EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Kat Superfisky develops interactive educational programs for a wide variety of audiences, including the Teaching and Inspiring Environmental Stewardship (TIES) program, which uses a LEED-rated building on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus as a “living laboratory” where people can explore sustainability in the built environment.
The two-hour program uses interactive displays, sustainability stations and a tour of the University’s greenest building to demonstrate environmentalism in action. Concepts of recycling, re-use and consumption reduction are emphasized. The field trip is targeted toward students in grades 6-12 but university students, staff and faculty, as well as businesses and community groups, can take advantage of a self-guided building tour. All educational aspects of the program were developed to comply with State of Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations and Benchmarks.
“The TIES program is the first of its kind in the state of Michigan…
By incorporating lessons on sustainability, the environment and green construction into one educational experience, we are educating and transforming the behavior of future generations.”
-David Allan, acting Dean of the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment in 2009
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