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The NPSNJ Native Plant School Guide offers 50 lesson ideas
Nature Journaling- Resources and Reasoning
Lisa Coster's Outdoor Education materials for RFIS
Take Me Outside- Outdoor Classroom Resources
5-Part Training Series: Using the Outdoors as a Classroom
5-Part Training Series: Using the Outdoors as a Classroom
Over the past year, due to COVID-19, the CDC has shared guidance on being outdoors as a way to help us live a more healthy life at home and at school. In response to this guidance, MAEOE has created this FREE* series for any educator who'd like to learn more about taking learning outside and using the outdoors as a classroom.
Each 1.5-hour session is interactive and collaborative and you’ll leave with resources and tools that you can integrate into your planning. Click the link for each training to view recordings, presentation, and other resources used during the training.
Teachers: Tons of resources including presentation slides, interactive sites and training available here.
Teacher Resources for Journey North
NEEF offers support to STEM/STEAM educators through:
Greening STEM Hub: An online collection of case studies, research, and tools to help educators implement the Greening STEM approach.
Greening STEM Idea Journal for Educators: A handy PDF to guide you as you jot down ideas for planning your own Greening STEM project.
Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day with these 15 free environmental education activities for the classroom.
Biodiversity Study: Students use graphing skills to quantify the diversity in a small plot of land. (Grades 6-8)
Build a Zero Energy Tiny Home Project Challenge: Students investigate all of the elements involved in making a tiny house achieve net zero energy consumption. (Grades 9-12)
Chicago Botanic Garden Budburst Project: This citizen science project provides opportunities for individuals to contribute to research on climate change by observing plant species through the growing season. (All Grades)
Citizen Science Toolkit: This toolkit includes lessons, readings, and worksheets to support educators in communicating the value of citizen science to students. (All Grades)
Designing Climate Change Learning for Action: Support youth in taking action to foster hope in an era of climate change. This downloadable resource includes recommended actions to take, reflection questions for educators, and a focus on equity. (All Grades)
Discovering National Parks: Students learn how art contributes to the environmental activism of national parks. (Grades 6-8)
Dollar Store Science: 10 easy and inexpensive experiments you can try with your students now. (Grades 3-6)
Have Seeds, Will Travel: Students use science, engineering, and math skills to learn about seed dispersal methods. (All Grades)
Old Growth Forest Mural: Students will identify the four components of an old growth forest and why conservation matters. (Grades 3-5)
Peppered Moth Simulation: Students watch natural selection in action to explore why populations of peppered moths changed during the Industrial Revolution. (Grades 6-12)
The Power of a Paper Plate: Give old magazines a second life while encouraging nonfiction learning. (Grades K-8)
Sea Level Rise: Learn about the causes and impacts of sea level rise and challenge students to think about what they can do in response. (Grades 6-12)
Think Green - Utilizing Renewable Solar Energy: This lesson plan from NASA guides students as they model solar energy inputs at different locations and analyze the cost-effectiveness of installing solar panels. (Grades 9-12)
What's in Compost?: Students identify what they find in compost and build their understanding of how composting and decomposition works. (Grades 3-8)
Using Statistics to Understand Extreme Heat: This New York Times lesson plan explores why heat waves are becoming hotter and more frequent. (Grades 6-8)
STEAM: Why art is a necessary aspect of STEM education and practice: Information from the University of Denver on incorporating art into STEM lessons (Grades K-12)
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