Basics of Environmental Education

The Basics can be completed at your own pace. It is a prerequisite to complete enrollment into the North Carolina Environmental Education Certification program, and should also be submitted before taking the Methods of Teaching Environmental Education workshop as it introduces many key concepts. The Basics of Environmental Education consists of a group of readings with corresponding reflection questions and two online learning modules from the North American Association for Environmental Education (What is EE? and History of EE). The Basics also provides 10 hours of EE Certification credit! 

Participants are encouraged to complete the readings and activities in the sequential order for full understanding. Your completed answers to the discussion questions should be between 40-200 words, depending on the depth of the question. Links to the corresponding readings and the two NAAEE modules are linked within the Basics document, but contact the office if you have trouble accessing them. 

Basics of EE Independent Study Readings and Questions

Submission: Send your completed answers in one document as an attachment to EEcertificationNC@lists.deq.nc.gov. You will also need to attach the two completion certificates from the "What is EE?" and "History of EE" NAAEE modules (items 2 and 4 in the document). The Basics of EE counts as 10 hours in Criteria I and an EE Form is not necessary. You will be notified when your response has been accepted and your EE Certification enrollment is complete, but contact us if you have any questions during the process.