Roots of Diversity: Growing Culturally Significant Plants in the Classroom
Ideas and curricular connections for growing plants that celebrate the cultural diversity of our communities.
Posts from the ‘All ages’ Category
Mar 31
Mar 31
Georgia’s Outdoor Classroom Symposium
How Georgia educators have developed the most successful outdoor classroom movement on the continent.
Mar 31
Exotic Invasive Species: The Guests That Won’t Go Home
In the continental United States, approximately 6-8 percent of species are introduced exotics. Many are not harmful, but those that are pose a serious threat to biodiversity on this continent.
Mar 31
Getting Fresh with Farm-to-School Programs
By making direct connections between growers and schools, farm-to-school programs provide local markets for family farmers and healthier food choices for schoolchildren.
Mar 31
The Start of Something Big: Environmental Education in China
China faces enormous environmental challenges, but until recently most environmental education initiatives were organized by governments and intended more for publicity than educational purposes. In the last few years, non-profit organizations have seized the opportunity to develop many successful educational programs that offer a glimmer of hope for China and the world.
Mar 27
Introducing Biomimicry
Activities for elementary, middle, and high school students which examine products that use less energy and have fewer toxic components because they are inspired by designs in nature. Integrating the hopeful science of biomimicry into the curriculum provides opportunities for creative problem-solving exercises that challenge them to think, to ask questions and to create in a collaborative setting.
First Person Singular: Documenting Climate Change
Yup’ik high school students in Alaska, disturbed by the signs and symptoms of climate change in their far northern village, came up with a creative ways to communicate these concerns to a group of student teachers in Washington state. Similar projects elsewhere could serve to strengthen the writing skills of middle and high school students, while giving pre-service teachers exposure to real student writing, and voicing local environmental issues to a wider audience.
Mar 26
Connecting to Nature through Art
Creating illustrated journals of natural life in or near schoolyards helps to develop elementary students’ understanding of nature, art, and higher-level thinking processes such as valuation and analysis.
Signature Salads
The most popular activity in FoodShare’s Field to Table Schools program , it gets students of all ages excited about fresh, healthy food as they make their own Signature Salad.
Mar 31
Swimming with Animals
Using simple swimming lessons to foster connections to other life forms and appreciation of what they have to teach us.
