Sarah Lynn Cunningham
Teaching & Facilitation
Sarah Lynn is a state-certified environmental educator
experienced in reaching wide audiences, from K-12 to adult
professionals. Her work involves communicating technical
topics into audience appropriate—and, in some cases,
cross-cultural—terms, be it teaching science to students,
promoting pollution prevention and energy efficiency to
CEOs, translating regulations for field personnel or
demonstrating real-world applications of lessons to
educators. She is also experienced in the facilitator-
moderator role. Example activities and work product:
experienced in reaching wide audiences, from K-12 to adult
professionals. Her work involves communicating technical
topics into audience appropriate—and, in some cases,
cross-cultural—terms, be it teaching science to students,
promoting pollution prevention and energy efficiency to
CEOs, translating regulations for field personnel or
demonstrating real-world applications of lessons to
educators. She is also experienced in the facilitator-
moderator role. Example activities and work product:
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- Created the
- lesson plan on behalf of River Fields, Inc; ticipating in the
Louisville Water Company's Adventures in Water festival,
May 2008.
- Created and operated the interdisciplinary, educational
field-trip program for 5th graders, , at a
learning center (named for )
located at a wastewater treatment plant, including lesson
plans, assessments and other teaching aids, based on
core content, Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Skills and
multiple intelligences; won a national Association of
Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies award
- KY Institute for Art Education, 23 June 2004, “Integrating
Art and Poetry into Environmental Science Curricula”
- , 11-13 November 2003, Louisville, KY,
six sessions on environmental ethics to middle school
students
- Cunningham, S. L., PE, “Encouraging Women to Become
Scientists,” Today’s Woman, January 2003. Also,
presented to “Women in Science Begins in Grade
School” programs
- Wrote the , published by
the national Water Environment Federation, 2002, to
assist middle- and high-
- school teachers and
students with researching
their community’s
environmental history, to
connect social studies
and science. Taught
concurrent sessions of
2002 “WEFTeach”
program for teachers.
- American Society of Civil Engineers, KY Section, annual
meeting, 3 October 2003, “How to teach engineering to
middle school students”
- Guest lectured in the following University of Louisville
graduate courses for educators:
- Geography for Educators
- Teaching Elementary Science Methods
- Integrating Mathematics and Social Studies
- Urban and Rural Watersheds (Secondary Education)
- Geography Matters (Secondary Education)
- 2004 Summer Teacher Academy
- Authorized trainer for ,
- based on An Inconvenient Truth
- Assisted in the coordination and delivery of the new
UofL graduate course,
"Green Design and Sustainable Development" (CEE
590), Spring 08 semester
- Assisted with redesign and delivery of the 2008
- Summer Math & Science Program
- Conducts webinars for the American Society of Civil
Engineers:
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- Facilitates post-film discussions, e.g., Food, Inc, Crude,
For the Love of Water and An Inconvenient Truth.
- Taught an Honors Scholars Seminar on green design at
the University of Louisville, SPR 2011 semester