Green Tsunami Rising: Environmental Education’s Third Wave
by Mike Weilbacher
How can environmental
educators prepare to exploit the current surge of interest in all things
“green” to promote environmental literacy? Mike Weilbacher offers tips for riding the next
green wave.
Stormwater Runoff: Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Changing Land Uses
by Joan Chadde
In this unit for ages
10 to 14, students learn how land use changes can reduce the water quality of
nearby lakes and streams, calculate runoff from their school grounds and
investigate best management practices.
Planet Transit:
Profit or Survival?
by Georgi Marshall
A
game of economic development choices and consequences for Grades 9 and up (ages
14+).
The TREK Program
by Antony Blaikie
For 20 years, this alternative Grade 10 program has offered students wilderness adventures combined with education for sustainability.
Climate Change and
Regional Geography
by Talia Epstein
Climate change can
bring an immediate and pressing relevance to the study of geography, coaxing
new ideas out of worn textbooks.
Water: Local
Pollution, Global Confusion!
by Amanda Freedman Tetrault
Activities
for raising awareness of water quality problems and solutions, locally and globally,
with middle school students.
Moving Toward Sustainability? The Face of Environmental Education in Singapore
by Bryan Wee
The challenges of
educating for sustainability in one of the world’s most highly urbanized
settings.
Singapore Sensory
Trail
by Richard Frazier
In this inter-cultural
and inter-generational community project, expatriate students designed an
interpretive trail to provide access to nature for visually impaired citizens
of Singapore.
Educational resources
reviewed:
Ecological Literacy (David Orr)
Garden Mosaics (Cornell University)
Eco-Games (Jennifer Baron)
Teaching Science for Social Justice (Angela Calabrese Barton)
Practical Science for Gardeners (Mary Pratt)
Animal Architects (John Nicholson)
Nature’s Operating Instructions (Ken Ausubel, Ed.)
Biodiesel Power (Lyle Estill)
Let’s Get Going! (Candace Weisner)
The Magic of Ecology (Steve Trash)
Rethinking Mathematics (Eric Gustein and Bob Peterson, Eds.)
Green Dollhouse (Sustainable San Mateo County)
Cultural Uses of Plants (Gabriell DeBear Paye)
SelfDesign (Brett Cameron and Barbara Meyer)
Educating Citizens for Global Awareness (Nel Noddings)
Miracle Planet (NFB Canada and NHK Japan)
Feng Shui for the Classroom (Renée Heiss)
The Web at Dragonfly Pond (Brian “Fox” Ellis)
So What, Saw-Whet? (Rochelle Frank)
Three Tall Trees (David Weale)
Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder (Joseph Bruchac)
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