School as a Teaching Tool Curriculum Ideas

Curriculum ideas

This document is intended to provide teachers with a starting point for the curriculum assembled for LEED for Schools IDc3: The School as a Teaching Tool. There are many websites dedicated to environmental education and this guide just covers a small portion of those. Research other options and websites in addition to the ones provided in this document. Also check out the websites listed in the Resources section of IDc3.

Site Selection

Educators can take advantage of local opportunities provided by the school’s development choices to develop local field trips which focus on the ecologies surrounding the site.

Plant or Animal Inventory

Compile a plant or animal inventory of the school’s garden. Discovering and observing the ecosystems within a garden provide opportunities for students to become aware of the important relationships between insects, plants and animals.

Ask students questions on plant and animal life. What are some animals and plants that are important for the health of people and other animals? What benefits do these animals and plants provide us that we do not want to do without? What things do these animals and plants need so that they can survive? What should be done to make sure that the plants and animals that we need are healthy? Why do we want some beautiful and rare things to survive?

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