Save The Bay to host Teachers in Action Showcase

PROVIDENCE – On Feb. 1, Save The Bay will host the final Teachers in Action Showcase in its three-year partnership with Providence public schools.
The science-fair style exhibition, put together by 20 teachers and their students, demonstrates how their classrooms have applied marine science and environmental education they received with Save The Bay’s Project Narragansett Program throughout the year.
Featured teacher-speaker Teresa Sangermano, of Smithfield and a fourth-grade teacher at F.D. Spaziano Elementary School, will kick off the event, to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Save the Bay’s Bay Center, 100 Save The Bay Drive.
Funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Bay Watershed Education Training program, Project Narragansett Providence Schools Edition has been a three-year partnership with Providence public schools.
Each year, teachers from Providence Public Schools participate with Save The Bay educators in four days of Bay-based professional development that ties directly into the Next Generation Science Standards and expectations for classroom teaching. During the academic year, the teachers bring their students to Save The Bay for marine science programming, including boat-based experiences aboard one of Save The Bay’s education vessels and two land-based units focused on such topics as climate interpretation, water quality and habitat.
The Teachers in Action Showcase is the opportunity for teachers and students to show parents and other community members what they have learned and how they have applied it in the classroom. Participating schools are Lillian Feinstein, Fogarty, Veazie, Pleasant View, William D’Abate, George J. West, Carl Lauro, Vartan Gregorian, Spaziano and Young-Woods elementary schools, as well as Nathaniel Green Middle School and Mt. Pleasant High School.
Founded in 1970, Save The Bay works to protect and improve Narragansett Bay and its watershed through advocacy, education, and restoration efforts. For more information, visit www.savebay.org.

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