Books from Green Teacher

“Climate Change” books – Print and eBook

Each book brings together articles and activities to aid any educator in tackling the challenging topic of climate change. From helping young students appreciate things like energy forms and sustainable transportation, to helping them explore the environmental impacts of the tar sands, this series has it all. Teachers will find practical ideas for making the intangibles of climate change more concrete to students.

Print:
Teaching Kids About Climate Change
Teaching Teens About Climate Change

eBook:
Teaching Kids About Climate Change
Teaching Teens About Climate Change

“Teaching Green” series of books – Print

Each of these large-format paperbacks contain over 50 of the best teaching strategies and activities contributed to Green Teacher during the past decade, which were updated and revised to create these age-appropriate collections. Readers will find a wealth of kid-tested ideas contributed by educators from across North America and covering a wide spectrum of environmental topics, from biodiversity to resource consumption to green technology, geared at either elementary, middle, or high school students.

Teaching Green – The Elementary Years
Teaching Green – The Middle Years
Teaching Green – The High School Years

Other books from Green Teacher:

Teaching About Invasive Species

Teaching About Invasive Species is designed as a tool kit. Whether working inside or outside schools, youth educators will find in Green Teacher’s new book the innovative perspectives, program ideas, games and activities that they need to engage young people from 6-19 years of age in this challenging topic.

Teaching in the Outdoors – Ebook
Teaching in the Outdoors is a compilation of the best articles that have ever appeared in Green Teacher on this topic. This resource provides a practical guide for getting students outdoors along with helpful suggestions for maximizing the learning experience when they get there. These seven articles will inspire grand plans but at the same time provide the direction and tools to begin the journey in small, manageable steps.

Apprentissage en Plein Air – Livre électronique
Apprentissage en plein air fournit un guide pratique pour inciter les élèves de sortir en dehors, ainsi que des suggestions utiles pour maximiser l’expérience d’apprentissage quand ils y arrivent. Il s’agit d’une compilation des meilleurs articles à ce sujet, qui ont paru dans le magazine Green Teacher depuis que nous avons commencé la publication en 1991.

Greening School Grounds – Ebook now available!
Schoolyard “greening” is an excellent way to promote hands-on, interdisciplinary learning through projects that benefit schools and increase green space and biodiversity in communities. In this popular anthology from Green Teacher magazine, readers will find step-by-step instructions for numerous schoolyard projects, from tree nurseries to school composting to native plant gardens, along with ideas for enhancing learning by addressing the diverse needs of students. (Print copies – Sold Out)

Des idées fraîches à l’école – Livre électronique

La problématique des changements climatiques constitue l’un des plus importants defies auxquels l’humanité debra fair face en ce 21e siècle. Et c’est à nous, enseignants et parents, d’aider les citoyens et les dirigeants de demain à relever ce défi efficacement.

Teaching About Climate Change (Sold Out)
Helping teachers and students to tackle the challenging topic of climate change, this anthology offers a framework for teaching fundamental concepts and a variety of activities that can be undertaken in school, at home or in the community. Teachers will find practical ideas for making the intangibles of climate change more concrete to students, including experiments that demonstrate the greenhouse effect, school energy and waste audits, and hands-on explorations of energy and transportation alternatives from solar cookers to bike-a-thons.