Education Librarian
Environmental/Sustainability Teaching Resources Online
- Concord Consortium's NGSS PathfinderA clever system for selecting an NGSS pathway, and being connected to activities that serve it -- only some resources are explicitly about environment/sustainability (though all are STEM focused)
- Environmental Protection Agency resources for teachers/studentsLesson plans, electronic resources, homework helps, and more, for K-12 grades
- Facing the Future (WWU)Curricula/lessons for Grades 5-12 available from the Facing the Future project at Western Washington University.
- Green Education Foundation's Sustainability Lesson ClearinghouseK-12 lesson plans on sustainability education, divided by grade levels.
- National Environmental Education FoundationLinks to units and resources for "teaching at home", especially with limited access to the outdoors
- Re-SourcesSupplemental environmental education curriculum for K-12 classrooms on "tough-to-teach subjects" -- includes self-guided online lessons, teacher trainings, a youth empowerment program, and more.
- Resources for RethinkingA Canadian website backed by the non-profit Learning for a Sustainable Future, supplying lesson plans that have been vetted by other teachers.
- Toward a Sustainable AgricultureA complete curriculum unit on sustainable agricultural practices, created by the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin.
- U. S. Green Building Council's Learning LabLessons and resources for instruction about environmental/sustainability topics, including a collection specifically designed for distance/online learning. (Many resources require that you be an annual subscriber -- the cost is relatively low.)
Find Books & More
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Search for books, videos, articles and more at EWU Libraries, Summit Libraries and beyond. While not required, if you want the full functionality (save or request items, etc.), please sign in with your NetID.
Searching for teacher resources in the catalog
In general, remember that adding the phrase (in quotes) "study and teaching" to any topic will generally help you narrow down on materials intended for use by PK-12 teachers. Another way of narrowing your search is to choose JFK Lower Level Curriculum Center from the list of Physical Locations in the catalog's left sidebar, since that will limit your search to materials set aside for use either by teachers or students in a PK-12 classroom.
Finding lesson/unit ideas in ERIC
Remember that ERIC documents often have curricular ideas that can be built on or adapted: don't click peer-reviewed to ensure you see all the types of materials collected in ERIC!
- ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (EBSCOhost) -- 1966-present This link opens in a new windowComprehensive U.S. Department of Education database for education, indexing journals & magazines, as well as books, videos, conference papers and technical reports. Links to full text documents.