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Key Terms in Environmental Fields: Establishing a Foundation

An activity that helps high school students correct the misconceptions associated with key terms from environmental science and related fields. The activity engages, identifies and clarifies students’ understanding of basic definitions of these terms.

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India’s Recycling: Challenges and Lessons

Lacking comprehensive state-sponsored recycling ventures, India has recently experienced an outgrowth of programs sponsored by local and international organizations whose mandate is to raise awareness about environmental issues and to promote recycling programs in India. Suhasini Jayakumar’s article explores this recent trend.

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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.

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Earth and Religion: Seeking a Common Ground

A report on the interfaith/environmental conference “Earth & Religion: Crisis, Opportunity, Convergence,” held June 9-12, at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The conference brought together those who were re-examining their faith traditions, in order to uncover an underlying Earth ethic that could form the basis of environmental action by their congregations.

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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.

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Environmental Education After-School Programs

As after-school programs gain in popularity, environmental educators have new opportunities to apply their expertise in a fun and flexible learning environment. The article offers environmental education lesson plans that program designers can easily integrate into their after-school programs.

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Please Touch

Anita Sanchez argues that environmental educators should not just teach about nature in the abstract, but should encourage students to actually get their hands dirty while learning about the environment. The article provides tips on how to incorporate the “real stuff” of nature into environmental education lessons.

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Drama in Environmental Education

Cross-curricular drama activities that help students explore environmental topics and develop empathy for the natural world. These activities include guided imagery, in-role drama, writing and performing plays, and creating skits or raps. Appropriate for all ages.

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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.

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The Dinner Game

A fun and enlightening game for high school (and older) students that demonstrates the true costs of dinner when the environmental costs of producing various food items are considered. This activity introduces the concepts of environmental tax reform and “life-cycle assessment”.

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