National Environmental Education Week (April 13-19, 2008)
A great feature of Project Learning Tree is their creation of storylines (found in the appendix of your PLT guide). As PLT states, “Storylines provide connectedness and continuity to activities, and can serve as the “instructional glue” that holds many areas of knowledge and skills together.”
National Environmental Education (EE) Week is a great time to use a storyline. The following storyline is geared for middle school students, and promotes stewardship behaviors by showings students they can make a difference.
Storyline: People can improve their relationship with the environment through their actions and behavior.
Activities:
Pollution Search – understanding the various forms of pollution
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – management of solid waste
Every Drop Counts – conserving water
Energy Sleuths – conserving energy
Then and Now – comparing paste and present environmental behavior
Book List
Grades 3-5
Amos, J. 1995. Waste and Recycling. Steck-Vaughn.
Anderson, R. and J. Buggey. 1991. Garbage: Understanding Words in Context. Thomson Gale.
Bang, M. 2001. Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share. Spoken Arts.
Binns, T. 2004. Clean Planet: Stopping Litter and Pollution. Heinemann Library.
Blackbirch Graphics. 1997. Alternate Energy Sources. Twenty-first Century Books.
Cherry, L. 2002. A River Ran Wild. Voyager Books.
Dorion, C. 2007. Earth's Garbage Crisis. Gareth Stevens Audio.
Giesel, T. 1971. The Lorax. Random House Children’s Books.
Handelsman, J.F. 1993. Gardens from Garbage: How to Grow Indoor Plants from Recycled Kitchen Scraps. Lerner Publishing Group.
Harlow, R. 2002. Pollution and Waste. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Heilman, J.R. 1992. Tons of Trash: Why You Should Recycle and What Happens when You Do. HarperCollins Publishers.
Kalman, B.D. and J. Schaub. 1991. Buried in Garbage. Crabtree Publishing Company.
Kalman, B.D. 1991. Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. Crabtree Publishing Company.
Llewellyn, C. 2003. Let's Recycle. Thameside Press.
Love, A. and J. Drake. 2006. Trash Action: A Fresh Look at Garbage. Tundra.
Mandel, L. and H.M. Mandel. 1993. Treasure of Trash: A Recycling Story. Avery Publishing Group, Inc.
Mitchell, J. 2001. Crashed, Smashed and Mashed: A Trip to Junkyard Heaven. Tricycle Press.
Nelson, S.E. 2006. Let's Reduce Garbage! Capstone Press.
Nielsen, S. 1993. Trash! Trash! Trash! ABDO Publishing Company.
Norton, P. 1997. Earth Watch: A BBC Fact Finders Book. Parkwest Publications, Incorporated.
Ostopowich, M. 2003. Science of Waste: Refuse, Misuse, and Reuse. Raintree Publishers.
Romanek, T. 2005. Switched on, Flushed Down, Tossed out: Investigating the Hidden Workings of Your Home. Annick Press, Limited.
Santrey, L. 1985. Conservation and Pollution. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Saunders-Smith, G. and K.M. Krebs. 2006. Let's Recycle! Capstone Press.
Silverstein, S. 2004. The Giving Tree. HarpersCollins Children’s Books Group.
Snodgrass, M.E. 1991. Environmental Awareness: Land Pollution. Finney Company, Incorporated.
Stotksy, S. 1997. Pollution: Problems and Solutions. Chelsea House Publishers.
Van Allsburg, C. 1990. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin.
Walker, J. 2004. Atmosphere in Danger. Stargazer Books.
Ward, H. 2001. Tin Forest. Penguin Young Readers Group.
Wilcox, C. 1989. Trash! Sagebrush Education Resources.
Woods, S.G. and T.L. Stone. 2000. Recycled Paper: From Start to Finish. Thomson Gale.
Grades 6-8
Baker, J. 1991. Window. Green Willow.
Bang, M. 2001. Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share. Spoken Arts.
Becklake, S. 1991. Waste Disposal and Recycling. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Binns, T. 2004. Clean Planet: Stopping Litter and Pollution. Heinemann Library.
Blashfield, J.F. 1991. Recycling. Children's Press.
Boekhoff, P.M. 2004. Recycling. Thomson Gale.
Bowden, R. 2002. Waste, Recycling and Reuse: Our Impact on the Planet. Raintree Publishers.
Brown, P. 1998. Energy and Resources. Scholastic.
Brown, P. 2003. Global Pollution. Raintree Publishers.
Braus, J. 1991. Pollution: Problems and Solutions. National Wildlife Federation.
Burns, L.G. 2007. Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Dalgleish, S. 2002. Saving Water. Chelsea House.
Elwin, R. & Paulse, M. 1992. The Moonlight Hide and Seek Club in the Pollution Solution. Canadian Scholars Press.
Foster, J. 1991. Cartons, Cans, and Orange Peels: Where Does Our Garbage Go?Houghton Mifflin Company.
Gifford, C. 2006. Pollution. Heinemann Library.
Giono, J. 1985. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
Grant, P & Haswell, A. 2000. Air and Energy. Thameside Press.
Gutnik, M.J. 1993. Recycling: Learning the Four R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Hadingham, E. 1990. Garbage!: Where It Comes from, Where It Goes. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Hall, E.J. 1997. Garbage. Gale Group.
Hurd, E. 1994. Wilson’s World. Trophy Press.
Jervis, P. 1997. How Science Works: Water. Barns and Noble Books.
Kamma, A. 2003. If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie. Scholastic, Inc.
Lambert, D. 1986. Pollution and Conservation. Bookwright Press.
Logan, B. 1999. The Land Remembers: A Story of a Farm and its People. NorthWood Press.
Mckinney, B. 1998. A Drop Around the World. Dawn.
McLeish, E. 1998. Keeping Water Clean. Vol. 4. Raintree Publishers.
McQueen, K. & Fassler, D. 1991. Let’s Talk Trash: The Kid’s Book About Recycling. Waterfront Books.
Miller, C. 1986. Wastes. Franklin Watts.
Nardo, D. 2005. Ozone. Thomson Gale.
Nardo, D. 1992. Recycling. Thomson Gale.
Newton, D. 1990. Taking A Stand Against Environmental Pollution. Franklin Watts.
O’Connor, K. 1989. Garbage. Lucent Books.
Ocko, S. 1995. Water Almost Enough for Everyone. Atheneum.
Showers, P. 1994. Where Does the Garbage Go?. Thomas Crowell.
Silverstein, A. 1992. Recycling: Meeting the Challenge of the Trash Crisis. Penguin Group.
Skidmore, S. 1991. What a Load of Trash!: Rescue Your Household Waste. The Milford Press, Inc.
Smith, H. and J. Rhatigan. 2002. Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff. Lark Books.
Snodgrass, M. 1991. Environmental Awareness: Solid Waste. Bancroft-Sage Publishing Inc.
Stille, D. 2005. Natural Resources: Using and Protecting Earth’s Supplies. Compass Point Books.
Stefoff, R. 1991. Recycling. Chelsea House Publishers.
Stenstrup, A. 1991. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc.
Wallace, N. 2003. Recycle Every Day. Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books.
Wheeler, J. 1991. Earth Moves: Get There With Energy to Spare. ABDO.
Woelfle, G. 1997. The Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills. Chicago Review Press, Inc.
Woodburn, J. 1993. Garbage and Recycling. Gareth Stevens Audio.
World Almanac. 2002. Climate and the Environment. Gareth Stevens Audio.
Grades 9-12
Collard III, S. 2000. Acting For Nature: What Young People Around the World Are Doing to Protect the Environment. Heyday Books.
Cozic, C.P. 1997. Garbage and Waste. Thomson Gale.
Gay, K. 1991. Garbage and Recycling. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Haley, J. 2002. Pollution. Thomson Gale.
Hayes, D. 2000. Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair. Island Press.
Kimball, D. 1992. Recycling in America: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, Incorporated.
Miller, E. W. and R.M. Miller. 1998. Indoor Pollution: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, Incorporated.
Rogers, H. 2006. Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage. New Press.
Roleff, T.L. 1999. Pollution. Gale Group.
Stein, K. 1997. Beyond Recycling: A Re-user's Guide. Clear Light Publishers.
Strong, D.L. 1997. Recycling in America: A Reference Book. ABC-CLIO, Incorporated.
