This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA)

The agreement provides funding to the children's environmental literacy foundation (celf). Specifically, the recipient will cultivate the next generation of environmental justice advocates, equipped with science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (steam) skills to protect local watersheds and enhance climate resilience through school-community collaboration. The project will engage title 1 middle and high schools in economically disadvantaged environmental justice communities of greater houston. Leveraging the children environmental literacy foundation (celf) civic science inquiry to action framework, this project will deliver teacher training focused on facilitating data collection and analysis, and legacy student action projects that raise awareness of watershed stewardship strategies and solutions.activities:the activities include: 1) professional development to 45+ teachers over three years, leveraging data analysis and project communication activities to build students' steam skills and longitudinal datasets with 1,250+ students; 2) field trips for 45+ classrooms to local waterways for data collection activities; 3) provision of water testing kits, air quality monitors, and other project supplies; 4) engagement of families and community members in student action plans; 5) culminating student symposium held annually to showcase 75+ students' research and inspire action among collaborating families, coalition partners, industry professionals, and policy-makers.subrecipient:galveston BAY foundation - will collaborate on goal setting sessions, professional development activities, student action projects, assisting during student field trips, final teacher reflection and other events as needed. Galveston BAY foundation will also collaborate on the educator professional development retreat at the galveston BAY foundation's trinity BAY discovery center and hold the school district administrator institute at trinity BAY discovery center as well. Rice university - will engage faculty and graduate student cohorts as CO-facilitators during teacher training workshops and student data collection field visits. Rice university will host the children's environmental literacy foundation annual student symposium event in year 3. In addition, rice university will offer access for participating teachers to accredited graduate education programming for credit to support their career advancement and skill base to effectively facilitate place-based student learning and meaningful community engagement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include photos, meeting minutes, sign-in sheets, established goals, reported outcomes . The expected outcomes include teachers gaining skills for facilitating student inquiry activities aligned with the revised texas essential knowledge and skills. Students will develop their sense of agency for contributing to public education on local environmental justice issues and climate resilience. The intended beneficiaries include greater houston school district communities: channelview ISD in channelview, TX 77530 (year 1); aldine ISD in aldine, TX 77073; houston ISD in houston, TX 7703); and pasadena ISD in pasadena, TX 77504.