Waters, J.K. (2011). Teaching green. the Journal, Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/06/teaching-green.aspx
John K. Waters composed an article with a goldmine of environmental websites for students and teachers. For the younger students, websites A Walk in the Woods and EEK (Environmental Education for Kids) will teach them about what it is like to live in a green environment (for the urban dwellers), as well as provide an abundance of environmental information for research project assignments they may have. EEK is like an e-magazine for young students as well as students in high school.
High school students can also learn more about their personal "ecological footprint" when they take the Ecololgical Footprint Quiz (on the website with the same name). An ecological footprint goes beyond the carbon footprint, as it includes your housing footprint and goods/services footprint, too. This quiz is a great item to add to a high school environmental lesson plan.
Teachers can find several lesson plans, environmental background information, and class activities for all age groups on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Teaching Center website. How awesome is that?
Should teachers incorporate environmental issues into their lesson plans?
Absolutely! We live in an age of environmental endangerment, and all teachers can help remedy our future with the implementation of envrionmental education in the classroom.
How can busy teachers incorporate environmental issues into their lesson plans?
I think the more appropriate question is "How can they not?" The websites listed in John K. Waters' article are great places to gain useful information and lesson plans. It wouldn't take alot of time out of the other important parts of daily curriculum to plant a seed in the minds of your students.
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