January

Project-Based Learning: Environmental Projects

Articles, Examples, & Inspiration

How Does Our School Garden Grow? Part 1

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2012/03/how-does-our-school-garden-grow

How Does Our School Garden Grow? Part 2

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2012/03/how-does-our-school-garden-grow-part-2

Classroom Management for Project-Based Learning Work

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/11/classroom-management-project-based-learning-work

Another Take on Earth Day – Project-Based Learning

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2010/04/another-take-earth-day

Project-Based Learning: Endangered Animal Unit, Part 1

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/02/project-based-learning-endangered-animal-unit-part-1

Project-Based Learning: Endangered Animal Unit, Part 2

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/02/project-based-learning-%E2%80%94-endangered-animal-unit-part-2

Books

Asch, F. 1994. The Earth and I. Gulliver Green.

Aston, D.H. and K. Murphy. 2007. Loony Little: An Environmental Tale. Candlewick Press.

Barraclough, S. 2007. Respecting Our World. Black Rabbit Books.

Broda, H. W. 2011. Moving the Classroom Outdoors. Stenhouse Publishers.

Brown, P. 2009. The Curious Garden. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Chalufour, I., and K. Worth. 2003. Discovering Nature with Young Children.Redleaf Press.

Dr. Seuss. 1971. The Lorax. Random House, Incorporated.

Earthworks Group. 1990. 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth. Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Eclare, M. 2002. Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable Garden. Handprint Books.

Galko, F. 2004. Ecology on the Playground. Heinemann.

Glaser, L. 1996. Compost!: Growing Gardens from Your Garbage. Millbrook Press, Inc.

Green, J. and M. Gordon. 2005. Why Should I Protect Nature?. Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

Guillain, C. 2008. Caring for Nature (Help the Environment). Heinemann Library.

Harlow, R. 2001. The Environment. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Inches, A., and V. Garofoli. 2008. I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Little Simon.

Kalman, B. 1993. The Colors of Nature. Crabtree Publishing Company.

Lovejoy, S. 1999. Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children. Workman Publishing Company.

Martin, B. Jr. 2006. I Love Our Earth. Charlesbridge Publishing.

Paolilli, P. and D. Brewer. 2001. Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems. Viking.

Schimmel, S. 2002. Children of the Earth…Remember. T&N Children's Publishing.

Schimmel, S. 1994. Dear Children of the Earth: A Letter from Home. T&N Children's Publishing.

VanCleaves, J. 1997. Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out About Nature: Easy Experiments for Young Children. Wiley.