9.07
Challenge Resources
for Teachers
Conservation/Environmental Action
Books
Bossert, Heather and Joan Heckscher. Learning Through Environmental Action: The
Community Action Model of Environmental Service Learning: A Guide for Educators.
Community Alliance for Youth Action, 1999.
Collard, S. Acting for Nature: What Young People Around the World Have Done to
Protect the Environment. Heyday Books, 2000.
Drutman, A and S. Zuckerman. Protecting our Planet: Activities to Motivate Students to a
Better Understanding of our Environmental Problems. Good Apple. 1991.
EPA. Make a Difference in Your School: A How-to Guide for Engaging Students in
Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction. 2006. Downloadable at
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/mad.htm.
Gates, J. Consider the Earth: Environmental Activities for Grades 4-8. Teacher Ideas
Press, 1989.
Lewington, Anna. Plants for People. Eden Books, 2004.
Taking Action, An Educator’s Guide to Involving Students in Environmental Projects.
Project Wild and World Wildlife Fund. 1995.
Websites
www.fairchildgarden.org – Links to education programs, plant collections, events, the
Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, the Virtual Herbarium, the Guide to Palms,
and other information.
www.centerforplantconservation.org/peril/perilmnu.html - ‘Plants in Peril’. A guide to
exploring biodiversity and rare native plant conservation for middle school
educators.
www.conservation.org – Conservation International
www.edenproject.com/education/index.html - the Eden Project education pages. Look at
the biome sections under the horticulture tab to find how plants from all different
biomes are used to produce economic goods.
www.globalgreen.org/ - Global Green, learn more about the green building initiative,
including a ‘Green School Initiative. Also has extensive information about political
initiatives to conserve water, recycle, and provide clean transportation.
www.net.org/ - National Environmental Trust. Includes green edi