A couple of months ago, Dragonfly Nature Programs went plastic neutral. While we have always purposely designed lessons that minimize waste, waste is very hard to avoid.
nature studies designed for home
I set out to collect the best available lesson plans for teachers on the topic of plastics and sustainable choices. What I found was too much of the same: reduce, reuse, recycle with an all too heavy emphasis on recycle. But recycling is: not available in all localities, not applicable to all items, including all types of plastics, and is an underfunded, underutilized tool. It can’t be what we continue to teach our youth.
I write to remind you, that we are more closely dependent on our Planet Earth than we are typically, consciously, willing to acknowledge. Wake up to this, for your own wellbeing, and so that you can help me teach our children that only a healthy Earth can supply our survival needs and our Earth is only as healthy as we humans, allow it to be.
Teachers, I wanted to find ways to support your virtual work and so I’ve compiled some wonderful tools to help you connect children with nature during this unusual year. I have a little something for everyone this month, from pre-K to AP high school classrooms. The resources shared are all designed to support outdoor education and each has its pros and cons which I’ve listed to help you make the best choice for your classroom.
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