EE Activities - Schoolyard Ecology
EE Activities - Schoolyard Ecology
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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with the school environment.
The latest Green Schools Initiative newsletter, A Green Back to School, is packed with helpful information on shopping green for the start of the new school year.
The URL is: http://www.greenschools.net/news/BacktoSchoolTips....
Site provides booklets and a newsletter that teachers/administrators can use to help improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in their schools.
The URL is: http://www.rxhealthyschools.com/
Environmental planning with children and youth. Improving school environment and neighborhoods. Nature school and Project resources for the schools integrating curricula in environmental education.
The URL is: http://home.c2i.net/swan
Life Lab Science Program offers professional development and garden-based science curricula for K-6 educators. Programs focusing on linking school gardens with science education, language acquisition, resource conservation and waste reduction.
The URL is: http://www.lifelab.org/
National Gardening Association awards grants to 400 schools, neighborhood groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities & multigenerational settings throughout the U.S. Each grant consists of tools, seeds, & garden products valued at an average of $750. Application due November 1
The URL is: http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
A garden or habitat is a living laboratory for learning real-world skills, and the Thematic Explorations Library opens the door to a green curriculum. Looking to boost skills in measuring, calculating and problem solving? Check out Honing Math Skills in the Garden. If it’s social studies that needs a hands-on component, how about Growing Cultural Understanding? Other topics include Gardening for a Sustainable Future, Cultivating Literacy in the Garden, and the newest topic Linking Gardens and Nutrition.
The URL is: http://www.kidsgardening.com/themes/theme-splash.a...
The Irving Forest Discovery Network deals with issues in forestry and the environment for teachers and students. New tours are added every six months and consist of games, lesson plans,
activities and information. The current tour deals with schoolground naturalization and methods of greening schoolyards. The URL is: http://www.ifdn.com/
Online schoolyard experiments with assessments. Examples include mark and recapture, pitfall trapping, and sweep net experiment.
The URL is: http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/splashd/Experimt.htm
America the Beautiful Fund is a national non-profit that distributes FREE seeds
The URL is: http://www.america-the-beautiful.org
Introduction to basic nature-study techniques. Encourages the identification and listing of organisms in one's own neighborhood and provides a forum to share this information with others. Related plant and animal identification resources and information are also available.
The URL is: http://www.backyardnature.net
Internet-based multidisciplinary collaborative project with will enrich primary students' learning experiences through "unique and compelling" applications of instructional technology.
The URL is: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/sm...
The Cottonwood Foundation offers small grants to local community organizations (including school-based groups) that use volunteer energies to protect the environment and promote cultural diversity. Cottonwood is interested primarily in funding that makes a difference for local community empowerment.
The URL is: http://www.cottonwoodfdn.org/
Kingston Elementary has a 26 acre living classroom. It includes a pioneer homestead, one room school house, Indian teepee, fish pond, wildlife preserve (deer, wild turkeys, etc.), butterfly garden, etc. There is also an extensive recycling project on-going at the school.
The URL is: http://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/kes/
Inexpensive tree growing kits.
The URL is: http://www.growatree.com/
Step-by-step instructions from the National Wildlife Federation for the development and use of a Schoolyard Habitats site.
The URL is: http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/create_order...
Australian EE site with activity-based student programs and professional development for teachers. "Wildscape" your school ground and attract wildlife. Explore the ocean and go beachcombing online by visiting "Sea for Yourself".
The URL is: http://www.gould.edu.au/
The National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitats Program is a national certification program which supports schools in the creation, restoration, and use of wildlife habitat as a teaching tool. SYH offers curriculum, workshops for educators, mini-grants, Schoolyard Habitats Planning Guides, and a helpful website.
The URL is: http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper, and National Geographic Explorer! classroom magazine outdoor classroom grant program to help schools improve their science curriculum by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside the traditional classroom. Grants up to $2,000 will be awarded to at least 100 schools and grants for up to $20,000 may be awarded to schools or school districts with major outdoor classroom projects. Proposals are reviewed three times a year.
The URL is: http://www.Lowes.com/outdoorclassroom
Join us in learning more about the fascinating world of butterflies. Here you can tour our photo gallery, learn how to plant a butterfly garden, take a field trip, find a pen-pal, chat with other butterfly lovers and so much more! Take a look.
The URL is: http://mgfx.com/butterfly/index.htm
"Watts On Schools is Central and South West Corporation's way of bringing solar power to schools in communities throughout Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Participating schools receive the energy produced by the systems for free." Related activities are also available online or in Word 97.
The URL is: http://www.wattsonschools.com/
For water, lake and watershed education educational field trips and activities. Also for seminars and workshops. ($500 maximum)
The URL is: http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/conservation-2000...
Website for K–12 educators that features brief text or animated presentations on such topics as planting & tending gardens; incorporating 4–H projects in the classroom; & helping students become more aware of how plants, animals, & humans interact with ecosystems. Some activities are available on CD-ROM & in Spanish.
The URL is: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/SchoolsOnline/index.h...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Educational Services Section, 524 S. Second Street, Room 530, Springfield, IL 62701-1787
Attention: Project WILD Action Grant Program, Phone 217-524-4126 Due September 15 The URL is: http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Education/classrm/gra...
"This guide helps students and teachers learn about the importance of biodiversity, understand the basic steps of creating a wildlife habitat, develop a plan for action, and gain community support." Developed by Project WILD. Grade Level: Adult NPEEE Review
The URL is: http://www.projectwild.org/materials/school_sites....
"Online projects that allow students to conduct scientific and mathematical investigations in their schoolyards and then submit their collected data using an online form."
The URL is: http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/splashd/schlyrd.htm
The school of Skudeneshavn got a prize for the best outdoor environment for year 2000. Lots of possibilities for climbing, "jungle play" and "syncron atletic movements", - among a lot of other activities.
The URL is: http://www.karmoyped.no/lek/eng/teksteng.htm
Teacher materials and student activities offering information on schoolyard habitats.
The URL is: http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlifeweek/
American Electric Power (AEP) is working with schools throughout the country to help them track their energy usage and show students how solar & wind" energy are a part of our total energy mix. Links to a school project in Bluffsview, Ohio, where solar panels were installed and students are analyzing energy demands and usage.
The URL is: http://www.aep.com/Environmental/default.htm
Eco'tude is an online resource that allows Australian students to consider their school's environmental impact, empowers them to take action and change their schools attitude. Students can determine the size of their school's
ecological footprint. The URL is: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ecotude/
Sponsored by YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity), "'The Green Schools Manual' contains inspiring information about how to make your school's campus environmentally friendly" (available in PDF format). The site also has information on topics ranging from consumption to overpopulation.
The URL is: http://www.yesworld.org/info/manual.htm
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released the first of seven volumes of design guidelines for energy-efficient schools. The new design guidelines cover a wide range of technologies for schools in hot and dry climates, and also include numerous case studies from schools around the country. In pdf format.
The URL is: http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/pdfs/de...
The Edible Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce.
The URL is: http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/homepage.html
Millennium Green, a registry to document and highlight schoolyards using gardens, greenhouses, and schoolyard habitats to enrich learning. Uses a searchable database to browse registered school sites.
The URL is: http://www.kidsgardening.com/school/register.asp
Eco-Schools, a programme of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), is a programme for education for environment and sustainability, environmental management and certification. With student participation in decisonmaking and activities, and involving the local community, it is a great way to implement Local Agenda 21. Eco-Schools has over 11000 participating schools in 25 countries.
The URL is: http://www.eco-schools.org
With a unique history of combining genuine research with ecological restoration, the BTHS East biology department has more than 200 students enrolled annually in "Wildlife Biology."
The URL is: http://www.schools.lth5.k12.il.us/bths-east/
Make your home a butterfly zone experience! Reference material, guides, gardening suggestions and resources.
The URL is: http://www.butterflies.com/
All about worms and how they recycle. Also information on creating your own worm composting bins.
The URL is: http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
National Wildlife Federation's new, award-winning inclusive activity guide! Access Nature designed for students with and without disabilities, offers 45 hands-on, habitat based activities for use in formal and informal classroom environments.
The URL is: http://www.nwf.org/an
Learn how to transform your school ground and gain insights into the growing field of school ground transformation through the Learning Grounds Tool Shed.
The URL is: http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/lg-toolshed.html
Curricula, guidelines for building a school garden (indoors and outdoors), resources that might be helpful in designing schoolyard environments and research links. A project of Texas A&M University.
The URL is: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Ch...
We hope through this program, people can become educated as to which practices are not good for a nature habitat and learn and use practices that have been proven to encourage wildlife and a healthy environment.
The URL is: http://www.registryofnaturehabitats.org
Students are challenged to create a better seed than Mother Nature.
The URL is: http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/110.html
From Kidsgarden Thematic Explorations, this Service-Learning program provides project ideas, success stories, and resources that integrate community service with curriculum goals.
The URL is: http://www.kidsgardening.com/themes/service1.asp
"The Green Schools Project is unique in combining energy efficiency management and retrofit intervention with student involvement in
planning and implementing behavior changes." Teacher and student resources are available. A project of the Alliance to Save Energy. The URL is: http://www.ase.org/greenschools/about.htm
This web site was developed with students from Mid Valley Elementary Center in Throop, PA to describe the process of using school grounds in the learning process. The site links to related grants, projects completed by the students, supplementary EE curricular materials, and informational sites related to the projects.
The URL is: http://mvsd.neiu.k12.pa.us/trail.htm
The Solar Schools Program encourages the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at public schools by offering a rebate of up to 90 percent of the purchase and
installation cost. The URL is: http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/solar_schools/...
"The program encourages everyone - homeowner, teacher, community leader - to plan their landscape with the needs of wildlife in mind." Certification programs and resources for schools, communities, individuals and companies. A project of the National Wildlife Federation.
The URL is: http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/about.c...
Complete guide to schoolground greening projects - from conception to planning to implementation.
The URL is: http://www.biodiversityonline.ca/schoolgrounds/
"In May, 1993, the teachers of this two-teacher school, together with 35 pupils embarked on a five-year project to provide wildlife habitats in the school grounds so that wildlife could be studied there." Students' diary notes and matching photos illustrate the process of building a school wildlife garden.
The URL is: http://homepage.eircom.net/~clonownns/
Case study showing how garden-based activities support environmental education. A publication from the EETAP Resource Library. In pdf format.
The URL is: http://eelink.net/eetap/info54.pdf
Environmental planning with children and youth. Changing schoolgrounds and neighbourhoods encouraging study of the natural world in the classroom, in the school grounds, in the local community and on the county and international level.
The URL is: http://home.c2i.net/swan/
“A Guide to Creating Vernal Ponds”; new book (downloadable in pdf format) describing how to establish small wetlands for improving outdoor classrooms and wildlife habitat. Hard copy can also be ordered online.
The URL is: http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/boone/vernal.p...
Audubon International Press Release - 6/28/04
Conserve School recently became the first school in the world to become designated as an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary. Signature certification is awarded only to new developments that are designed, constructed and maintained according to Audubon International’s precise planning standards and environmental disciplines. Conserve School, located in northeastern Wisconsin near the town of Land O’ Lakes, is a private, non-sectarian college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12. Where typical schools are built as a way to live apart from the natural environment, Conserve School was designed to keep the natural environment as a prominent feature in the lives of the students where they live and attend classes as a reminder of the importance of stewardship. See Website for program information. The URL is: http://www.conserveschool.org/whats_new/Articles/2...
By collecting several fifteen cubic centimeter samples of soil in different areas in the schoolyard students can get a fairly accurate account of the variety and number of underground critters living in the entire area. They can also study the collection sites to determine natural and human-induced factors that might produce high or low concentrations of different underground critters.
The URL is: http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/splashd/soildwlr.htm
Online guide for grades K-8, to help start a school learning garden or enrich an existing program. Features expert advice on getting support for a garden program, lesson plans and guidance for teaching to standards in the garden, practical gardening advice and more.
The URL is: http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/
The District of Columbia Schoolyard Greening Consortium's Web site aims to provide teachers and program providers with the resources, tools and inspiration to begin a schoolyard greening project on their school grounds.
The URL is: http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org
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