Directed Outdoor Murals on Schools
A guide to engaging all children in an elementary school in painting a mural about endangered species or a schoolyard greening project.
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Apr 5
No Accident: Successful Field Trips
Tips for non-formal and formal youth educators on how to connect with children ages 9-14 and keep them focused during outdoor field trips.
Amphibians and Two Game Structures
Role-playing games which help elementary students develop an empathetic relationship to the natural world, while learning about the lives of amphibians.
Apr 5
Bear Beach Camping Trip
An example of how overnight camping trips early in the school year can help urban adolescents connect with the natural world and each other as a learning community.
Apr 5
Sustainability Education in Classrooms
High school students follow the framework of Education for Sustainable Development to collaborate and develop solutions to real-life issues in their school community.
Apr 5
A Peaceful Classroom Through Feng Shui
Use simple Feng Shui techniques to create balance in your classroom, helping to make a more welcoming place for students that is conducive to learning.
Apr 5
Follow the Light Energy from the Sun
An activity in which elementary students learn how greenhouse gases influence climate change by simulating the path of light energy from the sun.
Apr 5
The Power of Cladistics
How to use an effective visual teaching tool that shows teenage students evolutionary relationships between different organisms.
The Pet Waste Project
Integrate science and language arts in a grade 5 study of local problems with storm water run-off and water quality due to pet waste.
