Students, teachers, administrators, and environmental activists have found ways to integrate knowledge and awareness of Earth's fragility into classwork and community service, carefully blending concern with action to help kids feel engaged and hopeful. We try to do the same with this Go Green Database, a directory you can be search by topic, grade level, cost, or location -- and supplement with your contributions and comments.
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Post a comment | 3 commentsResource: Green Planet Films
Resource Type: Information/Statistics, Lesson Plans, Online Tool, Resource List
Description: This resource library of nature and environmental DVDs from around the globe also offers lesson plans and discussion guides.
Topic: Air/Climate, Energy Conservation, Habitat/Ecosystems, Sustainability, Waste/Recycling, Water, Wildlife
Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cost: no
Time: 1-3 Classes
Location: IL
Keywords: wetlands, bog, ecology, soil, insects, birds, mammals, bats, animal homes, habitat, animal tracking, adaptations, trees, Web-o-Life, astronomy, geology, community, tours, youth programs, adult programs, ghost stories, winter
Post a comment | 0 commentsResource: Volo Bog State Natural Area
Resource Type: Field Trip, Lesson Plans, Speaker
Description: This natural area features Illinois's only remaining open-water quaking bog. Seventeen interpretive programs span grades P-12 and beyond.
Topic: Habitat/Ecosystems, Waste/Recycling, Water, Wildlife
Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cost: no
Time: Ongoing
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Keywords: energy, global warming, sustainability
Post a comment | 1 commentResource: Energy Quest
Resource Type: Information/Statistics, Lesson Plans, Resource List
Description: This Web site, sponsored by the California Energy Commission, is devoted to energy education for kids and teachers and features general information about energy, games, science-project ideas, links to lesson plans, and more.
Topic: Energy Conservation
Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cost: no
Time: Ongoing
Location: TN
Keywords: energy, efficiency, renewable, power, kilowatt, conservation, electricity
Post a comment | 0 commentsResource: Kilowatt Ours
Resource Type: Curriculum, Information/Statistics, Online Tool, Resource List
Description: Kilowatt Ours, a project of Trust for the Future, sheds light on America's electricity generation, motivating and working with communities to save energy and use renewable power. Through public education, community partnerships, and policy advancement, Kilowatt Ours empowers consumers to create net-zero homes, schools, workplaces, and communities to improve environmental, human, and economic health. By demonstrating practical and convenient solutions to reduce electricity use and invest in renewable power, Kilowatt Ours is helping solve the interconnected problems of mountaintop-removal coal mining, air pollution, childhood asthma, mercury contamination, and climate change.
Topic: Air/Climate, Energy Conservation, Sustainability
Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cost: yes
Time: 1-3 Classes
Location: MI
Keywords: aquatic science, oceanography, sailing, Great Lakes
Post a comment | 0 commentsResource: Inland Seas Education Association
Resource Type: Field Trip
Description: The Inland Seas Education Association offers science and sailing programs for schools and youth groups aboard their schooners Inland Sea and Manitou, and the sloop Liberty. The ships sail out of Traverse City and Suttons Bay, Michigan.
Topic: Habitat/Ecosystems, Water
Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
