Activity: Where Do You Stand?
An activity that encourages open-mindedness and demonstrates the wide range of views on any controversial topic.
From Green Teacher 54, Winter 1997-1998
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May 13
Game: Tools of Hope
In the Tools of Hope Game, students explore challenges in the lives of farmers in developing countries in order to learn about the causes of hunger and the relationship between hunger and sustainable development.
FROM TEACHING GREEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS
Game: Migration mishaps
Migration Mishaps is a game that helps to demonstrate why animals that migrate, such as hummingbirds, are threatened by habitat destruction.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2002 ISSUE
Going off-ramp: A car trip reduction plan for schools
Any school group can use the off ramp framework to develop car trip reduction strategies suited to their community. The following are guidelines for planning and implementing a successful program. Excerpted from the book "Teaching About Climate Change"
May 7
Environmental Exploration and Youth Development
Environmental exploration can help ensure that all young people have the supports and qualities necessary to become successful adults.
May 7
Ecological Literacy through Permaculture
An approach to teaching and learning using permaculture thinking and design philosophy.
May 7
Investigating Water Pathways in Schoolyards
Based on a learning progression of student understandings, this hands-on activity provides high school students with a locally-relevant way to learn about the water cycle.
May 7
Improving the Air We Breathe
Practical opportunities to involve students aged 10-16 in investigating indoor and outdoor air quality in their communities.
May 7
Swimming with Sharks
Teach biomimicry to 8-12 year-olds via lessons that model how the biology of sharks can be used to solve human problems.
May 7
Concrete Without Quarries
A sustainable chemistry lab inspired by ocean corals that allows students to create concrete through a reaction using car exhaust and seawater.
