On Earth Day 2015, Governor Terry McAuliffe launched an Environmental Literacy Challenge to the Virginia community. Here are notes to the Governor by Mary Van Dyke in words and images.
11. The
schoolyard
Maple
unwatered
Sapsucker
drinks
Rings
the
tree
Sweet
sap
Mary
Van
Dyke
12. The
schoolyard
Maple
unwatered
Sapsucker
drinks
Rings
the
tree
Sweet
sap
Sweet
sap
Aphid
food
Ladybugs
eat
Lay
eggs
Larvae
feast
Mary
Van
Dyke
13. The
tree
dies
Stressed
Lifecycles
Reinvest
Read
Decode
Tell
and
sell
Stories
Mary
Van
Dyke
14. Listen
to
the
stones
Run,
climb,
touch
to
Integrate
art
and
science
Mary
Van
Dyke
15. Read
Understand
Speak
about
place
and
time
This
is
the
challenge
Mary
Van
Dyke
16. The
Governor’s
Environmental
Literacy
Challenge
• Enable
teachers
to
“improve
their
ability
to
use
the
environment
as
a
context
for
learning
in
and
out
of
the
classroom”
• Enhance
school-‐wide
sustainability
efforts
within
the
SOL
framework
Governor
and
Mrs
McAuliffe
at
Pocahontas
State
Park
Planting
Garden
for
Monarch
Butterflies,
April
22
2015
17. Mary
Van
Dyke
• Trained
as
architect
• Lives
in
Virginia
• Master
Naturalist
• Visiting
Horticulturalist
at
Jamestown
School
in
Arlington
• Blogs
at
Green
STEM
Learning
In
all
things
of
Nature
there
is
something
marvelous
-‐
Aristotle
Lloyd
Wolf
18. Thank
You
Mary
Van
Dyke
maryvandyke4@gmail.com
Mary
Van
Dyke
19. Photo
Credits
Blue
Ridge
Horses,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Sand
and
Sky,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Snow
Heart,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Tuckahoe
School
Cabin
Sign,
Mary
Van
Dyke
US
Highway
1,
Allan
D’Arcangelo
Smithsonian
American
Art
Museum
Market
Seller,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Sapsucker
Maple
Tree,
Arlington
Traditional
School,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Listening
to
Stonehenge,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Jamestown
School
teacher
and
student,
Mary
Van
Dyke
Governor
and
Mrs
McAuliffe,
Earth
Day
April
22
2015,
Michaele
White,
Governor’s
Office
Mary
Van
Dyke,
Volunteer
Arlington,
Lloyd
Wolf
Listening
in
the
Landscape,
Mary
Van
Dyke