To help Indiana schools celebrate Earth Day 2024, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is offering free hands-on classroom presentations to elementary students across the state.
Every year, IDEM staff members visit schools to talk about their careers and share STEM-based lessons on air, land, water and recycling.
“I am pleased to have IDEM staff visit classrooms to work with Indiana’s leaders of tomorrow. Our STEM-based lessons are a great way to emphasize the importance of taking care of our environment while also introducing them to environmental-related careers,” IDEM Commissioner Brian Rockensuess said in a news release. “I hope Indiana’s teachers will take advantage of this great opportunity.”
The presentations are available for elementary schools and vary in length from 30 to 50 minutes. The interactive presentations offer activities, such as reduce, reuse, recycle your trash, how long does your trash last or a demonstration on how water flows through a watershed.
In-person classroom presentations are available on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the month of April, and each school may request up to four presentations. Registration is now open. Teachers can request a classroom presentation by visiting on.IN.gov/IDEMclassroom.
The deadline to request a classroom presentation is Feb. 23.
Educators may direct questions to [email protected] or 800-988-7901.