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Use the filters below to view resources for a particular topic, grade, publication date, or genre by entering the topic or grade level you are seeking into the corresponding box in the second row of the table. If you have trouble filtering on a specific grade (esp. K, 1 or 2), put single quotes around the grade (e.g. ‘K’, ‘1’ or ‘2’). Or you can download the full list of GREEN TEAM Virtual Library Curriculum resources (xslx).
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Topic(s) | Title | Source | Grade | Grades | Pages | Year | About | Link | Physical Resource | |
Clean Air | Clean Air Activities (Idling Reduction) | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 4 | The Idling Reduction Pledge is a teaching tool to empower students to help reduce air pollution at school and in the community. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clean-Air-Activities.pdf | |||
Clean Air | Idling Reduction Pledge Form | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 1 | Pledge to improve and protect air quality in the community by turning off a vehicle's engine when parked or waiting. | https://www.thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Idling-Reduction-Pledge-2012.pdf | |||
Climate Change | Trash and Climate Change | EPA | '4', '5' | 4-5 | 11 | 2000 | This is an activity book that discusses how waste reduction impacts the effects of climate change. | https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/k00-001.pdf | X | |
Climate Change | Climate Change Scorecard Activity | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 4 | The Climate Change Scorecard is a teaching tool to empower students to combat climate change. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Climate-Change-Scorecard-Activity.pdf | |||
Climate Change | Climate Change Scorecard | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 5 | A list of ways we can reduce our energy use and help counteract pollution. Keep track of the actions taken and get points for each! | Climate Change Scorecard | |||
Climate Change | Light Bulb Energy Reduction Pledge Form | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 1 | Reduce climate change by saving energy and replacing old lightbulbs whenever possible. | Light Bulb Energy Reduction Pledge Form | |||
Climate Change | Light Bulb Energy Efficiency Lesson Plan | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 3 | Calculate the energy savings between LED, fluorescent, and incandescent lightbulbs. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lightbulb-Lesson-Plan-2018.pdf | |||
Composting | Composting Scraps to Soil: A How-To Guide for School Composting | Green Mountain Farm to School (original was from Association of VT Recycler) | '3', '4', '5', '6' | 3-6 | 19 | 2010 | Introduces how to develop, implement, and monitor a school compost project. | http://greenmountainfarmtoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Guide-to-Staring-a-School-Compost-Program.pdf | ||
Composting | Compost! Because a Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste | Cornell Cooperative Ext | '9', '10', '11', '12' | 9-12 | 65 | 2017 | Provides detailed guidance for larger institutions (schools) and businesses (grocery stores) to implement a food scrap-composting program. | https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/52083 | X | |
Composting | Composting in the Classroom: Scientific Inquiry for High School Students | Cornell Waste Mgmt | '9', '10', '11', '12' | 9-12 | 22 | 1998 | Provides research topics and questions applicable to composting | https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/3338/CompostingInTheClassroom.pdf | ||
Composting | School Composting Resource Package | MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 40 | 2016 | Lesson plans, background information, and resources on composting with students. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MassDEP-School-Composting-Resource-Package.pdf | ||
Composting | Composting is Easy Poster | MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | Depicts key steps for easy composting on one side and the “Food web of the compost pile” on the other side. | https://www.thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Composting-is-Easy.pdf | ||||
Composting | Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment | Mary Appelhof | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 232 | 2003 | These activities relate to the vermicomposting book "Worms Eat My Garbage", and incorporate science, mathematics, language arts, biology, solid waste issues, ecology, and the environment. | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/351886.Worms_Eat_Our_Garbage | ||
Composting | Composting Lesson Plan | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 4 | Composting provides an opportunity for students to observe the decomposition process and energy cycle at work, produces a valuable soil supplement, and reduces the amount of organic material requiring landfilling or incineration. | https://www.thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Compost-Lesson-Plan-2012.pdf | |||
Composting | Food Web of the Compost Pile Poster | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 1 | Shows soil organisms and their role in decomposing residues. | https://www.thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Compost-Food-Web-Poster.pdf | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Recycling Curriculum | The Can Manufacturers Institute | '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | 4-12 | 0 | 2017 | These curricula highlight the benefits of recycling and promote environmentally responsible behavior. | http://www.cancentral.com/recycling-sustainability/programs-initiatives/educational-curriculum | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Waste in Place | Keep America Beautiful | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 0 | 2016 | Keep America Beautiful provides a variety of activities and lessons related to waste reduction. | https://kab.org/education/waste-in-place/ | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | A to Z Recycling Lesson Plans | A-Z Teacher Stuff | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5' | K-5 | 0 | 2018 | This website provides printable activities, games, and lesson plans to teach kids about recycling. | http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Recycling/ | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Bottle Biology | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8' | 1-8 | 119 | 1993 | Explores science and the environment using soda bottles and other recyclable materials. | http://www.bottlebiology.org/ | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Chameleon Condos: Critters and Critical Thinking | Craig Berg | '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8' | 1-8 | 56 | 2011 | Provides instructions to build and use small critter habitats made from recycled 2-liter bottles. | https://www.amazon.com/Chameleon-Condos-Critters-Critical-Thinking/dp/1936601036 | X | |
Solid Waste-Recycling | Case of the Broken Loop | EPA | '4', '5' | 4-5 | 12 | 1998 | This is a fun, investigating activity for kids to learn about waste reduction. | https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/4-6.pdf | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Recycling: Conserving Natural Resources | Earth Science Videolab | '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | 7-12 | 0 | The kit of materials includes the "Recycling: Conserving Natural Resources" DVD and ten hands-on activities that focus on our renewable and non-renewable resources. | https://www.teachersupplysource.com/product/62947/recycling-earth-science-videolab-with-dvd/ | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Solid Waste Management Resource Guide | MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 267 | 1996 | This curriculum covers many different areas of solid waste management and environmental awareness for school systems. | http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/recycle/reduce/m-thru-x/swmguide.pdf | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Slash Trash Lesson Plan | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 4 | Raise awareness about the problems associated with waste disposal and help students discover how to reduce, reuse, and recycle instead. Help students track and measure the results of their actions and see the difference they can make. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Slash-Trash_online_K-12.pdf | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Slash Trash Report | Green Team/MassDEP | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 1 | Track how many bags of trash your family produces and find out how many bags of trash your family can slash. | https://www.thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Slash-Trash_last-page.pdf | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | School Slash Trash Report Extension | Green Team/MassDEP | 6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | 6-12 | 2 | Create and implement a strategy to reduce waste at school. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/School-Slash-Trash-Report-Extension.pdf | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | School Slash Trash Analysis Addenda | Green Team/MassDEP | 6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | 6-12 | 1 | Additional analysis options that provide connections to the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework, and can be used to supplement the Questions to Guide Analysis in the School Slash Trash extension. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/School-Slash-Trash-Analysis-Addenda.pdf | |||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Cyberchase | Trash Dash Game | PBS | 'K', '1', '2', '3' | K-3 | 4 | 2014 | Teams compete to earn as many points as possible by sorting things into bins for reuse, recycling, compost, or landfill. | https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/cyb9sciecoecotrash/trash-dash-game/#.WiqwFUqnFdg | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Planet Protectors Create Less Waste in the First Place | EPA | 'K', '1', '2', '3' | K-3 | 12 | 1999 | This is an activity booklet for kids to try different reuse and recycling activities with a jar. | https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/jellyjar.pdf | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Follow That Trail! | EPA | 'K', '1', '2', '3' | K-3 | 12 | 1998 | This is an activity booklet for kids to find out about resource conservation and recycling through various activities. | https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/k-3.pdf | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Ecology Crafts for Kids | Bobbe Needham | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6' | K-6 | 144 | 1999 | Earth friendly crafts to do using recycled materials. | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29823390-ecology-crafts-for-kids | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | The Quest for Less: Activities and Resources for Teaching K-8 | EPA | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8' | K-8 | 229 | 2005 | This guide provides hands-on lessons and activities, enrichment ideas, journal writing assignments, and other educational tools related to preventing and reducing waste. | https://www.epa.gov/students/quest-less-activities-and-resources-teaching-k-8 | ||
Various | EPA Environmental Resources | EPA | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 0 | 2018 | The EPA provides environmental and science based lesson plans, activities and ideas on a range of topics. | https://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online-environmental-resources-educators | ||
Solid Waste-Recycling | Pack a Waste Free Lunch | EPA | 'K', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12' | K-12 | 2 | 2006 | Provides tips for packing a waste free lunch which can be eaten, reused, recycled, or composted. | https://thegreenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pack-a-Waste-Free-Lunch.pdf |