Environmental Education

Exploring nature with elementary students can be memorable and fun with a little advance planning and preparation.

Teachers in diverse disciplines—such as environmental science, language arts, and social studies—are covering climate change.

Five online tools that encourage students to get hands-on experience with nature.

Resources from around the web for incorporating Earth Day into your class.

Mobile greenhouses, art studios, and makerspaces are traveling to underserved kids across the nation—salvaging vulnerable school programs and leveling the playing field to access.

An outdoor education program builds community and culture, raises expectations and standards, increases connection between students, and develops positive associations around school and the outdoors.

By helping students connect with the outdoors, nature journaling fosters scientific inquiry, literacy, and environmental stewardship.

School and community gardens can be used for academic enrichment, where students can learn about nutrition, food security, and ecological sustainability.

Evidence points to seven key approaches to integrating curricula that have been shown to be effective.

Read about a social justice-based school that addresses larger issues as a learning community, builds curriculum around service learning, and regularly involves families.

These traveling art studios, science labs, and greenhouses are reducing barriers to access by meeting students where they are.

Upcycling happens in a makerspace when design thinking meets hard-to-recycle junk. Inspire students to design and create cool, useful products from trash otherwise destined for landfill.

Guest blogger Patrick Cook Deegan, a mindfulness mentor and consultant, teaches students about Earth Day by bringing them outside and engaging their senses. He shares six easy steps to help your class appreciate their natural surroundings.

Jump-start your lesson plans with these videos and resources for students of all ages.

Cultivate an indoor farm with inspiration from the Green Bronx Machine.