“The examples that they’re providing us with are very easy to replicate in the classroom. Now all you have to do is just tailor it to the grade you are teaching.”
Jim Kennedy, Pascack regional High school
“It’s now or never,” to act on climate change, said Joanne Cavera, a recently-retired science teacher from St. Joseph’s Regional High School in Montvale who was monitoring the Meadowlands workshop. “Over the past few weeks, we’ve had over 400 teachers, so they’re going out to touch the lives of these students and what an amazing ripple effect.”
From left, Susan Lewicki, the Senior Educator at the Meadowlands Environment Center, Christine Alia, Lauren Gurda and John Sassi practice flooding measurements to show how high water can rise during a flood at the Meadowlands Environment Center in Lyndhurst on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. John J. LaRosa | For NJ Advance