For Teachers
ABCs of Environmental Education
hi-res 2.8 MB 
Welcome to Aluminum Beverage Cans: The ABCs of Environmental Education, an easy and fun resource for teaching elementary students many important concepts about the environment. Environmental education is a lifelong process that must begin early to instill lasting habits in our environmental caretakers of tomorrow. It includes background information, in-class experiments and extracurricular activities intended to meet the environmental education material guidelines of the North American Association for Environmental Education and Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Anatomy of a Landfill
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Illustration depicts a cross section of the standard environmental protection technologies of modern landfills.
Environmental Outreach Activity Book
hi-res 900k
Presented by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Environmental Outreach Glossary
hi-res 180k
Presented by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Environmental Sustainability Toolkit
hi-res 1.7 MB
The Environmental Sustainability Kit is a set of tools—ideas, procedures, and resources—to help local leaders, residents, and businesses work toward making their own communities more sustainable. While sustainability encompasses many things, from affordable health care and housing to a safe and clean environment, we have focused the Environmental Sustainability Kit on the environmental and pollution prevention aspects of sustainable communities efforts.
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences
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The TNRCC’s Teaching Environmental Sciences (TES) program is a graduate-level course and for teachers and nonformal educators interested in integrating environmental topics into their lessons and activities. Teachers who have participated in a TES course developed the lesson plans and ideas for field trips and other activities contained in this publication.
Talkin' Trash with ABCs
hi-res 11.8 MB
low-res 10.4 MB
Welcome to the interdisciplinary curriculum module, Talkin’
Trash with ABCs (Aluminum Beverage Cans). Designed for
middle level students, this resource embeds the concepts of
environmental education in the investigation of aluminum
beverage can recycling. It includes background information, in-class experiments and extracurricular activities intended to meet the U.S. Department of Education Project 2061’s Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
The Worm Guide: A Vermicomposting Guide for Teachers
hi-res 1.4 MB
Distributed by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, this guide provides information and activities on vermicomposting.
Quick Links
ABCs of Environmental Education
Anatomy of a Landfill
Environmental Outreach Activity Book
Environmental Outreach Glossary
Environmental Sustainability Toolkit
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences
Talkin' Trash with ABCs
The Worm Guide: A Vermicomposting Guide for Teachers
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