Resources
Watershed Education
This Lake Alive! An Interdisciplinary Handbook for Teaching and Learning about the Lake Champlain Basin, Written by Amy B. Demarest, Published by Shelburne Farms
Watershed: A Successful Voyage into Integrative Learning, by Mark Springer
Teaching at the edge, by John Elder. In Stories in the land: A place-based environmental education anthology (pp. 1-13), Ed. by John Elder. In Nature Literacy Series, The Orion Society.
Water Dance, by Thomas Locker
River of Words—Images and Poetry in Praise of Water, by Pamela Michael
Come Back Salmon:: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life, by Molly Cone
Where ancient stories guide children home. by Rosenberg, J., & Nabhan, G. (1997). Natural History, 7, 263-268.
When a Butterfly Sneezes, Linda Booth Sweeney
Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems, by Linda Booth Sweeney
The Power of Community-Centered Education: Teaching as a Craft of Place, by M. Umphrey.
Find additional resources specific to particular places in the Scales of Inquiry sidebar.
Learning outside the Classroom
Place-based Curriculum Design: Exceeding Standards through Local Investigations by Amy B. Desmarest
Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Learning, by Claire Walker Leslie, John Tallmadge, and Tom Wessels
Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficient disorder, by Richard Louv
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You. By Clare Walker Leslie
Kids as planners: A guide to strengthening students, schools and communities through service, by T. Harkins, B. Kaufman, and F. Rudoff, KIDS Consortium
It's Our World, Too, by Phillip Hoose
Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of people who are helping to protect our planet, by Harriet Rohmer
Websites
Acorn Naturalists
For more environmental education resources, their catalog—which has everything from water-testing kits to turtle puppets to story books and more—is an education all by itself.
Our Watershed (an Athabascan service-learning curriculum unit)
Find other place-specific resources for field-based and service learning, and link to exemplary projects from around the country and around the globe in the National and Global Scales of Inquiry sidebar.
Curriculum Design
Understanding by Design, by G. Wiggins and J. McTighe.
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You. By Clare Walker Leslie.
Teaching Green - The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Teaching Green - The Middle Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades 6-8, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Teaching Green - The High School Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades 9-12, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Websites
Find additional resources specific to particular places in the Scales of Inquiry sidebar.
Professional Development
CBEI WORKSHOP RESOURCES
Climate Change Workshop for Teachers
March 10, 2012 at Saint Michaels College, Colchester, VT
The goal of this event was to share resources and tools for teaching about climate change. It was a stimulating day of new information, dialogue, and classroom applications in an innovative format of presentations, lab work, and computer time. The day's events are summarized in more detail at the WatershED Matters blog.
In addition, the following resources from the workshop are available.
- Detailed agenda.
- Kenote Address by Richard Kujawa: “Climate Change, Water and People: A Geographer’s View”
- Lab Exercise: “Amped Up: How feedback loops may amplify climate change.” Facilitated by Kara Lenorovitz.
- Presentation: “Climate and Climate Change 101: Tools and understanding for integrating the atmosphere into the K-12 curriculum.” Facilitated by Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux.
- Google Earth Resources and Tips from the UVM Center for Teaching & Learning.
Student Work
An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students, by Ron Berger
Open-ended tasks involve students in connecting their learning to the real world. By P Moulds. In Education Leadership 61(4), 75-78.
Looking at student work for teacher learning, teacher community, and school reform. By Little, J.W., Gearhart, M., Curry, M., & Kafka, J. In Phi Delta Kappan, 85(3), 184-192.