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Newtown Creek Alliance Curriculum: Pre-Survey
By completing this survey you help NCA design appropriate support materials and tools for all educators. We will use this information to grow our programming and reach more place based learners. The survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Once you have completed the survey we will send you a link to the free curriculum you choose.
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First Name
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Last Name
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School or Organization Name
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Title
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Which curriculum would you like to request?
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Newtown Creek Urban Ecology STEM Curriculum
Green Roof Teacher's Guide
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Your location
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Please tell us where you teach, whether within a borough of NYC or elsewhere. If you have access to a polluted waterway please let us know.)
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Phone number where you may be reached?
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What grade/s or age/s do you currently teach
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Check all that apply.
Pre-K
Kindergarden
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
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What subjects do you currently teach?
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Check all that apply.
All Content Areas
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
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How did you hear about this curriculum?
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Check all that apply.
Internet search
From my principal
Through another educator
Hunters Point Parks Conservancy
National Fish and Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation's Eco-Schools
Newtown Creek Alliance
NYC Audubon
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Have you ever taught a unit or lesson about Newtown Creek?
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Have you ever taught a unit or lesson about Green Roofs?
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Why are you most interested in this curriculum?
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To enhance a topic I am already teaching
To teach a subject I am just starting
I am curious and considering using it in the future
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How much instructional time do you plan to devote to teaching this material?
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1-2 lessons
3-5 lessons
5-7 lessons
8+ lessons
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When do you plan to teach it?
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During the school day
After School
With a Green Team
With a club
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What are your primary learning goals for your students?
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Check only 1 or 2 of your most important goals.
To cultivate a sense of stewardship
To engage with local community and it's issues
To understand urban ecology and local environmental issues
To understand local history
To build and practice STEM based skills
To understand green infrastructure
To take advantage of place based learning
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What are your primary teaching goals for yourself?
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Check only 1 or 2 of your most important goals.
Looking for more ways to teach STEM
To build my understanding of urban ecology
To build my knowledge of local history and to learn more about Newtown Creek
To build a place based unit or curriculum
To have an opportunity to engage in local issues with my students
Other:
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What do you think will be the primary constraint from using material from the curriculum as you intend?
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Comfort level teaching in the field (outdoors)
Instructional time
Administrative support
Teaching support (for example: modeling lessons or co-teaching)
Resource constraints (for example: costs of materials or trips)
Comfort level teaching and adapting new material
Planning time
Complexity of material
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How confident are you in teaching Newtown Creek or related historical themes?
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e.g. The Newtown Creek's past as a tidal salt marsh turned industrial waterway; urbanization; industrialization; NYC before colonization
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How confident are you in teaching water quality?
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e.g. Water quality testing; the urban water cycle; urban water issues, such as stormwater management
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How confident are you in teaching soil quality?
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e.g. Soil quality testing, soil's ecosystem role, urban soil issues, such as contamination or compaction
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How confident are you in teaching flora and fauna?
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e.g. Specifically the concepts of native and invasive species and their role in the ecosystem; identifying plants and animals (aquatic and land) in the field
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How confident are you in teaching Newtown Creek or related geography skills?
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E.g. Using both land and water maps (topographic and street maps) to orient students to the Creek's location relative to NYC and the greater NY-NJ estuary system
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How confident are you in teaching about climate change?
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E.g. Sea level rise, storm surges, resilient shoreline design, urban heat island effect
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How confident are you in teaching green infrastructure?
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e.g Green Roofs; permeable vs. impermeable, stormwater capture; bioswales and rain gardens
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Have you ever taken your class out into the field (outdoors) to study Newtown Creek? Or another similar place to do urban field studies?
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If yes, where?
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What Newtown Creek Field Sites are you most interested in visiting?
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Hunters Point Parks
Kingsland Wildflowers
The Newtown Creek Nature Walk
McCarren Park Demonstration Garden
Manhattan Avenue Street End Park
The Living Dock and North Henry Street
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Have you ever used the design charrette process or engineering design process with your students to problem solve?
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e.g. Identify and research a problem; brainstorm solutions; build a model or prototype; test your design; redesign
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No
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What area/s of the curriculum are you most likely to use?
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History
Flora and Fauna
Water Quality
Soil Quality
Watersheds and Sewersheds
Climate Change and Resilience
Green Roof Teachers Guide
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Do you plan to do a culminating student project with this material?
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Yes
No
Maybe
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Would you be interested in receiving professional development in any of these areas?
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Flora and Fauna
History
Water Quality
Soil Quality
Watershed and Sewersheds
Climate Change and Reslience
Green Roof Teachers Guide
Teaching in the field
Other:
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When would be a good time to reach out to conduct a follow-up survey?
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We welcome your feedback! Please follow up with us to let us know what worked and what didn't. Additionally, we always love to see your photos and to hear about what you and your students created. Please provide an approximate time of year that we could reach out again.
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These copyrighted materials are free and available for teaching purposes only! By completing this survey you agree to these terms and you will not profit from them or use them for any other purposes.
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