Get Involved in Environmental Education Week

Register your organization to participate in Environmental Education Week 2009

Whether you are a teacher in a public, private, or homeschool classroom, or an educator at a nature center, zoo, or aquarium, Environmental Education Week can help you to actively engage your students in environmental education. Here are just a few ways to participate:

• Host an environmental play with your students. "Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau" is an educational play that tells the story of the final two days Henry David Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond. The complete script, lesson plans, director and actor instructions and more are available for free to schools on the Walden website. 
• Create a backyard or schoolyard wildlife habitat. For ideas from the National Wildlife Federation, publisher of Ranger Rick, see the Certified Wildlife Habitat website.

• Remove invasive species from a natural area near home or school. The National Invasive Species Information Center provides a wealth of information on types of invasive species and appropriate control methods, as well as curricula for K-12 students. Additional information is available at the Florida Invasive Plant Education & Curriculum website, with standards-based curricula for Elementary, Middle, and High School students.

• Plant trees native to your state. The National Arbor Day Foundation has an online tool to help you put the right tree in the right place at www.arborday.org/trees/righttreeandplace/.

• Create more trails for biking and walking. Seek out help from the Rails to Trails advocates at www.railtrails.org.

• Take a group to your local zoo, aquarium, or nature center. Enter your state at www.aza.org/FindZooAquarium/ for links to members of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

• Get curriculum ideas or take a training course from such organizations as Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, or Project Wet.

• Work with students on environmentally-themed projects using www.eelink.net as a library source.

Ready to Support Environmental Education Week's Efforts?

• Register your organization to participate in Environmental Education Week 2009.
• Promote Environmental Education Week 2009 in your school and community