Nurture Connection with Nature

This article talks about the importance of environmental education and what schools and the government are doing to promote this. April is National Environmental Education Month, and April 10 through 16 is National Environmental Education Week. Spending time in nature through environmental education programs leads to an increase in students' engagement in science and has been thought to improve mental, emotional and physical health of students, especially younger children. Today children are becoming more and more distanced from the natural environment because they are more involved with computers, television, and video games in their free time. In 2010, for the first time ever, President Barack Obama included funding for environmental education in the federal education budget. This was a great step towards promoting the importance of environmental education.