Each spring, DOEE hosts hundreds of District students at the Anacostia Environmental Youth Summit. Students engage in outdoor, hands-on learning experiences with environmental educators and showcase the environmental action projects they implemented throughout the school year.
All activities support the following science standards for DC Schools:
- 4.7.10. Investigate the Chesapeake Bay watershed and wetlands and describe how they support a wide variety of plant and animal life that interact with other living and nonliving things.
- 5.12.2. Identify organisms that are not native to the Washington, DC, area and how they undergo changes to increase their chance of survival in the area.
- 6.6.7. Describe that most rainwater that falls in Washington, DC, will eventually drain into the Chesapeake Bay.
- 7.8.1. Recognize that in all environments, such as freshwater, marine, forest, desert, grassland, mountain, farms, cities, and others, organisms with similar needs and living strategies compete with one another for resources, including food, space, water, air, and shelter.
Program Contacts
Adrienne Farfalla
[email protected] | 202-697-1112
Marissa O’Neill
[email protected] | 202-497-3029
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