Evergreen.ca Teachers Corner

http://www.evergreen.ca/en/resources/school-ground-greening/teachers-corner/

Working in the Outdoor Classroom

Welcome to Teachers’ Corner, Evergreen's online educators’ resource. Here you will find a wide range of free online resources to help you get the most out of the outdoor classroom by sharing lesson plans from educators across the country who are already integrating greening projects with their curriculum.

Lesson Plans

• Search for Lesson Plans
• Submit Lesson Plans

Teaching Resources

• Tips and Techniques
• Before You Go Outside – Be Prepared
• School Ground Activity Kits
• General Lesson Structure – One Teacher’s Experience

Green Your Classroom!

"You might already be teaching your students about the importance of environmental stewardship with lessons from our free K-8 curriculum. Why not bring the message closer to home by turning your classroom or school into the ultimate sustainable spot?"

 

 This green living post (part of the Rainforest Alliance website) gives great tips on specifically 'greening up your classroom'. It's a great place to start. (There's always more to do!)

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/green-living/classroom?gclid=COb96-OkmLUCFbSnPAodx1oAGQ

The website also has lots of other green initiatives throughout their website.  You may even see the Rainforest Alliance around - in coffee for instance. Research it, and maybe it will inspire you to change...then let it inspire your students!

 

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Rainforest Alliance:
Our Innovative Approach

The Rainforest Alliance harnesses the power of the marketplace to arrest the major drivers of environmental destruction: timber extraction, agricultural expansion, cattle ranching and tourism. Our work ensures that hundreds of millions of acres of forests, farms, ranchlands and hotel properties meet rigorous sustainability standards and that the rights and well-being of people employed by these enterprises are safeguarded. And by giving consumers a reliable way to identify responsibly produced goods and services -- via the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal and Rainforest Alliance Verified™ mark -- we demonstrate that sustainable businesses thrive in our global economy.

Earth Day Canada website

http://www.earthday.ca/pub/

Great information about Earth Day in Canada:
MONDAY APRIL 22, 2013

Download all the resources you need to get your Earth Day
project started today.

Action packs:

• Communities Action Pack
• Schools Action Pack
• Employees Action Pack

Actions:

• Budgets and Fundraising
• Clean up a Community Site
• Backyard Compost Program
• Stage an Ecofestival
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Marvellous Meetings
• Public Event Staging
• Publicity and Promotion
• Rehabilitate Community Sites
• Organize a Consumer Survey

Then, follow the 'Ecokids' link to:
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/take_action/en/index.cfm

As a teacher, you can sign up to receive:

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• A fleet of new lesson plans tailored to the Ontario Elementary Science and Technology curriculum, incorporating the 2008 Environmental Education Scope and Sequence of Expectations resource guide (more new lesson plans will be added throughout the year)
• Corresponding printable handouts and assessment materials for each lesson
• Activity sheets and topical handouts
• A searchable interface of our resources categorized under a point-and-click version of the Elementary Science and Tech Curriculum Overview chart
• A national contest called “The Great EcoKids Challenge” modified especially for teachers wishing to use class time for an environmental project with curriculum-linked ideas and assessment tools
• Literacy Corner—a resource list of environmental books with corresponding teaching tools
• English as a Second Language lessons and resources
• A “Class Kits” section where you can order our EcoCalendar, stickers, tattoos, bookmarks and posters
• Profile pages for other EcoKids schools that list their activities and accomplishments
• And much more!

Registering with EcoKids provides you unlimited access to our Teacher’s Lounge resources for the duration of the school year. You can renew your membership in September 2009.
Your yearly registration gives us an accurate and up-to-date contact list that allows us to periodically inform you of new and exciting resources. We greatly appreciate your participation!
Please note: Anyone registering between July 1st and August 31st will automatically be signed up for the following school year, beginning September 1st, 2009. (You will not need to re-register.)

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