Environmental Education

Schools and districts can help students make connections between course content, environmental issues, and public policy.

Connecting National Poetry Month and Earth Day can be fun, engaging, and inspiring for high school students.

The National Park Service has great resources for students to do real environmental science work—even if they don’t visit a park.

There are plenty of logistics to consider, but educators say outdoor classes keep kids and teachers safer—and provide much-needed fresh air.

Nature comes in all shapes and sizes—from a park to a potted plant—and teachers can use it to spark learning and build a classroom community.

One teacher shares how her rural elementary school safely and effectively took their classrooms outdoors.

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

Don’t throw that banana peel in the trash! Use a school compost bin to foster project-based learning across subjects and grade levels.

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.

A garden for bees and butterflies helps local endangered species while providing opportunities for standards-based science lessons.

When we are faced with challenges, our brains are activated to learn new things—so long as a foundation of safety, belonging, and trust is there as well.

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.

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

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

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