Classroom Earth

Classroom Earth (www.classroomearth.org) is an online resource designed to help high school teachers include environmental content into their daily lesson plans. Useful resources on the site include:

Do you know a high school student who is concerned about the environment and has a solution? We are offering $1,000 to support students' ideas to make a difference in their school or community and to participate in a local environmental internship. read more ...

The National Environmental Education Foundation is proud to announce Gary Swick of Dundee-Crown High School, IL as winner of the 2008 Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award. The Bartlett Award is awarded to an outstanding 5th-12th grade educator who has successfully integrated environmental education into his/her daily education programs.  Nominations for the 2009 Bartlett Award are already open! Access the nomination guidelines.

A field trip to a volcano starts this lesson.  Students explore how the two basic forces of geology — tectonic and gradational forces — interact to “shape” the actual physical landscape of the area. Students also learn the different types of rocks and the minute chemical changes caused by simple contact with the environment that slowly weather rocks into soil. read more ...

EE Week 2009 is April 12 - 18th, and this year's theme is Be Water Wise!

National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) is the nation's largest organized environmental education event. read more ...

An AP Environmental Science class conducts an energy audit of the school. They decide to concentrate on reducing the electrical lighting and use more natural light to save money on the electric bills, reduce our carbon footprint, and help the environment.