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Oregon Natural Resources Education Program

Educator Resources


The curriculum and educational materials adopted and distributed by ONREP aligns with the 

We are happy to provide formal and nonformal educators with a host of materials from Project Learning Tree (PLT) & Project WILD curriculum to local Oregon-based books, posters, pamphlets, videos, virtual field trips, and other materials produced by local organizations, including the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and others.

What's New

ONREP is now Oregon's Project WET host! 

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Project WET

Project WET is an international environmental education program, that advances water education to understand global challenges and inspire local solutions.

Curriculum

Curriculum


The cornerstone of ONREP professional development are three nationally recognized environmental education curricula: Project Learning Tree (PLT), Project WILD, Project WET and BEETLES (Better Environmental Education, Teaching, Learning & Expertise Sharing). These curricula explore the interrelationship of forests, wildlife, outdoor education and their connection to our lives, through field-based, hands-on activities that develop critical thinking skills.

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Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.  PLT uses the forest as a “window on the world” to advance environmental literacy and promote stewardship through excellence in environmental education, professional development, and curriculum resources.

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Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, and Flying WILD provide wildlife-based conservation and environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources. All curriculum materials are backed by sound educational practices and theory, and represent the work of many professionals within the fields of education and natural resource management from across the country.

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Project WET's mission is to advance water education to understand global challenges and inspire local actions. Their resources for educators include award-winning education books, guides, maps, posters, and downloadable resources. Resources meet educational standards and are designed to complement existing curricula.

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This website has a list of the 100 best nature books, identified by CNN, Forbes, and Inc-Book Authority. The list has a rating, a summary of the book, reviews, and where you can purchase the book.

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  • List of 19 podcasts that you can listen to with children, all of the podcasts are science related. Each listing has a description of the podcast.

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  • A Song of Frutas written by Margarita Engle tells the story of a girl and grandfather running a fruit stand. This book will teach young students about the names of fruits while older children will learn about the immigrant experience.

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  • Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water written by Jorge Tetl Argueta vividly tells the story of a water droplet that goes through the water cycle. Children will learn how water moves through the Earth and through the clouds.

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  • All Around Us written by Xelena González tells the story of a young girl who asked her grandfather about nature. They move through topics such as family traditions, rainbows, the life cycle of plants, and lessons from Mother Nature. This book helps students to understand our relationship with nature.

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  • I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama written by Maya Christina Gonzalez teaches students about our relationships with nature through the story of a young girl who loves the water. As she narrates the story she describes her favorite river and how she feels when she’s near it.

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  • The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by María Garcia Esperón is a collection of captivating short stories inspired by the rich cultural heritage of the Aztec people. Young readers will explore the origins of the world and gain insight into the diverse cultural traditions of the Aztec civilization, spanning from coast to coast.

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  • The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez recounts the tale of the ciguapas, mythical creatures from Dominican folklore who have backward-facing feet, leaving no trace behind. Through this enchanting story, students will learn about the importance of kindness and empathy.

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  • The Weather / El tiempo written by Gladys Rosa- Mendoza uses colorful illustrations to teach young learners about the different types of weather using both Spanish and English.

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  • Project Learning Tree created a list of Latinx and Hispanic-focused experiences in the outdoors. In this list, the books will explore concepts that may be familiar to educators of preschool to elementary-aged students, as well as tell stories that explore our relationship with nature. 

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  • Outdoor Families Magazine compiled a list of 35 nature books for kids. Each listing has an age range for the book, how many pages per book, and a summary of the book.
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  • This website has a list of 50 nature books for children. Each book has a link that will lead to where the book can be purchased or accessed.

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  • Access Recreation, a Portland-based organization compiles detailed trail information for hikers of all abilities and experience levels. The trail reviews don't intend to identify trails which are considered ADA accessible, but rather to share information about select trails of interest, as they are, so people with disabilities can make their own determination about whether to try a trail or not.

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  • This PDF divides Oregon into separate watershed districts. Each district lists several locations that rate restrooms, drinking water, fishing, hunting, camping, picnic sites, boat access, interpretive sites, views, and parking based on accessibility. Categories include ADA accessible, usable, available, and facilities nearby.

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  • Accessible Adventures in the Pacific Northwest is a series of videos produced by the US Forest Service to make the outdoors accessible to all through videos and also test how accessible each of the sites are for people with physical limitations. It explores trails in Washington and Oregon.

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  • The goals of the African American Outdoor Association are to conduct active outdoor excursions that encourage African Americans to explore the natural environment. Promote healthy living by encouraging families to shift to physically active lifestyles. Increase knowledge and appreciation of the beauty and natural resources of the Pacific Northwest, and build community around active living.

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  • This website features links that demonstrate the correlations between educational standards and Project Learning Tree activities, including National and State Standards, as well as early childhood and nonformal programs such as 4-H and Girl Scouts.

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  • Summary page of facts about Bald Eagles and resource links to learn more about this species of bird. 

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  • Online guide to birds and bird watching, includes a feature to ID birds, information on how to house them, feed them, live cams, and online courses.
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  • The Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide is geared toward formal and nonformal educators with many resources including WILD Work, in step with STEM, field investigations, and more!

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  • The Arbor Day Foundation strives to make our world a greener and better place to live by educating people on the importance of trees, including Tree Campus K-12 resources.
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  • This page aims to bring together activities from across Audubon's national network of environmental educators, including the classroom curriculum Audubon Adventures, plus related DIY activities and content from Audubon's editors. These activities can be done at home or in a yard or park, sometimes with the help of a computer.
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  • This resource is a printable Bingo card for elementary students that they can use right ouside their door.
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  • BEETLES provides resources for outdoor science programs, classroom teachers, and field instructors to improve the quality of outdoor science education.  BEETLES curriculum is based on five primary design principles; engage students directly with nature, think like a scientist, learn through discussions, experience instruction based on how people learn, and participate in inclusive, equitable, and culturally relevant learning environments. 

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  • Brains On is a science podcast for curious kids and adults. Each week, a different kid co-host joins Molly Bloom to find answers to science questions about the world. The mission is to encourage kids' natural curiosity and wonder using science and history.
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  • Budburst is a community approach to plant conservation, its headquaters is the Chicago Botantical Garden. People can participate in projects, contribute to research, collaborate with fellow community scientists, and discover nature.
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  • The Center for Geography Education in Oregon offers a range of activities and resources for students in grades K-12. Their materials cover a variety of topics, including biomes, longitude and latitude, natural hazards, and the histories of different countries. Each lesson plan is comprehensive, providing educational standards, suggested time frames, required materials, key vocabulary, background information, and additional resources.

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  • The Childrens Forest of Central Oregon is a network of 25+ public, private, and non-profit organizations working to connect children and families to nature through learning, exploration, and play. They have a strong focus on equity and inclusion, working to connect underserved audiences to impactful experiences in nature.

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  • The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde offers two large maps (15 by 20 feet and 15 by 11.25 feet) available for schools to rent. These maps provide an interactive way for students to engage with the material being taught. They are available at no cost, with only a request form needed to secure a rental.

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  • Confluence in the Classroom has connected students to place through art and education by introducing them to Native artists and culture bearers from the Chinook Nation, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and Nez Perce Tribe. Together, Native educators, students, and teachers embark on a year-long learning journey. Field trips to sites with significant environmental and cultural stories are highlights of these journeys.

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  • Confluence connects the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. The library contains stories, audio recordings, articles, videos, and image galleries of Indigenous voices and experiences.

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  • Creciendo WILD is an early childhood guide focused on nature and wildlife. It fosters children’s curiosity about the natural world while developing strong academic skills. The activities are entirely in Spanish.

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  • Free online course that supports outdoor educators in engaging with culturally responsive incorporation of Indigenous studies concepts into outdoor education curriculum and programming. While outdoor school programs in Oregon serve fifth and sixth grade students, course content applies broadly to all outdoor and experiential education.

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  • Staff and students from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of Sheffield share perspectives and examples on decolonising curriculum.

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  • Case study exploring cultural relevance, equity, and inclusion in the outdoor and environmental education field. The publication summarizes lessons learned including inequitable participation patterns and provides tools and strategies.

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  • The Discover the Forest campaign, a public service campaign created by the Ad Council in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, encourages parents of tweens to experience the outdoors with their family to strengthen their connection with nature and each other. By exploring local parks and forests, parents and caregivers make the forest part of their famil (y's story, and introduce their children to an environment where imagination thrives and memories are made. Includes virtual field trips, activities, and resources.

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  • Earthday.org’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earthday.org is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet. .
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  • Through the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Education website, you can access information on financial aid, Head Start programs, the immersion school, and more.

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  • Through The Klamath Tribes’ website, you can access information about the Johnson O’Malley Program. This program provides financial support to K-12 students for any classroom or school-related activity or item they may need.

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  • The Burns Paiute Tribe education website page offers a wealth of resources for academic success. Through this site, students can access virtual tutoring (for all grades), educational assistance, scholarships, and more. The Tribe’s Educational Program aims to ensure that students achieve their full potential with the support of dedicated teachers.

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  • The Confederated Tribes of Coos, lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians’ education website page assist Tribal Members with their academic careers, whether through financial aid or supplemental learning activities. It has a section dedicated to K-12 students that provides information on tutoring, summer school, and student recognition dinners.    

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  • The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde education  website page offers a section of various recreational activities, and features a curriculum. The curriculum covers subjects ranging from science to art through worksheets, presentations, exit tickets, and more for all grade levels.

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  • The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians education  website page provides various resources to help students excel academically. This includes information on supplemental education, scholarships, post-secondary education, childcare assistance, and more. It also offers a curriculum for grades K-11 that informs students about Siletz history, health, and traditions.

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  • The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Education Program focuses on integrating cultural practices and historical knowledge into all of their programs. They offer resources such as after school education, a CTUIR Language Program, and Title VI Youth Services to broaden the education and knowledge of Tribal Members.

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  • Environment for the Americas grew out of the success of International Migratory Bird Day, which celebrates migratory birds throughout Canada, the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The website offers virtual field trips, resource directly, training, outreach to LatinX Communities, and bird IQ activities and quizzes.

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  • EEAO strives to cultivate environmental literacy and engagment among diverse community leaders in Oregon. The organization is a network of educators, administrators, resource professionals, nature centers, environmental educators, and volunteers in the field of environmental education.

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  • Essential Understandings of Native Americans in Oregon provides information on the history, government, identity, language, treaties, genocide, and other aspects of the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon. The purpose of this document is to serve as a foundational resource for any subsequent curriculum.

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  • Explora tu Ambiente offers 50 hands-on activities in Spanish, designed for students in grades K-8. This curriculum guide helps develop students' environmental knowledge and awareness through engaging activities both inside and outside the classroom. Formal and nonformal educators, and natural resource professionals can integrate these activities into existing curricula or programs.

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  • Families in Nature is an outdoor education program. Their vision is to inspire all families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists. Activities are aimed at teaching children and their parents about ecology and conservation through hands-on experiences in nature, while they spend quality family time together.
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  • Feeder Watch is a citizen science project survey of birds that visit backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. There are resources for getting started, bird IDs, feeder cams, and a blog to help connect people.
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  • Wildlife
  • Outdoor
  • The purpose of Project WILD's Flying WILD guide is to engage middle schools in bird education efforts with the intent of encouraging increased environmental stewardship among youth. Special emphasis is placed on creating an approach that is readily adaptable for urban schools, often with underserved students who traditionally receive few opportunities to participate in environmental education initiatives.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Educational Standards
  • The “Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban” (Guiding for Tomorrow) or “G-WOW” Initiative is a unique educational methodology to increase awareness of how climate change is affecting the environment, people, cultures, and economies; and promoting action to address it .

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Climate
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Qapqápnim Wéele / Grande Ronde Community Science Project ​is a participant driven science research program that engages youth in monitoring the Qapqápnim Wéele / Grande Ronde watershed and integrates Indigenous ways of knowing with western science practices.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Citizen Science
  • Water
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education curriculum that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an early foundation for developing positive impressions about the natural world and lifelong social and academic skills.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Educational Standards
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Forest
  • The High Desert Museum provides educational opportunities for students and educators, including self-guided visits, online resources, kids camps, kits, educator resources.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Learning in Places is a collaborative network of families, educators, and community members working together to create a system for field-based science education in outdoor places. This website provides lessons for teachers and parents to use to teach their children/students about their local environment and ethical decision making.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Botany
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • i-Tree is a combination of science and free tools that: Quantifies the benefits and values of trees around the world. Aids in tree and forest management and advocacy. Shows potential risks to tree and forest health. Is based on peer-reviewed, USDA Forest Service Research.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Citizen Science
  • Outdoor
  • IEN is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination & exploitation by Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Grant
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Fire
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Indigenous STEAM Collaborative is a group of researchers and educators that engages in cognitive and community co-design research to advance general knowledge, develop pedagogical approaches for engaging youth in land- and water-based learning, and provide learning materials to Indigenous families. They apply what they learn to the development of learning tools for Indigenous youth and families, through collaboration with community organizations, educators, and families.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Wildlife
  • Forest
  • Botany
  • Water
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • This website is a wonderful free resource for all educators who want to incorporate Nature Journaling into their adventures outside. Nature Stewardship through science, education, and art.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Botany
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Justice Outside’s programs provide both established and aspiring outdoor professionals with the skills necessary to transform the environmental field into a more equitable and culturally relevant sector. Programs include training and support, cultural relevancy workshops for decision-makers at outdoor-focused organizations, Rising Leaders Fellowship, and Outdoor Educators Institute. Additionally, they offer a grant program prioritizing funding for programs led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Grant
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Fire
  • Justice
  • Culture & Identity
  • The North American Association for Environmental Education provides a series of resources that promote diversity and foster inclusion while teaching environmental science in the classroom. Resources range from reports, to stories, and websites.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Justice
  • Culture & Identity
  • Spanish Language
  • Accessibility
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • K-12 lessons to share and enhance understanding of Karuk history, language, traditions, natural resource management and living culture following the cultural protocols of the Karuk Tribe.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Climate
  • Water
  • Outdoor
  • Fire
  • Forest
  • Botany
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • Keep Oregon Green has a kids corner with nature based activities. They also offer a ranger program to help teach kids about the value of Oregon's forests.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Fire
  • Wildlife
  • Lab Coats Optional is a collection of three videos designed to introduce students to the life of field scientists. Includes correlations to NGSS standards.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Educational Standards
  • Fire
  • Latino Outdoors is a Latinx-led organization working to create a national community of leaders in conservation and outdoor education. They are focused on expanding and amplifying the Latinx experience in the outdoors; providing greater leadership, mentorship, and professional opportunities while serving as a platform for sharing cultural connections and narratives that are often overlooked by the traditional outdoor movement.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Culture & Identity
  • Spanish Language
  • Latino Verde is an organization that provides environmental storytelling from a Latinx perspective. This organization also provides guidance for young Latinx students on working in the environmental sciences, as well as providing resources for Spanish speakers interested in conservation and sustainability.

    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Spanish Language
  • Culture & Identity
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Leafsnap is a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. The free mobile apps use visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Citizen Science
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • This illustrated collection of essays addresses topics related to Oregon's forests, including wildlife, forestry and tree biology. The one-page essays were written by a team of natural resources specialists and then reviewed by teachers for content and readability and scientists for accuracy. Each essay includes reading comprehension questions.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Outdoor
  • Collection of forest education resources for K-2, including field programs, teacher professional development, publications, and curriculum.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Collection of forest education resources for 6-8, including field programs, teacher professional development, publications, and curriculum.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Collection of forest education resources for 9-12, including field programs, teacher professional development, publications, and curriculum.

    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Collection of forest education resources for K-2, including field programs, teacher professional development, publications, and curriculum.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Forest
  • This resource outlines the connections between the Oregon Forest Literacy Plan and educational standards, Project Learning Tree, Project WILD, and OFRI materials.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Educational Standards
  • Oregon Forest Resources Institute offers support to classrooms who have limited resources to access field studies, and will offer compensation towards travel fees.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Grant
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Talk About Trees is an interactive, science-based program for pre-school through eighth grade students. Programs are presented by experienced facilitators and offered free to classrooms throughout Oregon.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • The Indian Land Tenure Foundation created a curriculum for Pre-K through 12 educators to include Native American and Indigenous perspectives and stories into environmental science lessons.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Soil
  • Botany
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • This resource highlights the connections between various curricula and activities and educational standards and guidelines—including the Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan, Oregon Science Standards, Oregon Forest Resources Institute Materials, Project Learning Tree Activities, and Project WILD Activities and the Oregon Forest Literacy Plan for grades 9-12.

    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Forest
  • Monarch Watch strives to provide the public with information about the biology of monarch butterflies, their spectacular migration, and how to use monarchs to further science education in primary and secondary schools. They engage in research on monarch migration biology and monarch population dynamics to better understand how to conserve the monarch migration.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Citizen Science
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Mystery Science offers lesson plans specifically for distance learning for grades K-5. The plans have exit tickets, digital handouts and assigments, and it can be easily integrated into Google Classroom.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Website with natural science resources for kids, including games, videos, animal exploration, and brain boosters.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Video
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) outlines the National Geography Standards designed to ensure students master three key geography skills: factual knowledge, mental maps and tools, and ways of thinking. NCGE aims for all students to achieve proficiency in each standard by the time they graduate from high school.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Collection of free virtual tours of U.S. National parks that are interactive and dynamic. Powered by Google Earth.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Virtual Field Trip
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • National Wildlife Day serves to bring awareness of endangered animals nationally as well as globally, that need to be preserved and rescued and highlights organizations that strive to do that every day.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • The Schoolyard Habitats guide helps educators plan, build, and maintain a schoolyard garden.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • The National Museum of the American Indians provides educational materials, virtual student programs, and teacher training that incorporate Native narratives, more comprehensive histories, and accurate information to enlighten and inform teaching and learning about Native Americans.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Soil
  • Botany
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Native Plants and Foods Portal provides 5 educational toolkits that explore native and naturalized plants and foods from the Pacific Northwest region. This resource provides local Indigenous knowledge about the plants, and helps emphasize the relationships between you and plants, the community, and local areas. 

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Botany
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Natural Inquirer program produces a variety of science education materials for PreK through grade 12. Natural Inquirer products are produced by the USDA Forest Service, FIND Outdoors, and other cooperators and partners.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Video
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Outdoor
  • This website is a Spanish translation of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC provides recent news and information regarding the environmental climate crisis, environmental justice, and nature and wildlife.

    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Spanish Language
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Justice
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Virtual Field Trips produced by The Nature Conservancy include exotic places and animals as well as America's rainforests and deserts through the lens of water. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide, and student activities.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Virtual Field Trip
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • The NAAEE uses education to advance environmental literacy and civic engagement to create an equtiable and sustainable future. It provides a platfrom for all in the environmental education field to network, connect, and share resources and knowledge through conferences, blogs, eePRO groups, and newsletters.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • Collection of lessons plans for all grade bands from different organizations, on a variety of topics related to environmental education.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • This source provides a lesson plan and accompanying video regarding multiple environmental scientific topics. The website also provides multiple different environmental resource lesson plans for students K-8, and are available in both English and Spanish. (Spanish translation: Competencia en video sobre ecosistemas para niños | Ciencias para 6°, 7° y 8° grado (generationgenius.com))

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Spanish Language
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Culture & Identity
  • Accessible Nature provides a list of trails that are wheelchair accessible or are very easy for walking. Their goal is to make it easier for everyone to enjoy nature. Each trail states whether it is wheelchair accessible, if it has audio interpretive information or rope guides, and if the trail has any difficult steps including rocks or roots.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Accessibility
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Oregon Coast Aquarium connects people to the Oregon Coast and inspires ocean conservation. Their education programs include on-site visits, distance learning, teacher resources and outreach programs.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • ODE collection of resources to support edcuators, including teacher licensure, family engagement, educational standards, Oregon mentoring project, and teaching materials.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes have collaborated to create a curriculum specific to each tribe for Oregon public schools. The Klamath Tribes’ lessons for grades 1-3 focuses on C’waam and Koptu fish and the Klamath Basin. Grade 6 covers termination and restoration, while the 11th grade curriculum addresses the boarding school experience. The curriculum includes presentations, activities, worksheets, and videos.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Culture & Identity
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Water
  • Forest
  • The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians offers a curriculum for grades one through eleven, aiming to deliver accurate representations of Native American histories and cultures to students throughout Oregon. The lessons cover a variety of topics, from significant historical events to traditions passed down through generations.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes have collaborated to create a curriculum tailored to each tribe for Oregon public schools. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde curriculum grade band lessons cover all four main subjects: Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. Science topics encompass native plants, wildlife, land management, and more.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Botany
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes have collaborated to create a curriculum tailored to each tribe for Oregon public schools. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians curriculum primarily focuses on social studies and language arts, with only a few science-related activities. It encompasses a range of topics, from the land each tribe owns to their traditions.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Culture & Identity
  • Indigenous Resources
  • The Oregon Department of Education partnered with the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon to create lesson plans for grades 4, 5, 8, and 10. The lesson materials cover all core subjects as well as health, and include presentations, handouts, and discussion questions. Most of the materials are available in both Spanish and English.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Energy
  • Fire
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Botany
  • Water
  • Culture & Identity
  • Spanish Language
  • Indigenous Resources
  • The goal of the Oregon Environmental Literacy Program is to support teachers in collaboration with non-formal educators to foster Environmental Literacy of Kindergarten through 12th grade students by engaging students in activities and experiences that increase their awareness, understanding, and knowledge of the environment and their relationship to it.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Soil
  • Forest-based resources for Oregon educators, including videos, lessons plans, field-programs, and a host of publications.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Video
  • Website
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Fire
  • Climate
  • Outdoor
  • Oregon Parks Forever has a grant program called Ticket2Ride, which offers 3rd-5th grade students in Title I schools access to Oregon parks for experiential learning.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Grant
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Collection of news stories about research, work, collaborations by Oregon State University's College of Forestry.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
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  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor School is an immersive outdoor education experience for Oregon's 5th and 6th graders in the world's greatest classroom. In Oregon's natural landscape, students learn about themselves, their peers, the environment and natural resources, and leave with skills to prepare them for their future.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
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  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Wildlife
  • TrailLink provides information such as trail descriptions, maps, photos, and reviews for all the wheelchair accessible trails in Oregon.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Accessibility
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • Bring your virtual classroom to life with animals from the Oregon Zoo. Each live video is accompanied by a kid-approved activity related to the featured animal.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Virtual Field Trip
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • OSU Extension partners with communities in every county of Oregon to provide information, services and expertise to meet local challenges and help every Oregonian thrive. Programs focus on healthy communities and economies, resilient and productive forestry and natural ecosystems, sustainable agriculture, food systems, and gardening, thriving youth, individuals and families.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Outdoor Afro’s programs are designed to reconnect Black people and Black communities to nature year-round. These original programs amplify Black joy and healing in the outdoors. With volunteer leaders, local participants, and dedicated supporters, the programming reinforces the mission to celebrate and inspire Black connections and leadership in nature.

    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Botany
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Culture & Identity
  • Outdoor Asian's vision is to create a diverse and inclusive community of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the outdoors.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Culture & Identity
  • This overview outlines the Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and Oregon State Standards.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Pacific Education Institue offers resources and support for educators to equitably advance scientific literacy by promoting outdoor, locally relevant, integrated, career connected, real-world science.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Website for children to explore a variety of nature themes through games, videos, pictures, stickers. Included are also resources for parents and educators.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Video
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Soil
  • PBS collection of life science educational resources, from interactive animated activities to videos, lesson plans, audio files, and images. Resources can be filtered by grade level and type . The
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Video
  • Curriculum
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • A collection of trainings, pamphlets, videos, and worksheets to provide a foundation for social and climate justice education. 

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Climate
  • Justice
  • This is an awards winning preK-12 environmental education program. It is designed not only for teachers but for parents, informal educators, and community leaders. Project Learning Tree uses forests as 'windows on the world' to teach about concepts of organisms, habitats, ecosystems, forestry and other human influence on the natural environment.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Educational Standards
  • Wildlife
  • Adapted activity from "Every Tree for Itself" to be applicable to bees.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Project Learning Tree's Youtube Channel features a collection of short videos, each one designed for families at home who are interested in learning about nature in their own backyards. Project Learning Tree uses forests as 'windows on the world' to teach about concepts of organisms, habitats, ecosystems, forestry and other human influence on the natural environment.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Wildlife
  • Acorn Was a Little Wild teaches readers about the journey of a little acorn and how an oak tree goes through its life cycle in its environment.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Try these activity ideas from Project Learning Tree to connect the children in your life to the outdoors and nature.

    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • The alignment to standards page shows how Project Learning Tree aligns to National Standards, State Correlations, Green Schools, Early Childhood, and Nonformal Programs.
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  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Biodiversity Blitz is a downloadable, password-protected PDF for educators of students in grades 3-5 that invites young learners to investigate the variety of species in an ecosystem, and how this variety or biodiversity helps sustain life on Earth. Three hands-on activities, with an emphasis on science, English language arts, math and social studies.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Project Learning Tree has provided a series of art activities for students to use tools and materials found in nature to create a temporary art piece. These activities teach students about using creativity to make anything into art.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Botany
  • Forest
  • Designed for 6th-8th grade teachers, the Carbon & Climate E-Unit provides activities and resources to help educators introduce students to some of the complex issues involved in climate change.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • Outdoor
  • Connecting for Health and Planet teaches young students about the important benefits of being outdoors. Students will learn how to be mindful of both their physical and mental health. The activities provided can be used as individual activities or ongoing lessons.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Discover Your Urban Forest is a downloadable, password-protected PDF for educators of students in grades 6-8 that invites learners to explore their urban environment and investigate environmental issues that affect their urban community.Three hands-on activities, with an emphasis on science and social studies, engage students in learning about the place they live and how we depend on natural systems to sustain us.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Every month Project Learning Tree carefully selects additional resources and new support materials to enhance Project Learning Tree's lessons. These environmental education resources include videos, educational apps and other interactive online tools, books and posters, teacher-generated materials, and more!
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Educational Standards
  • Designed for 3rd-5th grade teachers, the Energy in Ecosystems e-unit investigates ways in which organisms depend on each other to survive and thrive. Students focus on forests (one of the largest and most complex types of ecosystems) and come to understand some of the interactions present in all ecosystems.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Energy
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's Energy & Society Kit offers K-8 students opportunities to learn about their relationship with energy and helps develop their critical thinking skills to make decisions about their personal energy use. In addition to hands-on activities, this curriculum integrates music and dance to enhance the study of energy issues.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's Energy Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations in PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate how much energy their school uses, the main sources of that energy, and ways to implement energy-saving strategies.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • Project Learning Tree's Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood includes over 130 experiences that engage children in outdoor play and exploration. It is specifically designed for educators who work with children ages three to six. Topics include exploring nature with five senses, meeting neighborhood trees, and experiencing trees through the seasons. An accompanying music CD features songs from children's musician Billy B. Brennan.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Educational Standards
  • Project Learning Tree's Environmental Quality Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate areas where improvements can be made in indoor air quality, transportation, chemical use, and more.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • PLT’s new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people's awareness and knowledge about their environment. Activities integrate teaching about the environment into a multitude of subjects using hands-on classroom studies and outdoor field investigations. The guide is user-friendly, and works in classrooms and nonformal settings, in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Energy
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • In this Project Learning Tree high school module, students learn that decisions about growth and development, energy use and water quality, and even human health, all rest to some extent on perspectives about biodiversity. Educators and students step back from biodiversity issues and specific species to examine broader concepts and larger connectionsnot just biological, but political, cultural, ethical, and economic as well.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Project Learning Tree's Biotechnology module is designed for high school and community college educators in the fields of Biology, Environmental Science, Social Studies, and Agriculture. A special effort has been made to construct activities that support instruction in AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, and AP Human Geography.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • This high school curriculum is designed to foster student understanding of and appreciation for the forested lands of North America. The lessons provide students with opportunities for hands-on forest study and address concepts in biology, civics, ecology, economics, forest management, and other content areas.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk helps high school students explore the different aspects of environmental and human health risks that affect their everyday lives. Through eight hands-on activities, students analyze, explore, discover, and learn about risk assessment, risk communication, risk perception, and risk management.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Global Connections: Forests of the World provides opportunities for high school teachers and students to gain an increased understanding of and appreciation for the diversity of global forests. The lessons emphasize the interactions people have with forests and our dependence on them. The activities provide students with opportunities to apply scientific processes and higher order thinking skills while investigating world forestry issues and conducting service-learning action projects.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Help inspire the next generation of environmental and conservation leaders with the PLT Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers resources. Use with youth ages 12-25 in settings ranging from community youth programs and school classrooms, to college and career prep, to field trips and forest tours.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Energy
  • Fire
  • Project Learning Tree's GreenSchools for Early Childhood program is designed to meet the needs of early childhood educators and younger learners. It is designed to teach young children about their environment and how they can make a difference, while developing their skills in language, mathematics, science, and more. PLT's GreenSchools for Early Childhood includes an Educator Guide and five Investigations.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • PLT's GreenSchools program inspires students to improve the environment at their school, at home, and in their community. Student-led Green Teams apply STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) to create greener and healthier schoolsand save schools money!Five hands-on, student-driven investigations are at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Energy
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Project Learning Tree offers GreenWorks! grants to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world. Students implement an action project they help design to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood's environment.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Grant
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • This curriculum to explores waste management issues and options with middle and high school students. This resource uses hands-on experiences to show interrelationships among waste generation, natural resource use, and disposal. Eight activities guide learners through waste management strategies and solutions while providing the necessary tools to make informed choices on waste management issues.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • These fun and easy-to-do activities are perfect for parents and grandparents to help introduce children to nature in your own yard and local parks. Use PLT's Nature Activities for Families to take children outdoors in ways that are safe, fun, and full of learning!
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Nature of Fire is a collection of activities designed for educators to teach lessons on wildland fire and ecosystem change through either stand alone lessons or ongoing instruction. Activities cover topics such as “Nothing Succeeds Like Succession,” “Living with Fire,” and “Burning Issues.”

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Fire
  • Outdoor
  • Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live provides educators with a useful tool for place-based education to help create a bond between young citizens and their communities. Through eight hands-on activities, students will explore current and future community environmental issues, enabling them to make informed decisions about those issues.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • The Pocket Guide is designed for educators, group leaders, and family members to use with children ages 36. It includes four hands-on experiences to do with children in groups up to eight, plus preparation instructions, material and time requirements, and directions for leading each experience.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's School Site Investigation is one of five hands on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate natural habitats, wildlife, trees, grounds maintenance practices, and ways to make improvements to their school site.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Sensational Trees is a downloadable, password-protected PDF for educators of students in grades K-2 that invites young learners to investigate trees using their senses.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's Southeastern Forests and Climate Change e-unit is designed for educators seeking to teach high school students about climate change impacts on forest ecosystems, the role of forests in sequestering carbon, and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to changing climatic conditions.
    Grade Level:
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Energy
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Overview of all Project Learning Tree guides and resources for elementary and middle school educators.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Soil
  • Forest
  • Project Learning Tree's Teaching with i-Tree unit includes three hands-on activities that help middle and high school students discover and analyze the many ecosystem services that trees provide. Students input data they collect into a free online tool that calculates the dollar value of the benefits provided by a tree, or a set of trees. The activities can be used in formal classroom settings or with nonformal groups, such as scouts, students enrolled in afterschool programs, and visitors to nature centers and parks.
    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's monthly e-newsletter is free for all educators and includes free tools and resources, new lesson plans, professional development and grant opportunities, and tips from educators for teaching about the environment.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Treemendous Science is an e-unit for grades K-2. Students will explore, experience, observe, and collect tree data to develop understandings about how trees grow, the roles trees play in ecological systems, and the ways in which trees and humans interact.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Trillion of Trees is a downloadable, password protected PDF for educators of students in grades 3-5 that invites young learners to investigate the unique characteristics of different tree species and how best to plan, plant, and care for trees in their community.Designed to be flexible, the activities can be used as stand-alone lessons, or all together as a cohesive unit of instruction using a storyline technique.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Trillions of Trees is an activity designed to help educators teach young students about various tree species, tree health, and the planting process for trees. Activities include identifying tree species, examining trees for signs of damage or poor health, and creating a tree-planting project. This lesson can be used for individual activities or ongoing learning.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Project Learning Tree's Waste & Recycling Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate how much waste their school generates and where it goes, as well as recycling and composting efforts.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Project Learning Tree's Water Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate the source, cost, and quality of their school's water supply, and ways to enhance current water conservation practices. The Investigation details specific things for students to measure and observe, along with student worksheets to fill out and guidance on how to combine data collected into a school-wide analysis.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Project Squirrel offers people a chance to become citizen scientists! They can submit squirrel observations to help sicentists learn more about squirrels.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Citizen Science
  • Wildlife
  • Outdoor
  • WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands is an educator guide for upper elementary, middle school, and high school students. The guide includes text, photography, maps, and illustrations to help students visualize the material. It also includes several activities broken down into five sections: wetland definitions, wetlands plants and animals, water quality and supply issues, soils, and people. 

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Outdoor
  • Educational Standards
  • Soil
  • Wildlife
  • The Every Drop Counts activity teaches students about water conservation. They will learn the importance of sharing this essential resource by implementing water-saving measures.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Justice
  • The Invaders! Activity informs students in middle and high school about aquatic invasive species that threaten the habitat and resources of native species.

    Grade Level:
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Through the Color Me a Watershed activity, students will learn how rivers change over several decades by calculating the runoff quantities to understand how the river’s volume has changed.

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Discover Floods teaches students why floods occur and how to react to one through several hands-on activities.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
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  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • In the Explore Oceans activity booklet, students will learn about how storms build, why the ocean is salty, and basic watershed principles. 

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • This educator guide provides 11 interactive, hands-on activities for children in grades Pre-k through 2. This activity book will teach children about various aspects of water such as water properties and water sounds. 

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Water
  • Outdoor
  • Healthy Water Healthy People  is an educator guide with content based on water quality. Created for students in middle and high school, this guide relates water quality issues to personal, public, and environmental health through activities and discussion.

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  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Educational Standards
  • Justice
  • The Native Waters: Sharing the Source activity booklet informs students about the Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition. It also teaches them about Native tribes and their waters by using science, art, culture, and reading. 

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • The Urban Waters activity will teach students in upper elementary, middle school, and high school about the components of the urban water cycle and expose them to various water resource careers.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • The Water, Agriculture and Food activity booklet introduces students to the importance between shared water resources and the food on the table. Students will interact with spreads, games, exercises, experiments, and assessments to learn about where our food is grown and the innovation of agriculture. 

    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • The Watershed Protection activity booklet teaches students how to protect diverse habitats and wildlife within them through various hand-on activities. 

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
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  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • The Watershed Protection activity booklet teaches students how to protect diverse habitats and wildlife within them through various hand-on activities. The entire booklet is written in Spanish. 

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Spanish Language
  • Wildlife
  • Culture & Identity
  • Project WILD's mission is to provide wildlife-based conservation and preK-12 environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources. All curriculum materials are backed by sound educational practices and theory, and represent the work of many professionals within the fields of education and natural resource management from across the country.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Wildlife
  • Growing Up WILD offers a list of nonfiction and fiction books for kids. Includes a list of where to purchase the books, as well as some early childhood organizations.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Project WILD is an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program that focuses on wildlife and habitat. This curriculum guide for Pre-K through 12th grade education, includes field investigation activities, in step with STEM activity extensions, WILD work career connections, and outdoor component.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Soil
  • Using wildlife as an integrating context can help make teaching about climate change more concrete. Use best practices in climate change education and gain access to quality, science-based, wildlife management principles that address this complicated issue. Your students will be outdoors, interacting with one another and the community, and learning from trusted sources.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • This website features links that illustrate the correlations between educational standards and Project WILD activities, including the Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards and Assessment Items, AFWA's K-12 Conservation Education Scope and Sequence, Scout Badges, and more.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Educational Standards
  • Wildlife
  • Resource that details how Project WILD activities in the respective curriculum and activity guides correlate to NGSS, Common Core State Standards, Head Start Early Learning Framework, Scout Badges, and many more.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Educational Standards
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Project Wild offers resources focused on inclusion and addressing diverse learning needs. This section of their resource page provides a range of materials, such as videos and guides, to support teachers in managing diverse classrooms. The aim is to ensure that all students are included and able to participate in Project Wild activities.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Culture & Identity
  • Wildlife
  • Accessibility
  • Whether you are home-schooling or looking for resources to keep your kids learning all year, Project WILD has resources for you and your learners, includes abbreviated activities PreK-12 and a children's book list along with other resources.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Project WILD resources all about learning about bats, includes, curriculum, online activities, videos, and many other resources.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • As universities, colleges, and schools move to learning online in the wake of the coronavirus spread, many educators are interested in how to conduct WILD activities remotely. Project WILD has adapted a number of their activities to be online, includes ideas and resources to guide students through WILD activities at their own location.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Online Resource
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Queer Mountaineers provides community, events, resources, and a safe space for outdoor enthusiasts of all backgrounds, genders, and sexualities. This organization provides trainings for the future outdoor leaders and strives to diversify the outdoor industry.

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  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Culture & Identity
  • Take Me Outside is an organization and website that provides activities and resources for kids to learn about their local environment while being outside. Take Me Outside also provides opportunities to attend workshops related to environmental education.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Climate
  • Botany
  • Rethink Outdoors misson is to increase the equitable access to the benefits of time spent outdoors and to bring more resources and action towards the advancment of this mission.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • This website has a short list of nature and science books for middle schoolers. Each listing has a description of the book, where you can purchase it, the author(s), and the length of the book.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Discover offers a short list of nature related non-fiction books for high school students. Each listing has the author and a link to purchase the book.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Scientific American's education section has a series of activities for kids 6-12 on various science related topics. Activities take half an hour or less.
    Grade Level:
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Soil
  • Forest
  • Webinar that covers what sheltered English instruction is and how to present information better to participants and students for whom English is not their first language. Includes tips and tricks that can be easily implemented into everyday instruction and real-world examples of successful techniques.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Accessibility
  • Culture & Identity
  • Wildlife
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Smithsonian website offers science and nature activities and games for kids and teens, including themed tours of Smithsonian collections.
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  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Climate
  • SRI uplifts and strengthens communities by connecting inner city youth and veterans to the outdoors, harnessing incredible opportunities and powerful experiences that forge strong connections between youth and veterans, their communities, and the natural world.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Culture & Identity
  • SOFEE is an education and outreach collaborative centered on wildland fire science as a pathway into ecology, preparedness, and wildfire recovery for vulnerable populations and southern Oregon communities. They offer a K-12 wildland fire science curriculum adapted from FireWorks! at no cost.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Fire
  • Climate
  • Forest
  • The goal of this Oregon Environmental Literacy Program (OELP) publication is to encourage and support educators who use or want to use the outdoors as an integral part of the teaching and learning experience for their students.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Online Resource
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Climate
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Fire
  • K-12 materials and professional development for educators that is all about natural science.
    Grade Level:
  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • Citizen Science
  • Soil
  • Forest
  • Water
  • The Diack Ecology Education program is a program of the Oregon Science Teachers Association. It offers grants, workshops, and resources to educators in Oregon to ecourage them to get their students involved with field-based science inquiry.
    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Grant
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • The Gray Family Foundation's goal is to engage Oregonians to become active stewards of their communities and natural environments, including a grant program, and K-12 summer programs.
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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Grant
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • NEEF is the nations leading organization in environmental education, creating opportunities for people to experience and learn about the environment in ways that improve their lives and the health of the planet. Their work includes K-12 education, conservation, health, grants, online courses and resources.
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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Grant
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Soil
  • Explore fun games, contests, and activities for parents and kids to do together.

    Grade Level:
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • The Oregon Zoo's goal is to insipre their vistors to creatd a better future for wildlife. In addition to in-person visits, they offer at-home activities and virtual encounters.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Virtual Field Trip
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Wildlife
  • The Wonder of Science supports next generation science teachers. The website aggregates resources developed by Paul Andersen and other science teachers implementing the Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS), including mini-lessons, videos, and phenomena exploration.
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  • Home & Family
  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Curriculum
  • Activity
  • Video
  • Keywords:
  • Energy
  • Educational Standards
  • Disabled Hikers is a Disabled-led organization that provides information and resources that work towards building disability community in the outdoors. They advocate for justice, access, and inclusion within the outdoors. 

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Accessibility
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • Justice
  • Trauma-Informed Toolkit supports and complements educators' knowledge and skillset in implementing trauma-informed approaches in educational settings. A PLT lesson on fire is used as an example of applying a trauma-informed lens. 

     

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Fire
  • Culture & Identity
  • This toolkit created by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and partner organizations  is intended to be used as a resource and a guide for discussion in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It addresses the historical trauma resulting from Indian boarding schools in the United States. Sections include discussion guide, social media, the past, the present, the future, highlights and calls to action, and experiential therapies.

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  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Culture & Identity
  • Justice
  • This is the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Stations website, featuring projects, publicatons, and science stories.

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  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 3 World Wildlife Day in order to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's wildlife and plants.
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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Wildlife
  • The Collaborative, Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) provides a free course about social and emotional learning and how it can connect to you and the students and/or children in your life. This course is provided in both Spanish and English.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Spanish Language
  • Culture & Identity
  • Vive NW aims to diversify the outdoors by connecting local LatinX and all communities to the outdoors and the extensive adventures offered by this landscape. Our objective is to provide valuable information, outdoor experiences and opportunities that will empower all communities.

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  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Forest
  • Climate
  • Wildlife
  • Culture & Identity
  • Spanish Language
  • Wild Diversity helps to create a personal connection to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, all People of Color (BIPOC) & the LGBTQ+ communities, through outdoor adventures and education. Wild Diversity's Youth Ecology Summer Days is our program providing BIPOC youth in grades 6-8th with holistic connections to ecology, conservation and outdoor resilience.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Home & Family
  • Resource Type:
  • Activity
  • Curriculum
  • Video
  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Soil
  • Climate
  • Fire
  • Culture & Identity
  • Indigenous Resources
  • This resource provides educational trainings, resources, and community classes which help you grow and prepare wild edible and medicinal plants. GRuB provides multiple toolkits for K-12 educators to use when teaching about foraging and harvesting. 

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Online Resource
  • Keywords:
  • Botany
  • Culture & Identity
  • GRuB’s Wild Food and Medicines Program provides educators with a toolkit to help students grow their social and emotional learning skills while learning about plants. This resource includes access to a curriculum about Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Pacific Northwest’s native plants.

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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
  • Keywords:
  • Botany
  • Indigenous Resources
  • Forest
  • Outdoor
  • Culture & Identity
  • World Ocean Day supports collaborative conservation, working with its global network of youth and organizational leaders in >140 countries, and providing free and customizable promotional and actionable resources. World Ocean Day is powered by the World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council.
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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
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  • Website
  • Keywords:
  • Outdoor
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • World Water Day is a United Nations campaign brining awareness and education on valuing water and safeguarding it effectively for future generations.
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  • Early Childhood (Grades preK-2)
  • Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Resource Type:
  • Website
  • Activity
  • Keywords:
  • Water
  • Outdoor