Resources
-Curriculum, lesson plans, and information available for checkout.
Resource Conservation and Energy Management-Related Websites:
Including lesson plans, classroom activities, etc.
- Getwise:
- At Getwise.org our goal is to help visitors learn ways to conserve water and energy by providing helpful savings tips, links to local resources, and product installation information.
- Teachers can download classroom materials and find state and federal organizations to enhance the Program.
- Parents and students can find additional information on the Program and get questions answered.
- PVC: The Poison Plastic: The Campaign for Safe, Healhty Consumer Products
- Green Education Foundation: Fostering The Next Generation of Environmental Stewards
- U.S Green Building Council Green School Buildings
- Project Earth:
- A global environmental network where members showcase projects and activities from around the globe, teach and learn from one another, and celebrate our planet’s abundantly diverse natural ecosystems and human cultures.
- US EPA Environmental Education Clearinghouse:
- This clearinghouse is your tool to locate environmental education material available in the Pacific Northwest.
- THE NAVIGATOR: The Rural Oregon Guide to Saving Money by Saving Resources
- Waste Management's 'Think Green'
- Understanding the Waste Stream:
- Oregon DEQ video, "Saving Little Pieces of Our Earth."
- Contact Oregon DEQ Solid Waste at 503-229-6724 to order a copy.
- Great for any grade level!
- Oregon DEQ Carbon Calculator
- Center for Sustainability at Aquinas College:
- Fun stuff and games related to energy and waste reduction.
- Oregon Green Schools Association
- Find out how your school can be recognized for its waste reduction and conservation efforts, or how to get a resource conservation program started at your school.
- Metro
- The one-stop, local, waste reduction education site.
- Here is a list of just some of the things you will find offered by Metro:
- Info on classroom presentations
- Field Trip Guide
- Classroom materials available to borrow
- Fact Pages
- Grant information
- Project ideas
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Great local resource.
- Lists of presentations offered by DEQ, materials, videos, and books that are available on-loan for educators, web links and fact sheets on waste reduction and recycling.
- SCRAP(School and Community Reuse Action Project)
- SCRAP offers teacher workshops as well as classroom presentations on waste reduction and how to creatively reuse materials that would have been sent to the landfill.
- Visit them at 3901A N Williams, Portland, OR 97227 or call them at 503-294-0769.
- Closing The Loop
- K-3 and 4-6 curriculum and activity resource. Includes information on resource conservation, packaging reduction, worms, and composting.
- Trash Goes to School
- On this page you will find curriculum put together by the Cornell Waste Management Institute. Activities are divided into grade levels and cover a variety of topics on waste reduction. This is also a good page to go to for background information and facts.
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Links to EPA and other organizations’ activity and curriculum guides on waste reduction education, along with a list of local workshops on environmental education, plus tons more.
- Recycle City
- An activity page for kids with links to games and other interactive activities.
- Kids watch “Dumptown” change before their eyes as they establish new recycling programs.
- Worms Eat Our Garbage
- This site is maintained by Mary Appelhof, the woman who wrote Worms Eat Our Garbage.
- Find information on vermicomposting, how to order the book, and how to incorporate worm bins into waste reduction education.
- Project Learning Tree
- Offers materials and curriculum on municipal solid waste and other topics, with several sample curricula on-line.
- Most materials are available for free or for a small fee after attending a PLT workshop.
- Check out the website for a list of local workshops.
- University of Oregon Recycling Program
- This site includes a plethora of information on recycling, composting, buying recycled, and lots more.
- This is a great site for finding fast facts on recycling, such as, how many trees are saved by recycling a ton of paper, etc.
- City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
- Green School Tools
- Regional Water Providers Consortium
- "Water. Save a little. Help a lot."
- Learn about water conservation.
- EnergySmart Schools
- Students and Teachers - Get Smart About Energy CD-ROM
- The EnergySmart Schools program provides more than 350 lesson plans and activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy for grades K-12. Each includes a short summary that identifies curriculum integration, time, and materials. The lessons are aligned to National Science Education Standards.
- US Department of Energy
- K-12 Lesson Plans and Activities
- 63 Downloaded lesson plans
- Energy Star Kids
- US EPA Local Best Practices:
- energy strategies guide
- KEEP- Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program
- Lists of funding opportunities for schools doing energy conservation
- Ideas for energy projects at your school
- Resources such as curriculum guides, etc. Some only pertain to Wisconsin educators but are useful for ideas.
- The Alliance to Save Energy
- Links to pages specifically designed for kids
- Free downloadable lesson plans
- List of materials available to educators for FREE
- Related energy education links
- NEED (National energy Education Development)
- Energy infobooks and activity guides for all grade levels
- Free, downloadable, divided by subject (i.e. biomass, coal, electricity, etc.)
- Ideas for planning an energy fair at your school
- Downloadable book on how NEED activities meet State of Oregon benchmarks
- NEED Songbook: lyrics and music on energy conservation
- National Energy Foundation
- Order materials, such as posters, activity guides, etc. from this site.
- Request a NEF catalog
- PGE
- Free classroom materials on energy awareness and safety
- Sample lesson plans
- Kid Wind Project
- Wind energy lesson plans
- Instructions for building an educational wind turbine
- Free classroom materials on energy awareness and safety
- Sample lesson plans
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Downloadable curricula and lesson plans
- Materials for sale, such as energy board games and posters
- Oregon Department of Energy
- List of programs and services offered by the ODOE, including energy loans for schools, conservation training, and more.
- List of web resources related to energy education
- Teacher Green Team Questionaire (sample from Laurelhurst)
- GE Home Appliance Energy Use
- EPA Teacher Resources - Conservation
Fundraising Opportunities:
- GreenPrint
- Software that eliminates wasteful printing, saving millions of trees and dollars in paper and ink usage.
