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Sustainable Schools is filled with information and activities to help assess the environmental impacts of middle schools and transform them into centres of sustainable learning. The manual guides students and teachers through an exploration of four environmental indicators of school sustainability:
Each of the four themes contains background environmental information, activities for assessing school and personal sustainability, student action projects and curriculum links. Sustainable Schools Modules:
1. Steps to Sustainability: This module introduces the concept of sustainable schools with background information and a student reading lesson plan for learning about green technologies. 2. Waste Generation: This module gives the dirty facts on waste in Canada, how to assess school waste and a detailed school composting project to reduce waste sent to landfills. 3. Water Usage: This module presents alarming information on one of the world’s most precious natural resources. It guides students through a detailed investigation of water usage in their personal lives, a comparison reading of water scarcity solutions in Nicaragua and handy ideas for protecting and conserving water. 4. Energy Consumption:This module links energy use with renewable and non-renewable sources as well as environmental issues such as climate change. Students track ways they use and waste energy throughout their daily lives. It includes interactive activities that explore practices for energy conservation and efficiency. 5. Schoolyard Biodiversity:This module provides information on the importance of biodiversity and what students can do to protect and restore biodiversity in their schoolyards. Included is a lesson plan for investigating species and land-use of the school grounds as well an introductory exercise for schoolyard naturalization. Appendix: Check out the appendix for a quick reference guide to student activities and curriculum objectives.
This Green Street Program is provided by the Falls Brook Centre. |
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The Sustainable Schools Teachers’ Guide challenges schools to shift sustainability from textbooks into classrooms. It helps facilitate skills, such as eco-literacy, global awareness and critical thought, which students need to make sustainable decisions. The goal is to encourage youth to explore the environmental impacts of their actions and to create practices that support the well-being of themselves, their schools and the global community.
