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PreK-12 Lesson Plans made available online at no cost from various individual companies or organizations.
Search by grade level: · PreK-5 Also available: Other educator resources include: Audiovisual and Software pages and the Classroom Resources - Directories page for directories and databases of EE curricula and resources. Full listing below:
Earn money by recycling. Terracycle buys plastic wraps, candy wrappers, and a whole slew of plastic containers from groups, schools, and fundraisers, to reuse for their business. They make everything they sell out of trash!
Check out their story >> The Eco-Capitalist blog from Tom Szaky, the CEO of TerraCycle, who writes about driving up business profits by being environmentally and socially responsible. Read more >> The URL is: http://www.terracycle.net
HippoWorks.com has just produced a new 12-part cartoon series "One by One, Ton by Ton, Let's Stop Global Warming!" to help teach kids about this important environmental issue and what they can do to stop it. A new episode will air every week.
As an educational tool for teachers, each episode concludes with questions and a glossary for a follow-up classroom discussion. Previous cartoons from Hippo Works have promoted energy conservation, awareness about animal extinction, and green living. The weekly cartoonlets are a free offering, for subscribers or for your Web site! The URL is: http://www.hippoworks.com/
Special Offer for Classroom Teachers! Free 1-Year Subscription to YES! Magazine.
YES! magazine is an ad-free quarterly journal published by the Positive Futures Network, an independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. Our stories are about real people making positive change in the real world. They are stories of hope that are especially inspiring to young people. YES! honors classroom teachers for engaging and inspiring the next generation. Thanks to the generosity of our funders we can provide K-12 classroom teachers and college faculty with a one-year introductory subscription at no cost. Sign up now and start your free year of YES! with our next issue devoted to climate change solutions with compelling stories by Bill McKibben, Joanna Macy, youth, and others about what's needed for us to meet this global challenge. Sign up today at: The URL is: http://www.yesmagazine.org/teachersub.asp
February 15-18, 2008
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds. The URL is: http://www.birdcount.org
The October 10, 2007 issue of Edutopia "Go Green 2007: Education for the Ecosystem" is devoted to environmental education. Search the Go Green resource database by topic for activities such as field trips or lesson plans by grade-level. Learn about schools involved in innovative learning projects on cool schools and sustainable schoolyard design. Read the articles on EE activities happening in and out of the classroom.
The URL is: http://www.edutopia.org/go-green-2007
Read about schools that have raised test scores of their students by using the environment to help teach content. EETAP is offering the publication "Advancing Education Through Environmental Literacy" along with the accompanying CD "Teaching Standards Naturally" at no cost. The publication focuses on how education and the environment can be linked to advance student learning. The CD provides a sampler to 43 free EE activities linked to different grade levels. Booklet and CD produced by EETAP and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
The URL is: http://eetap.org/html/free_booklet_cd.php
Project Learning Tree (PLT), in partnership with the World Forestry Center, has completed a new set of secondary activities Global Connections: Forests of the World. The module consists of nine activities that provide students with the opportunity to do research and apply critical thinking skills to consider the social, economic, and environmental implications that underlie decisions about forest management. Educators can use the module in biology, geography, agriculture, and other science and social studies courses at the high school or early college level.
The URL is: http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/31_41_54.html
Take a Cloud Walk, a new addition to the award-winning Take a Walk book series by Jane Kirkland, is available as a free PDF download. In this full-color, 30-page book, readers learn the basic names and shapes of clouds, why they move, why they are white, how they affect climate change, the difference between weather and climate, and weather terms and conditions such as hail, lightning, and fog. Meteorologists Jim Cantore (the Weather Channel®) and "Stormin" Bob Swanson, (USA Today) participated in this fun book giving kids a closer look at clouds. Get your copy at Jane’s new Web site for educators, where you can find many other free resources for educators.
The URL is: http://www.nostudentleftindoors.com
Site offers free biology lesson plans including ecology lab, ecosystems, biomes, the cycles of matter, and environmental science for high school biology teachers. Free science curriculum from Lesson Plans, Inc.
The URL is: http://www.lessonplansinc.com/biology_lesson_plans...
Use this simple tool to create a monthly or yearly calendar. Available in three sizes.
The URL is: http://www.eprintablecalendars.com/
Keep America Beautiful, Inc., received a $75,000 grant from the Office Depot Foundation to redesign and enhance its Clean Sweep U.S.A. EE Web site. This educational math and science classroom resource for students (grades 4-8) now includes lessons on litter prevention and beautification and features interactive learning modules that help students, teachers, and families address real-world issues about waste.
The URL is: http://www.cleansweepusa.org
This wiki-style page from Science Inquirer offers free teaching resources from listservs, podcasts, videos, posters, and more.
The URL is: http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff
New online journal, Lessons in Conservation (LinC), provides educators and students with the most up-to-date resources and thinking in biodiversity conservation. Published semi-annually, the official publication of the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) is a collaborative project to develop capacity aimed at sustaining Earth's biological and cultural diversity. The teaching modules presented include documents summarizing a wide range of topics, field or laboratory exercises, and relevant short case studies with teaching notes to help educators tailor their lessons to local issues or questions. All modules include current, peer-reviewed content and are designed to facilitate active approaches to teaching and learning.
The URL is: http://ncep.amnh.org/linc
This Spring, National Geographic Explorer Will Steger and a team of young adventurers from Norway, Great Britain, Canada, and the U.S. will bring their High Arctic dogsled expedition to educators and learners through multimedia dispatches.
Endorsed by the National Education Association (NEA), this adventure learning project includes standards-linked multidisciplinary lesson plans appropriate for middle school and older students that explore how climate shapes the past, present, and future for members of the High Arctic community. In addition to the free lesson plans, the site includes discussion starters that challenge students to think critically and form well-supported opinions. The URL is: http://www.globalwarming101.com
EPA is working with 20th Century Fox in connection with their new movie, Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who" to help Americans and their kids learn about energy efficiency and ENERGY STAR. Using the lyrical rhymes and colorful illustrations that are the hallmarks of Dr. Seuss, EPA has two new brochures to remind us that - with help from Horton and ENERGY STAR - we can all do our part to fight global warming, save energy, and protect the earth. Both brochures are downloadable from the Web site.
The URL is: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=pub...
The CAPCO Classroom Aerosol Adventure Kit contains all of the materials necessary to teach your students about the Earth’s protective upper ozone layer, CFCs, and aerosol products in a fun and active way. The kit includes a teacher’s guide, classroom activities, experiments, homework assignments, and the DVD, "Another Awesome Aerosol Adventure," created by the makers of "Beakman’s World." It is a perfect compliment to standard teaching materials and an excellent way to meet state SOLs. The kit is free and can be ordered or downloaded from CAPCO’s Web site.
The URL is: http://www.nocfcs.org
Walden Media is offering these interdisciplinary, downloadable educator guides to accompany their films and books. The lesson plans are written by educators for educators and comply with national standards in content areas.
The URL is: http://www.walden.com/walden/walden/guide_matrix.p...
TEAMS is a satellite distance learning provider of instruction for the elementary grades. The site contains Internet projects, lesson plans and other resources for K-12 educators.
The URL is: http://teams.lacoe.edu/
Greenbelt Alliance is a bay area-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving open space and promoting smart-growth. One goal is to educate young people about the urban natural world. Our unique curriculum, “The Greenbelt in Your Schoolyard”, can be used in many different youth programs called for grades 3-8. To receive a copy, email or download the PDF online.
The URL is: http://greenbelt.org/resources/reports
The US Environmental Protection Agency has developed the "Teach English, Teach about the Environment" curriculum to assist teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) to teach English to adult students while introducing basic concepts about the environment and individual environmental responsibility.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/pdfs/tesol.p...
This site features printable (K-6) teacher worksheets all aligned to National Standards and can be sorted by grade level of subject.
The URL is: http://www.worksheetlibrary.com
From The JASON Project, this free and online curriculum is designed to teach students (grades 5-8) how powerful storms form and how advanced technology is used to better understand and forecast weather. The five- to nine-week core science unit covers key middle school National Science Education Standards, and can be aligned to state standards.
The URL is: http://www.jason.org/public/Curriculum/Curriculum....
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy offers 350 downloadable lessons and activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy, organized by grade level and topic.
The URL is: http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/lessonplans/
The Go Green Database is aimed at teachers and educators who need environmental resources to use in classrooms and schools. The Database is a directory that can be searched by topics such as climate, energy and recycling, by resource type such as lesson plans, field trips and design projects.
The URL is: http://www.edutopia.org/go-green
University of the Arctic "Introduction to the Circumpolar World" module for students (grades 9-12) addressing climate change and potential environmental changes in the Arctic.
The URL is: http://www.uarctic.org/bcs/BCS100/bcs100_m6.pdf
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) set of teaching materials geared towards students and teachers in grades 9-12. Individual exercises are adaptable to different grade levels and engage students in an exploration of the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and natural resources. In pdf format.
The URL is: http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/climate_ch...
National Wildlife Federation's new ClimateClassroom.org website is designed to help parents and teachers talk to students of differing ages about global warming. Its features include guidelines for parents, proposed new national global warming educator guidelines, age-adapted sources of useful curricula, a downloadable slide presentation for kids, presenter's guide, and more.
The URL is: http://www.ClimateClassroom.org
The Forest Resource Environmental Education (FREE) Network is frequently updated and contains more than 100 interactive, scientifically-sound resources for students and teachers at all grade levels to learn about forests and forest management. The network was started by the University of Minnesota and is now hosted by Dovetail Partners, a non-profit environmental organization based in Minneapolis. Visit the site for classroom resources and take the popular environmental quiz!
The URL is: http://www.freenetwork.org
This 8-module, middle school environmental history curriculum allows teachers to download in pdf format, self-contained activities based upon archival materials. Each module is a compilation of primary resources--documents, maps, newspapers, oral histories or photographs--that students will be asked to examine and analyze in order to synthesize insights about human interaction with the environment
The URL is: http://www.foresthistory.org/Education/Curriculum/
Interactive lesson plan teaches students about the importance of rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling. Suitable for grades 5-12.
The URL is: http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/teaching/index.ht...
Free Web-based curriculum to help teachers bring global environmental issues to science and social studies classrooms. The WEBB curriculum engages students in a dynamic study of local and global issues to prepare them for citizenship in an increasingly interconnected world. Sponsored by Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The URL is: http://global.wisc.edu/outreach/k-12/webb/
Claude's Got the Scoop on Soil! Web site provides educational materials targeted for students in grades 4-6 to learn about how soil is made, who really needs soil, and what happens to soil if you don't take care of it.
The URL is: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/index.html
Soil-Net.com is an educational resource about soil, with extensive teacher aids supporting many curriculum-based interactive student activities.
The URL is: http://www.soil-net.com
Published by a professional geologist, Geology.com offers a wealth of information, including a geology dictionary, news, over 160 country maps, hundreds of satellite images, and 250 U.S. state maps.
The URL is: http://geology.com
A site for educators to share ideas about energy-
related curriculum, including topics about environmental impact of energy production and use. The URL is: http://energyteachers.org
Supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the "Encyclopedia of Life" is a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. The encyclopedia will be a multimedia Wikipedia-style Web site, providing downloadable information on each species. The Field Museum, Harvard University, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Biodiversity Heritage Library partnered to launch the project.
See Demo >> http://www.eol.org/demonstration.html The URL is: http://www.eol.org
NOAA has teamed up with SeaWorld to bring education about the marine sanctuaries to kids by using myspace.com, youtube.com, and flickr.com etc.
http://www.youtube.com/sanctuaries http://www.flickr.com/photos/8765362@N06/ The URL is: http://www.myspace.com/sanctuarysam
Combine the power of radio, the internet, and Project Learning Tree activities to enhance learning in the classroom. Earth & Sky produces short daily radio shows on a range of environmental topics. These 90-second shows can also be downloaded for free from the internet and many are correlated to Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities.
Both Web sites provide a wealth of additional resources for educators and students for each radio show and PLT activity. Access on Earth & Sky >> http://earthsky.org/teachers/ Access on PLT Web site >> The URL is: http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_23_60.html
From the Smithsonian Museum, The Dynamic Earth Web site offers a multimedia presentation or printable version of Gems and Minerals, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes, Rocks and Mining, and The Solar System.
The URL is: http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html
This National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Project 2061 resource is a collection of conceptual strand maps showing how students' ideas and skills lead to literacy and how learning goals relate to eachother and progress from grade-to-grade.
The URL is: http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/vol2...
This Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) lesson plan is for undergraduate and advanced high school instructors providing lecture slides, worksheets, homework assignments, essay suggestions, and links to other resources.
The URL is: http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/restori...
National Public Radio (NPR) and National Geographic host the Climate Connections Web site full of news items, interesting facts, practical ideas, and a daily podcast. An interactive map allows visitors to follow NPR reporting on areas of the world impacted by global warming, and the Wild Chronicles offers videos on a variety of wildlife and global warming issues.
The URL is: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story...
Looking for an inspiring lesson to engage your middle and high school students at the end of the school year? Or the perfect faculty workshop? Facing the Future's interdisciplinary activities provide a starting place for young people to think critically about issues facing the planet and to find entry points for making a difference in their local and global communities.
Download Free Lessons: http://www.facingthefuturedata.org/download.htm Check the Web site for workshops and student textbooks. The URL is: http://www.teacherscorner.org/howto.htm
Follow Will Steger's Global Warming 101 Expedition.
Baffin Island is ground zero for climate change. No better place exists to witness the disruption of ecosystems and cultures by climate change. This February, Will Steger and his expedition team of Inuit hunters, explorers and educators, embarked on a four-month-long expedition on Baffin Island to get a first-hand look at how global warming is impacting the Arctic landscape, wildlife, and human communities. Students and teachers around the country can follow along with the Expedition using the freely available educational curricula. In addition, the Global Warming 101 website provides the wider community with tools, resources, and information that builds a solid understanding of the issue as well as motivation to slow global warming through personal and legislative action. The URL is: http://www.globalwarming101.com
Produced by the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs, "Water Stewards: A Toolkit for Congregational Care of Local Watersheds" can be downloaded from the Web site. This resource contains an interactive adult education curriculum with ideas for worship and action to promote good water stewardship.
The URL is: http://www.nccecojustice.org/waterbounce.html
Education Reporting, Inc. facilitates the voices of teachers, education stakeholders, and parents in improving education and integrating "green" education into class curriculum. Education tools offered include symposiums, polls, free document downloads, free report card services, current research and data, and comprehensive resources about what is happening in K-12 leaning communities.
The URL is: http://educationreporting.com/GreenSchoolSymposium...
The Center for Life Sciences Education at Virginia Commonwealth University presents "The Secrets of the Sequence Video Series" for teachers to incorporate advances in the life sciences into their classrooms. Each of the 50 short (8-10 minute) videos come with a lesson plan and activities.
The URL is: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/secretsofthesequence
The Electronic Naturalist Web site is a project of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History providing plant and animal information with illustrations, weekly lesson units, and access to a naturalist with "Ask a Naturalist." eNaturalist memberships are free and provide previews of lessons, how those units align to national standards, weekly e-Naturalist newsletter, and the monthly Peterson Journal Online.
The URL is: http://www.enaturalist.org/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Web site provides educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather with comprehensive, well-organized, colorfully illustrated curricula designed to help teach about the the Earth's atmosphere. The self-contained modules include complete lesson plans and review questions.
The URL is: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/matrix.htm
National Geographic Xpeditions Web site provides links to maps, activities, and related lesson plans all teacher-tested and sorted by grade-level.
The URL is: http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Wycombe High School, UK Web site links to a variety of physical geography animations from coastal processes to urban sprawl.
The URL is: http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomePage.asp?G...
Zoom in on any place on the planet to explore. Google Earth is a virtual globe that brings satellite images and local facts into view with streaming technology and 3D imagery. Use Google search to show local points of interest, travel routes, and more. Google Earth is free for personal use and no registration is required. Upgraded versions are also available.
The URL is: http://earth.google.com/
Online course is a primer on how weather events relate to the health of a watershed, and how the public can take simple actions to protect watershed health. The on-line curriculum contains a collection of graphics that make it easy for meteorologists and others to explain watersheds visually.
Developed through a grant from the U.S. EPA. The URL is: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/broadcastmet/watershed/
Interactivate is free, online courseware for exploration in science and mathematics. The site is structured around collections of activities, lessons, and discussions and is browsable by subject, topic, audience, and resource type.
The URL is: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/guide/
NASA's Educator Resource Center (ERC) Network helps teachers learn about and use NASA's educational resources. Unable to visit your local ERC? The Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) serves as the worldwide distribution center for more than 200 video, slide, CD-ROM, and DVD programs, chronicling NASA's state-of-the-art research and technology.
Find the ERC nearest you, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/education/ercn Or visit the CORE Web site: The URL is: http://www.nasa.gov/education/core
Home and School Institute sponsored Web site provides information, training, and material for teachers and parents, focusing on
children's academic and character education. The URL is: http://www.megaskillshsi.org/
OzonAction Education Pack provides primary school teachers with practical, hands-on and entertaining curricula material to educate students about the protective role of the ozone layer and the causes and consequences of its depletion.
The URL is: http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/information/educatio...
This student EE program in Ontario, Canada, engages students by providing class modules and labs on biodiversity. The outdoor activities give students a chance to utilize their knowledge and see how they can directly impact the environment.
The URL is: http://www.earthangels.ca
Award-winning, Web-based curriculum material for grades 4-8. Each standards-based lesson features an engaging activity focusing on one of three primary areas: ecosystem, water or fish.
The URL is: http://www.projectflow.us
From La Canada High School in California, Dr. E's Science Page provides a large number of Powerpoint presentations, mostly created by students in the Advanced Placement Environmental Science class.
The URL is: http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/mewoldsen/PowerPoint.htm
This newly updated site provides an abundance of teaching materials geared toward environmental and resource economics, a photo library, and links to hot environmental topics.
The URL is: http://www.ees.cc/
This U.S. Geological Survey Web site offers an extensive selection of educational resources online (by grade level) that support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
The URL is: http://education.usgs.gov/index.html
This Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Teacher's Lounge" Web site provides resources to help teachers use "Expedition Susquehanna" in the classroom, including lesson plans, curricular resources, and professional development.
The URL is: http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=back_p...
Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) site provides lesson plans covering Indiana science standards, healthy classroom tips, upcoming events, information on IDEM classroom presenters, and an e-publication for Indiana educators.
The URL is: http://www.in.gov/idem/your_environment/education/...
The sustainable footprint project is a Netherlands-based project aimed at making students aware of the consequences of their lifestyle including teachers progams for "problem oriented learning". Plus a series ot thematic lessons and guidelines for internationalising project and relevant links. Extra: A footprint quiz for the younger students (12-15) and a "design for the future" assignment.
The URL is: http://www.sustainablefootprint.org
Rustle the Leaf is an online outreach that uses syndication-quality, weekly comic strips and other creative tools to communicate essential environmental themes and truths. Our goals are to encourage environmentalists, to facilitate the sharing of environmental views in an engaging, nonconfrontational manner, and to introduce and reinforce environmental education with people ages 6 to 106. Teachers resources include downloadable monthly lesson plans and a students activities section.
The URL is: http://www.rustletheleaf.com/#
An online directory of lesson plans, classroom materials, teacher workshops and training, and reference tools related to ground water.
The URL is: http://www.ngwa.org/educator/educator.html
Help teach students to protect the environment with everyday choices! From soccer balls to cell phones to DVDs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s "life cycle poster series" teaches students to understand the environmental impacts of everyday products. These posters track where products come from, how they are manufactured and transported, how to maximize their useful life, and what happens to them after use. The series helps teens (grades 6-12) make informed decisions to protect the environment in their day-to-day lives. Also available in Spanish. To order your free copies, visit the Web site.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/index.htm
The National Science Teachers Association provides experts' reviews of the best K-12 trade books, teacher publications, and software available for science teachers.
The URL is: http://www.nsta.org/recommends/
Wildlife Forever State-Fish "Art of Conservation" Contest is designed to educate students about their state-fish, its habitat and aquatic conservation. Download the "State-Fish Art Lesson Plan," obtain State-Fish Art Contest guidelines and entry forms and view the latest winning artwork.
The URL is: http://www.statefishart.com
"Designed for use by teachers and water quality professionals, the activities teach youth through experimental learning methods the importance of preserving and enhancing water resources. The inter-disciplinary books are designed to supplement existing curricula and are correlated with U.S. curriculum standards." Units for K-2, 3-5, 9-12 and a Spanish version can be ordered online. NPEEE Review for Grade Level: 9-12
The URL is: http://www.wef.org/wefstudents/Teachers/index.jhtm...
University of Texas Library collection of virtual field trips and guides throughout the United States and Canada. Developed as course components, the sites contain local geological or earth science information and include links to downloadable versions of published paper texts.
The URL is: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/geo/onlineguides.html
Online K-12 activities and lesson plans to reinforce environmental topics, such as science, technology and energy. Learn how students monitor a river's health, how materials are recycled in a manufacturing facility, and play games like The Cruncha to recycle a Chevrolet Silverado.
The URL is: http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/edu_k-12/k-4/e...
Monthly National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) series introduces a variety of learning adventures and lesson plans designed for K-12 educators and students. Current issue has students investigating the migration of land and marine animals such as eagles, turtles, dolphins, swans, and harp seals.
The URL is: http://science.hq.nasa.gov/education/earth_explore...
An ongoing series of free teaching modules developed by education faculty and professional developers, and sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). The modules draw from GLEF's archives of best practices and correlate with ISTE/NCATE NETS standards.
The URL is: http://www.glef.org/php/keyword.php?id=037
Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC) Web site offers downloadable, free unit and lesson plans (Grades 1-9) designed to help teachers integrate environmental themes into their curriculum.
The URL is: http://www.geoec.org/lessons/
A searchable database and links to online adventures, maps & geography, free printable lesson plans, software programs and each of the National Geographic magazines.
The URL is: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
The Pathfinder Teaching and Learning Units present important scientific concepts in Pacific Island learning contexts and engage island values, such as careful stewardship of the home environment.
The URL is: http://www.prel.org/products/ms_/pathfinder/pathfi...
A grade 11 social studies course written by the North Vancouver Teachers. Specific topics include environmental changes over time. Chapters include: A Global Village; Population; Rich and Poor; Resources; and Aid.
The URL is: http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/
February - June 2006 ~ Online
Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms can participate in the online global studies of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Watch spring sweep across the hemisphere by following the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald eagles, and other animals; the budding of plants, changing sunlight, and other natural events. The URL is: http://www.learner.org/jnorth
National Institutes of Health (NIH) site offers middle school curriculum supplements including teachers' guides to two weeks' of lessons on science and human health.
The URL is: http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/mid...
The Learning Site is a tremendous resource for educators interested in incorporating environmental curriculum in the classroom. All of the Rainforest Alliance's education materials are completely free and meet national standards as compiled by Mid-Continent Research for Education and Training.
The URL is: http://www.rainforestalliance.org/programs/educati...
Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW) is a comprehensive curriculum about the Great Lakes ecosystem, geared toward upper elementary and middle school. Lessons are aligned with science and social studies standards.
The URL is: http://www.projectflow.us
A dozen publications including activity guides, wall charts, and handbooks on population issues. Two lesson plans and several articles can be viewed on the site and downloaded in PDF format, others can be ordered online. PRB also offers a comprehensive directory of links to state-level statistics on population, agriculture and environment.
The URL is: http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?Section=LessonPlan...
Marine Photobank is a free resource of ocean imagery that highlights pressing ocean issues and includes accompanying downloadable Photo Stories. Some subjects covered are Marine Pollution and Trash, Fishing Methods, and Reefs in Peril/Coral Bleaching.
The URL is: http://www.marinephotobank.org
Food Land & People's curriculum serves PreK-12 grade students in 23 states. 55 objective, hands-on lessons emphasize the development of critical thinking skills needed to balance an understanding of the interdependence of food systems & enviro conservation. Correlated to content standards in CA. Available in Spanish & English.
The URL is: http://www.foodlandpeople.org/index.html
A 150-page Educator's Guide to the Wild Caribou of North America. Website for students and educators acts as support to Project Caribou learning guide.
The URL is: http://www.taiga.net/projectcaribou/ |
