Name: Teaching Green -- The Elementary Years By Tim Grant
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Teaching Green -- The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5 by Tim Grant

Teaching Green, the Elementary Years is a complete ""green"" teaching resource. The book contains over 50 of the best teaching strategies and activities contributed to Green Teacher magazine over the last decade by educators across North America. All of the articles have been reviewed and updated for publication in this useful volume.

It offers a wealth of kid-tested ideas covering a wide spectrum of environmental topics from biodiversity to resource use to green technology, and helps teachers discover practical projects and new learning strategies that promote interdisciplinary, hands-on learning about natural systems and foster critical thinking about environmental issues. Supported by rich illustrations and a curriculum index, this book will be essential to educators seeking innovative ideas for exploring green themes inside and outside their classrooms.

About Tim Grant

Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn are former high school teachers and the editors of Green Teacher magazine. Published in Toronto since 1991, Green Teacher is an award-winning non-profit quarterly offering practical ideas for K-12 educators and parents who seek to foster environmental literacy and global awareness in young people.

Getting an Early Start: Environmental Education for Young Children; Young Children as Environmental Citizens; Green Empowerment in Kindergarten; Environmental Project Learning; Democratic Education for Environmental Stewardship; Guiding Your School Towards Environmental Literacy; The Single Concept Field Trip; From Pattern to Principle: Discovering Science Through Observing Patterns in Nature; Studying Pond Creatures; The Numbered Forest; An Overnight Trip with First-graders; Enjoying Winter with Your Class; The Art of Science; Teaming with Nature; The Creative Journal: A Power Tool for Learning; Evaluating Nature Journals; Forest Studies with Children; A Walk in the Tropical Rainforest; Making Connections with Insect Royalty; Meet the Monarch!; Tracking Migratory Animals On-line; Mouse Roulette; Animals in the Classroom; he Great Lakes Food Web Drama; Marine Food Web Simulation; Population Pressure; Mathematics and Garbage; Animals in Jeopardy; Investigating Air Quality; The Water Game; A Working Model of a Stream; One Fish, Two Fish; Investigating Ocean Pollution; Questing: Discovering Community Treasures; Asphalt Artisans: Creating a Community Eco-map; Educating the Community: A Watershed Model Project; Monument to a River: An Interactive Playground Structure; Waste-Free Lunches: A Lesson in Environmental Stewardship; Warriors of the Rainbow; Cool Schools: A School-wide Conflict Resolution Program; Global Education in Kindergarten; The World in a Cake; Learning About Interconnectedness; Around the World in 90 Days; Development Days: A School-wide Theme; Teaching Children about Chronic Hunger; Creative Visualisation with Children; The Power of Stories; Earth Tales; Celebrating Earth Week: Elemental Connections; Index.

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9780865715349

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0865715343

Title

Teaching Green -- The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5 by Tim Grant

Author

Tim Grant

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Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

New Society Publishers

Year published

2005-05-19

Number of pages

256

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Teaching Green -- The Elementary Years Tim Grant

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