Moving Toward Sustainability? The Face of Environmental Education in Singapore
The challenges of educating for sustainability in one of the world’s most highly urbanized settings.
Posts from the ‘Middle School (ages 11-14)’ Category
Mar 31
Mar 31
Water: Local Pollution, Global Confusion!
Activities for raising awareness of water quality problems and solutions, locally and globally, with middle school students.
Mar 31
Climate Change and Regional Geography
Climate change can bring an immediate and pressing relevance to the study of geography, coaxing new ideas out of worn textbooks.
Mar 30
Stormwater Runoff: Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Changing Land Uses
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.
Mar 30
Creating Earth Adventures: Self-Guided Programs to Connect Children with Nature
Creating self-guided outdoor learning experiences that help 5-12 year old children appreciate a specific natural area and understand its connections with a larger context.
Acting Out Energy Forms
A very active activity for grades K-8 which teaches about different forms of kinetic, potential, and renewable energy. Helps provide a context for teaching scientific principles related to energy transformations, chemical transformations, electricity and light, which are central to many clean energy technologies.
Mar 30
From Seals to Snails: Understanding Eelgrass
Provides background information and activities for grades 5-8 on the protective role of the marine plant eelgrass, the complexities involved in cleaning up polluted watersheds, the effects of environmental stressors on eelgrass function, and the impact of declining eelgrass populations on fish.
Apr 1
The “Who-Am-I” Project
A year-long independent set of tasks that gets middle school students thinking about their relationship with the natural world around them.
Apr 1
Learning with Lichen: Using Epiphytic Lichens as Bio-indicators of Air Pollution
Using lichens as bio-indicators to monitor air quality provides students with a concrete and engaging introduction to the abstract concept of air pollution. The article offers step-by-step guidelines for middle and high school educators.
Apr 1
Food for Thought: Practicing Conservation at the Table
These activities help raise awareness about the environmental impacts of the global food system, and teach students about food waste and the importance of food conservation. The activities are appropriate for students of many ages, and can be adapted to most settings and program formats.
