Resources: Got Gadgets?...At What Cost? Pass the Tomatoes A game of Environmental Knowledge with questions for four different grade levels: Early Elementary (K-2), Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8) and High School/Adult (9-12 and beyond). MEEA Environmental Game Missouri Environmental Education Association News - MEEA
Waste In Place
With the support from the Wrigley Company Foundation, Keep America Beautiful completed a two-year process to transform its Waste in Place resource guide, which includes over 100 activities for pre-K to sixth-grade students. The Waste in Place kit includes multi-dimensional educational programs that encompass activities for classroom learning, as well as children's books, a board and card games, and story cards. The materials are used nationwide by thousands of teachers to influence positive behavior, to foster social responsibility and respect for the environment, and to enrich their students’ learning experiences. Cecile Carson Waste in Place [email protected] |
A new Earth Day resource for Middle school teachers here.
How to Start a School Recycling Program!
School recycling can help save tons of waste from going to landfills and may even generate some money, or at least lower costs, for your school. If you are a student, teacher or parent interested in starting a recycling program at your school, these organizations can help you get started:
Middle School Curriculum Ideas on Climate ChangeEarth Day Network's (EDN) The Story of Climate Change, is a digital textbook on climate change designed exclusively for middle school students. For the past 20 years, EDN has worked to expand climate education in classrooms around the world. “Students will watch glaciers melt, dive into the world’s coral reefs, and explore local bikeshare programs - all from their tablet”. Learn more
Climate Bingo! Now available at NASA's Climate Kids! Climate Bingo! Spice up your next car ride or bus trip! In this game you will be on the lookout for things that are good for our climate and environment and things for things that can sometimes hurt them. Our bingo generator creates a unique card for each player. You can learn all about the different items on our website: http://climatekids.nasa.gov/bingo. | ||
Environmental Education Resources
Students learning about the environment at a young age leads them to have a more sustainable lifestyle in the future. Listed below are great lesson plans about the environment geared to middle school students.
TeAchnology is a membership organization that has tens of thousands of resources for teachers, including lesson plans on waste reduction, recycling and sustainability.
Middle School Recycling Projects and Classroom Recycling Conversations are from the eHow blog and contain a number of cool projects targeting middle school students.
TeAchnology is a membership organization that has tens of thousands of resources for teachers, including lesson plans on waste reduction, recycling and sustainability.
Middle School Recycling Projects and Classroom Recycling Conversations are from the eHow blog and contain a number of cool projects targeting middle school students.
Take a virtual recycling tour!
Have you ever wondered what happens with materials that are put into the recycling bin? ReCommunity provides resources for recycling education including how materials collected at the curb are sorted at a materials processing facility and remade into new products.