Finding Nature

Inspired by the project Waterkeeper Warriors, presented by Waterkeeper Alliance in partnership with Culture Trip at Photoville from September 12-22, 2019. Students define and make personal connections to the environment around them through photography. They identify the issues important to them, and through research and storytelling, present solutions-driven journalism about their topic.nnLearning objectives: raise awareness of nature and their environment through photography; define how they are impacted by nature; define challenges and solutions to the environmental issues they have identified.nnCreated during United Photo Industries' Spring 2019 Teacher Professional Development Day with support from PhotoWings.nnAuthors: Judith Ryan, Michelle Koza, April Saul, Darius Richards, Robin Nagle, Ruth Ebel, Casi (kc) Callaway u00b7 Facilitator/Editor: Jasmin Chang u00b7 Featuring photography by Culture Trip Contributing Photographers u00b7 Grade level: 9thu201312th u00b7 Subjects: Photography, English Language Arts, Science, History u00b7 Time: 7 class sessions.

• Raise awareness of nature and environment through photography
• Define how they are impacted by nature
• Define challenges and solutions to identified environmental issues