Teaching Empathy Through Animals
Pets in preschool classrooms allow students to establish an emotional connection while also learning about responsibility
Posts from the ‘Elementary (ages 5-12)’ Category
Sep 10
Take the Green Challenge
Green Challenges provide easy access points for incorporating environmental themes into school culture, and help green schools get back to the basics
Stories in the Data
What can elementary and middle school children learn about the world around them by looking at the numbers?
Jun 16
Pets and Pedagogy
How a classroom pet can help build community while also providing a curriculum boost
A Reflection on Forest Experiences
Thoughts on the internal ‘tensions’ of early childhood educators in outdoor environments
Planet Protecting Superheroes
Using story and arts-based activities to engage diverse learners in environmental education
From Liquid to Solid and Back Again
Making ice lanterns to decorate and demonstrate states of matter
Five Tools for Classrooms Without Walls
The top five tools, and matching activities for taking elementary student learning outside – developed by REAL School Gardens
Science in Season
Starting from what they know, k-8 students can become classroom phenologists with these observational activities.
