Green City Teachers: Class Resources

A video from Epic Gardening.

From the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Grade 8-adult.

An e. e. cummings poem about starting a worm farm

John Pitney's songs about the Earth

All the John Pitney songs I had to sing when my phone rang in class, including Get Down & Get Dirty

This is the Amazon link, but remember to support your local bookstore! Or borrow this book from the PHS McLean library copy

Gary Larsen. There is a copy of this book in the PHS McLean Library.

There is a copy in the PHS McLean library.

Guided Inquiry Activities for the Study of Worms in the Classroom--153 pages of lesson plans for middle and high school students

Available in the PHS Mclean library

Center for Ecoliteracy's complete guide

Workshops coming out my ears!!!!

From Audubon at Home

US Fish & Wildlife

National Wildlife Foundation Schoolyard Habitats® How To Guides

AWESOME!!!!!!

Contact info about our guest speaker, Judi Levicoff

University of Kansas Citizen Science--how to tag your babies!

In the PHS McLean Library

PHS McLean Library has a copy

PHS McLean Library has a copy

This calls for 1 1/2 inch pipe. I have used 3/4" pipe (much cheaper) and it works fine!

PHS McLean Library has a copy of the DVD.

Track Change in Seasons and Climate Around the Globe by when tulips bloom

Good description of different kinds of bulbs.

Although this plan calls for larger pipe, I have happily used 3/4" pipe for years...MUCH cheaper.

Lesson plans for use with Earthbox-type planters (FREE)

The folks who donated the Earthboxes.

The folks who donated the soil for the Earthboxes.

CONNECTING KIDS TO THE NATURAL WORLD.
TIED TO STANDARDS. LOCAL. RELEVANT. REAL

Deadline Feb 18.

Free grant listing service for Teachers

Create a project, solicit a donor!

Environmental websites for kids

Applications Open for General Mills Foundation 2011 Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program

A Chinese proverb says "the precious things are not pearls and jade but the five grains" of which rice is first

4H Lesson Plans in great detail

This free resource has a story, a packed full set of lessons and activities, a set of connection cards to print (and laminate) and a student workbook that you can also print and distribute. All the links in the PDF are live so take a look through, download what you need. Have fun.

dig around for the “My Climate Story Workbook” and Resources from Climate Classrooms under “Exhibits”