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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

  • Washington Green Schools - Teacher Activities & Lesson Plans For use in the classroom or school club.
  • King County - Programs for Educators Directory This annual guide for King County educators highlights the latest programs, materials, and funding sources available from the county through its various agencies.
  • King County - Solid Waste Field Trips Expand your classroom lessons with field trips to the landfill or a transfer station to see first hand where garbage goes when it leaves your home or school, or visit a recycling center.
  • King County - Waste Reduction & Recycling Videos Borrow a video to supplement your students’ study of recycling, resource conservation, household hazardous waste, composting or other environmental topics. Submit your request online.
  • King County - Recycle More Media Campaign Ever wonder what happens to your recyclables after they are picked up? Watch a short video on the “Recycle More. It’s Easy To Do.” website to find out.
  • King County - Quizzes, Games & Fun Facts How well do your students know: The Four R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink? What’s garbage, what’s not, and where does it all go? The dangers posed by some everyday products to your health and the environment? How to recognize a hazardous product? Help your students find out what they know and what they need to know about garbage, recycling and hazardous waste by taking quizzes.
  • King County - Family Fun, It's Easy Being Green King County shows kids, parents and educators many simple ways for families to make environmentally smart and healthy choices. This page offers resources, games, fun facts, tricks and tips for you to reduce your carbon footprint and green up your ride, home and garden.
  • Department of Ecology - Kids Page Ecology's solid waste and recycling web page for kids - This interactive Web site is designed to teach you about the importance of waste reduction, recycling, and solid waste management (or how we take care of our garbage).
  • Facing the Future A nonprofit, offers sustainability and global issues curriculum, professional development, service learning and FREE K-12 lessons.
  • Growing Up Green - Fuel for School with Healthy Lunches Resources for parents and other caregivers. 180 school days means 180 lunches to plan and pack! Check on the tips for packing healthy lunches and more...
  • Digital Washington Recycle Forward is an innovative approach to getting new technology for your classroom by recycling used electronics and ink cartridges for cash. Digital Wish has joined forces with Cartridges for Kids (CFK), an electronics recycling company that has worked specifically with schools since 1999, helping fundraise over 13 million dollars for education and other causes.

Additional Educational Materials

  • Climate Kids: Collection of educator resources related to climate change, the ozone, weather, and global warming.
  • School Outreach: Water quality website dedicated to teachers and students with games, activities, and educational printables.
  • Conservation Central: Habitat education program that features classroom curriculum with web interactive pages, themes, activities, and projects.
  • K-12 Lesson Plans: List of lesson plans for grades K through 12 that focus on environmental issues.
  • Earth Day Lesson Plan: Background information and lesson plan for 2nd and 3rd graders with a subtopic of Earth Day.
  • Forestry/Natural Resources: Lesson plans for 6th through 8th grade students that concentrates on forestry and natural resources.
  • Flying High on Conservation: Coloring book pages and word search that focus around the conservation of the planet and its resources.
  • Environmental/Activist Web Quest: Long-term project about saving the environment for third graders.
  • The Ocean’s in Trouble: Web quest that helps to evaluate hazards in the ocean, created for grades 4 through 6.
  • NCEH Kids’ Page – Fun Activities: The National Center for Environmental Health provides several printable games, including a word search and crossword puzzle.
  • Earth Day – Teacher’s Lounge: Educators can get great ideas for teaching earth friendliness, fundraising for wildlife, and other environmentally friendly activities.
  • Recycling Games and Activities: Download and print these kids coloring pages, worksheets, and activities that are in PDF format.
  • Games and Activities: Fun stuff for kids that teach environmental education, such as coloring and activity books and PowerPoints.
  • Activities for Kids: Kids can test their knowledge of the water and the environment, as well as explore water with the Water Saver’s Workbook.
  • Creative Recycling: Discover over 54 ways to recycle creatively by using materials to make crafts at home or school.
  • Muck in 4 Life: Healthy, fun, and environmentally free volunteering activities for children and adults.
  • Energy Web Quest Student Process: Researching project for student groups in which each student is assigned specific roles.
  • Intermediate Activity: This energy source web quest allows students to identify ten major energy sources used in the United States.
  • Conservation Information for Kids: List of educational conservation activities for kids intended for elementary aged children.
  • Activities for Kids and Families: Collection of fun hands-on learning activities about conservation for kids and their parents.

RAPS !

These are great raps to share with the classroom or have your student Green Team present it to the school at an assembly!

Scrap Metal Rap(PDF)

"My name is scrap metal and this is what I am. I'm a bent utensil or a tuna fish can. I'm a lazy piece of pipe, and old broken tool. But don't include the foil because it ain't that cool....." Written by Jeanette Brizendine, City of Federal Way Recycling Outreach Coordinator

Climate Action Rap (PDF)

"Come on and Click it, flip it, turn the handle to the right, turn off the water, twist it really tight..." Written by the Department of Environmental Protection Agency.

 

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