Starting a School Garden Summer Camp
The school year always ends just as the school garden is starting to blossom – extend learning by running your own summer garden day camp
Posts from the ‘Middle School (ages 11-14)’ Category
Jun 19
Jun 19
Birding for Beginners
Teach scientific inquiry skills using this citizen science field study unit on native songbird breeding behaviour
Teaching in the Outdoors ebook
This practical and down-to-earth guide will help both new and seasoned educators successfully turn the outdoors into an engaging and hands-on learning laboratory.
Tackling Invasive Species Using Citizen Science
An online network of thousands of students and teachers can extend scientist's otherwise limited research and monitoring efforts
Apr 14
Creating School Gardens that Last
Wellness policies can help ensure school gardens remain vibrant and vital long into the future
Where Does the Plastic Go?
Using Socio-Scientific Issues in the classroom to study plastic pollution in the ocean and the physical properties of plastics
Biological Monitoring Programs for K-12 Students
Involving students in environmental monitoring and research
Fostering Leadership for Sustainability
Ten basic principles for getting students aged 11-18 engaged and active in bringing about change for a more sustainable future (excerpt)
Conquering Nature Deficit Disorder with Phenology
As a biology teacher in the early 1980's, Larry Weber noticed that students were not going outside as they did earlier. They also seemed to be unaware of common local flora and fauna.
Nov 25
From Footprints to Thoughtprints
While most environmental teaching focuses on actions required to solve environmental problems, it does little to challenge the underlying attitudes and assumptions which led to these problems in the first place. Stephen K. Goobie encourages educators to tackle not only our ecological footprints, but also our ecological “thoughtprints”.
