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ScopeThis guide provides a selection of print and electronic resources on environmentalism for children ages K-12. It also includes environmental education resources for educators and parents For Educators and Parents:Environmental Education Activities and Curriculum Resources147 practical tips for teaching sustainability: connecting the environment, the economy, and society. William M. Timson and others. Madison, WI, Atwood Pub., c2006. 122 p. Chase, Jayni. Blueprint for a green school. New York, Scholastic, c1995. 670 p. Chiras, Daniel D. Ecokids: raising children who care for the earth. Gabriola Island, BC, New Society, c2005. 231 p. Creating sustainable environments in our schools. Edited by Tony Shallcross and others. Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham, 2006. 206 p. Environmental education and advocacy: changing perspectives of ecology and education. Edited by Edward A. Johnson and Michael J. Mappin. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005. 333 p. Fields of green: restorying culture, environment, and education. Edited by Marcia McKenzie and others. Cresskill, NJ, Hampton Press, c2009. 374 p. Free-choice learning and the environment. Edited by John H. Falk, Joe E. Heimlich, and Susan Foutz. Lanham, AltaMira Press, c2009. 215 p.
Gardner, Robert, Phyllis J. Perry, and Salvatore Tocci. Ace your ecology and environmental science project: great science fair ideas. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2010. 112 p. Inside-out: environmental science in the classroom and the field, grades 3-8. Robert W. Blake and others. Arlington, VA, National Science Teachers Association, c2010. 165 p. Roa, Michael L. Environmental science activities kit: ready-to-use lessons, labs, and worksheets for grades 7-12. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass, 2009. 486 p. Sheehan, Kathryn, and Mary Waidner. Earth child 2000: earth science for young children: games, stories, activities, and experiments. New ed. with teacher’s guide. Tulsa, OK, Council Oak Books, c1998. 475 p. Smallwood, Carol. Recycling tips for teachers and librarians. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, c1995. 175 p. Teaching green: the elementary years: hands-on learning in grades K-5. Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. Gabriola Island, BC, New Society Publishers, c2005. 242 p. Wagner, Travis, and Robert Sanford. Environmental science: active learning laboratories and applied problem sets. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, c2010. 240 p. Wiland, Harry, and Dale Bell. Going to green: a standards-based environmental education curriculum for schools, colleges, and communities. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Pub., c2009. 337 p. Fredericks, Anthony D. Nature experiments. New York, Sterling Pub., c2005. 128 p. Reilly, Kathleen M. Planet Earth: 25 environmental projects you can build yourself. White River Junction, VT, Nomad Press, c2008. 122 p. Rybolt, Thomas R., and Robert C. Mebane. Environmental science fair projects: revised and expanded using the scientific method. Rev. and expanded [ed.]. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2010. 160 p. Suzuki, David T., and Kathy Vanderlinden. Eco-fun: great experiments, projects, and games for a greener earth. Vancouver, BC, Greystone Books, c2001. 127 p. Walker, Pam, and Elaine Wood. Environmental science experiments. New York, Facts on File, c2010. 153 p. Disinger, John F. K-12 education and the environment: perspectives, expectations, and practice. Journal of environmental education, v. 33, fall 2001: 4-11.
Hungerford, Harold R., and Trudi R. Volk. Notes from Harold Hungerford and Trudi Volk: meeting the challenges facing the environmental education community. Journal of environmental education, v. 34, winter 2003: 4-6.
Jickling, Bob. Environmental education and environmental advocacy: revisited. Journal of environmental education, v. 34, winter 2003: 20-27. Johnston, Julie. Transformative environmental education: stepping outside the curriculum box. Canadian journal of environmental education, v. 14, 2009: 149-157. Sauvé, Lucie. Currents in environmental education: mapping a complex and pedagogical field. Canadian journal of environmental education, v. 10, 2005: 11-37. For Kids and Young Adults:Recycling for Kids (Elementary) Barraclough, Sue. Reusing things. Mankato, MN, Sea-to-Sea, 2008. 30 p. Chancellor, Deborah. Clothes and toys. New York, PowerKids Press, c2010. 32 p. Einspruch, Andrew. Reducing waste. Mankato, MN, Smart Apple Media, 2011. 32 p. Fix, Alexandra. Plastic. Chicago, Heinemann Library, c2008. 32 p. Miller, Connie Colwell. Garbage, waste, dumps, and you: the disgusting story behind what we leave behind. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2009. 32 p. Morris, Neil. Recycling. Irvine, CA, QED Pub., c2008. 24 p. A Planet choking on waste. Edited by Jared Keen. North Mankato, MN, Smart Apple Media, c2003. 56 p. Torrisi, Cathy. Where does the garbage go? Waterbury, CT, Abrams, 2002. 24 p. Weber, Rebecca. Waste not: time to recycle. Minneapolis, MN, Compass Point Books, 2002. 24 p. Drohan, Michele, and Caroline M. Levchuck. When is it great to turn green? New York, Kidsbooks, c2001. 32 p. Einspruch, Andrew. Leaving a light footprint. Mankato, MN, Smart Apple Media, c2011. 32 p. Galko, Francine. Earth friends at school. Chicago, Heinemann Library, c2004. 32 p. Galko, Francine. Earth friends at the grocery store. Chicago, Heinemann Library, c2004. 32 p. Johnson, J. Angelique. The eco-family’s guide to living green. Mankato, MN, Picture Window Books, c2011. 24 p. Johnson, J. Angelique. The eco-student’s guide to being green at school. Mankato, MN, Picture Window Books, c2011. 24 p. Sheehan, Monica. Be green: don’t be blue, be green: how to help save our planet. Philadelphia, Running Press, c2008. 1 v. (unpaged) Walsh, Melanie. Ten things I can do to help my world. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, c2008. 1 v. Silverman, Buffy. Recycling: reducing waste. Chicago, Heinemann Library, c2008. 48 p. Watson, Stephanie. Making good choices about recycling and reuse. New York, Rosen Central, 2010. 64 p. Wilcox, Charlotte. Earth-friendly waste management. Minneapolis, MN, Lerner, c2009. 72 p. Chambers, Catherine. Go green! Lead the way. New York, Crabtree Pub., c2011. 24 p. Claybourne, Anna. 100 things you should know about saving the earth. Broomall, PA, Mason Crest Publishers, 2009. 48 p. Hewitt, Sally. Waste and recycling. New York, Crabtree Pub., c2009. 32 p. Hewitt, Sally. Your local environment. New York, Crabtree Pub., c2009. 32 p. Jankeliowitch, Anne. 50 ways to save the earth. New York, Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2008. 139 p. Marshall, Natalia. Save the planet: 52 brilliant ideas for rescuing our world. Oxford, UK, Infinite Ideas Co., 2007. 242 p. McKay, Kim. True green kids: 100 things you can do to save the planet. Washington, National Geographic, 2008. Orme, Helen. Living green. New York, Bearport Pub., c2009. 32 p. Recycle this book: 100 top children’s book authors tell you how to go green. Edited by Dan Gutman. New York, Yearling, c2009. 267 p. Yarrow, Joanna. 1,001 ways to save the earth. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 2007. 384 p. Bodden, Valerie. The war on waste. Mankato, MN, Creative Education, c2011. 48 p. Hall, Eleanor J. Recycling. Farmington Hills, MI, KidHaven Press; Detroit, Thomson/Gale, c2005. 48 p. Parker, Russ. Waste management crisis. New York, Rosen Central, 2009. 32 p. Parks, Peggy J. Garbage and recycling. Yankton, SD, Erickson Press, 2008. 64 p. Pennybacker, Mindy. Do one green thing: saving the earth through simple, everyday choices. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin, c2010. 270 p. Rogers, Heather. Gone tomorrow: the hidden life of garbage. New York, New Press; Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 288 p. Beavan, Colin. No impact man: the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. 274 p. Bjornlund, Lydia. Going green. Detroit, Lucent Books, c2009. 120 p. Consumable goods. Chicago, World Book, c2009. 64 p. Do it yourself: a handbook for changing our world. Edited by the Trapese Collective. London, Ann Arbor, MI, Pluto Press, 2007. 306 p. Dorfman, Josh. The lazy environmentalist: your guide to easy, stylish, green living. New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007. 271 p. Dorfman, Josh. The lazy environmentalist on a budget: save money, save time, save the planet. New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, c2009. 221 p. Endangered earth. New York, The Rosen Pub. Group, 2008. 133 p. Fine, Doug. Farewell, my Subaru: an epic adventure in local living. New York, Villard, 2008. 210 p. Green living: the E magazine handbook for living lightly on the earth. By the editors of E: the environmental magazine. New York, Plume, c2005. 320 p. The Green movement. Debra A. Miller, book editor. Detroit, Greenhaven Press, c2010. 219 p. Hill, Julia Butterfly, and Jessica Hurley. One makes the difference: inspiring actions that change our world. San Francisco, CA, HarperSanFrancisco, c2002. 198 p. Hirschmann, Kris. Going green. Yankton, SD, Erickson Press, 2008. 64 p. Kostigen, Thomas M. You are here: exposing the vital link between what we do and what that does to our planet. New York, HarperOne, c2008. 256 p. McCartney, Christine, and Samantha Booth. The earth handbook: everyday extraordinary. Glasgow, Saraband, c2009. 400 p. McDilda, Diane Gow. The everything green living book: easy ways to conserve energy, protect your family’s health, and help save the environment. Avon, MA, Adams Media, c2007. 303 p. McDonough, William, and Michael Braungart. Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. New York, North Point Press, 2002. 193 p. Morgan, Erinn. Going green: step-by-step instruction for living a budget-conscious, earth-friendly lifestyle in eight weeks or less. Boston, Course Technology, c2009. 218 p. Rogers, Elizabeth, and Thomas M. Kostigen. The green book: the everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time. New York, Three Rivers Press, c2007. 201 p. Sivertsen, Linda, and Tosh Sivertsen. Generation green: the ultimate teen guide to living an eco-friendly life. New York, Simon Pulse, 2008. 248 p. Trask, Crissy. It’s easy being green: a handbook for earth-friendly living. Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith, c2006. 168 p. Vartan, Starre. The Eco Chick guide to life: how to be fabulously green. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008. 254 p. Gleason, Carrie. Environmental activist. New York, Crabtree Pub. Co., c2010. 32 p. The Ten minute activist: easy ways to take back the planet. Edited by M. Ryan Hess. New York, Nation Books, c2007. 278 p. Vaughn, Jacqueline. Environmental activism: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, c2003. 329 p. Altar, Anna. What can you do with an old red shoe? A green activity book about re-use. New York, Henry Holt, c2009. 32 p.
Bull, Jane. Make it! Don’t throw it away--create something amazing! New York, DK Pub., 2011. 63 p. Civardi, Anne. Bowls and boxes. Mankato, MN, Sea-to-Sea Publications, 2010. 32 p. Conner, Nikki. Cardboard boxes. Brookfield, CT, Copper Beech Books, 1996. 1 v. (unpaged) Diehn, Gwen, Terry Krautwurst, and Bobbe Needham. Nature smart: awesome projects to make with mother nature’s help. New York, Main Street, c2003. 398 p. Irvin, Christine M. Cardboard tube mania. New York, Children’s Press, c2002. 31 p. Irvin, Christine M. Egg carton mania. New York, Children’s Press, c2002. 32 p. Irvin, Christine M. Milk carton mania. New York, Children’s Press, 2002. 32 p. Irvin, Christine M. Paper cup mania. New York, Children’s Press, c2002. 32 p. Irvin, Christine M. Paper plate mania. New York, Children’s Press, c2002. 31 p. Jones, Jen. Cool crafts with cardboard and wrapping paper: green projects for resourceful kids. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2011. 32 p. Lampe, Tracie. Upcycled accessories: 25 projects using repurposed plastic. Cincinnati, OH, North Light Books, 2010. 127 p. Look what you can make with plastic-foam trays. Edited by Kelly Milner Halls. Honesdale, PA, Boyds Mills Press, 2003. 48 p. Martin, Laura C. Recycled crafts box: sock puppets, cardboard castles, bottle bugs & 37 more earth-friendly projects & activities you can create. North Adams, MA, Storey Kids, c2003. 88 p. Shoup, Kate. Rubbish! Reuse your refuse. Hoboken, NJ, Wiley Pub., c2008. 131 p. Sirrine, Carol. Cool crafts with old CDs: green projects for resourceful kids. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2010. Sirrine, Carol. Cool crafts with old jeans: green projects for resourceful kids. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2010. 32 p. Sirrine, Carol. Cool crafts with old T-shirts: green projects for resourceful kids. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2010. 32 p. Sirrine, Carol. Cool crafts with old wrappers, cans, and bottles: green projects for resourceful kids. Mankato, MN, Capstone Press, c2010. 32 p. Smith, Heather, and Joe Rhatigan. Earth-friendly crafts for kids: 50 awesome things to make with recycled stuff. New York, Lark Books, c2002. 144 p. Wasinger, Susan. Eco craft: recycle-recraft-restyle. New York, Lark Books, 2009. 128 p. For More Information:Internet Resources Earth Times Eco Friendly Kids Eco-Schools The Edible Schoolyard Eelink The Encyclopedia of Earth Environmental Kids Club Global Stewards Project Learning Tree Wastefreelunches.org Journals that often contain articles on environmental education.
Other journals that often contain articles relevant to environmental issues.
Library of Congress ResourcesScience Reference Section Science Subject Guide -- Environmental Sciences Examples include:
Other Library of Congress Resources Ecology and the American Environment - American Memory The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 - American Memory Explorations in American Environmental History - Teachers Nature and the Environment - Teachers Talkin’Bout My Green Generation - The Wise Guide Guide Compiled by Ally Frueh, SRS Intern, July 2011. |
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