Pledging for Change
High school students modify one personal action to help the environment
Posts tagged ‘math’
Jun 12
Jan 7
Active Students, Passive Solar
A renovated passive solar home in New Zealand serves as a unique backdrop for teaching elementary science and math
Environmental Project Learning
In this integrated “nature immersion” program, students meet all curriculum outcomes through environmental projects that restore school ground habitats and local ecosystems. From "Teaching Green: The Elementary Years."
Math in the Schoolyard
A schoolyard is a convenient setting for many math activities and is especially suited to concept application and problem-solving. The objects and phenomena within a natural area can be estimated, counted, and measured, and the data collected can then be charted, tabled, averaged, graphed, and manipulated in many ways. From "Greening School Grounds."
Hemlock Holmes: Tree Detective
Teach elementary students about trees and their ring patterns by solving environmental science mysteries.
AN EXCERPT FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2013 ISSUE.
Apr 27
Sustainable Futures: An Interdisciplinary Unit at the Australian Science and Maths School
Students at a specialized senior science and math high school in Australia enjoy an interdisciplinary curriculum, within a new building where more than half of the floor spaces is comprised of open-concept Learning Commons. The authors describe in detail the sustainable gardens project that asks students to consider local conditions in choosing their design and which flora and fauna to include. Includes a rubric which can be applied to similar projects elsewhere.
Counting the real costs of cars
An activity for high school students and adults
From "Teaching About Climate Change"
Apr 26
The Mathematics of Trash
Multiplication and graphing exercises for upper elementary students which demonstrate the magnitude of waste produced by modern society.
Apr 6
The Ocean – Live! Anywhere! Anytime!
Real-time data offer meaningful ways for middle-school students to develop science and math skills
Mar 27
Map Interpretation and the Language of Maps
A basic introduction to maps in environmental education, and the techniques of how to map a natural area.
