GreenNotes
Glacier Creek Students Prepare for a World Without Fossil Fuels
By. Kelly Chadesh, eighth-grade science teacher, Glacier Creek Middle School Some of the most exciting moments that happen in a classroom take place when the teacher takes a step back and the students become the teachers. When students take the lead and feel...
Integrated Pest Management: The “Pest” Defense for Healthy Schools
By. Julian Cooper, Community IPM Project Manager, IPM Institute of North America This fall, over 50 million students and six million staff will return to schools across the country1. Unfortunately, an evaluation of school systems in 15 states revealed almost...
Let’s Get Physical: Camping Excursions Bring Prairie Crossing Students Closer to Nature
By. Naomi Hershiser, Dean of Environmental Learning, Prairie Crossing Charter School As a student, my elementary and middle school PE experiences were pretty much confined to team sports and games – the traditional sort like basketball and the kinds that seem...
Seventh-Grade Trip to Tremont Combines Physical Activity and Nature in a National Park
By. Whitney Strubhar, Leanni Javier, and Asher Douchant, Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School Every year, the seventh-grade students of Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School (MRHMS) take a week-long trip to Tennessee to learn at the Great Smoky Mountains...
When School is Cool: Professional Development that Gets Educators Out of Class, In the Field
By. Adam Bavier, Ecology Project International It was the fourth morning of our Teacher Fellowship and the snow was so pristine, light, and fresh, that the long line of our crew floated across the butte without much trouble. This was good. When tracking bison...
Nighttime Adventures
By. Brad Daniel and Clifford Knapp Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #93, Summer 2011. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Professional Development, Resources, Grants, and Awards for July
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox Summer 2018 Catalyst Edition: Professional Development, Resources, Grants, and Awards
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
Ready, Set, Grow: Students Lead the Way at Seatack Elementary’s School Gardens
By. Marie T. Culver, Teacher at Seatack Elementary School, Virginia Beach City Public Schools "I have learned so much about the environment and have discovered that my own skills are unlimited." Austin Davis, fifth-grader at Seatack Elementary School ...
Students Transform Nutrition Curriculum through Top Chef Competition
There are many good reasons to make fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and lean meats more appealing and accessible to students participating in school food programs. For one, the health of our nation’s children is at stake. Diseases such...
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