Cheryl Young

Heritage University

Cheryl Young is a geoscientist with expertise in curriculum development and alignment to Next Generation Science Standards. In her current position at Heritage University (HSI), she provides professional development to STEM in-service and pre-service teachers in high-needs, rural school districts of south central WA state. Cheryl's geoscience research areas are microbiology of the terrestrial subsurface, sandstone diagenesis, and the petrophysical properties of porous media.

Workshop Participant, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (4)

Unit 1: The Food-Energy-Water Connection part of Food as the Foundation for Healthy Communities
This unit is designed to function as three days of instruction in an introductory urban planning, environmental science/studies or public health course.

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Unit 2: Community-Based Participatory Solutions part of Food as the Foundation for Healthy Communities
The introduction and examination of the food, energy, and water connection—as a system in Unit 1—established the dictates of human dependency on and human modification of the environment. We continue a logical ...

Unit 3: Food Systems In Action part of Food as the Foundation for Healthy Communities
In the capstone, Unit 3, students are provided a real-world example of local community action to address the challenge of "healthy food access." The 2015 Leon County (Florida) Sustainable Communities ...

Food as the Foundation for Healthy Communities part of Food as the Foundation for Healthy Communities
The movement toward sustainable communities has brought into focus the centrality of food in our everyday lives and its myriad social, economic, and environmental connections. The purpose of this module, Food as ...

Communities

Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group

Workshop Participant (7 workshops)

Place, Cultural Context, and Geoscience
July 2017 Connecting Science to Issues of Sustainability and Environmental Justice
July 2017 Strengthening Geoscience Competency for HBCU Pre-Service Teachers Workshop
February 2017

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Webinar Participant

ITG webinar Developing Students Data Skills
October 2016 ITG Webinar The Importance of Diversity and Equity in Supporting the Whole Student
September 2016 ITG webinar Teaching About Natural Hazards and Risks
August 2016