Free Curriculum Support materials.
Clean Air Zone Service Learning Project - This project promotes no-idling in the school yard.
A&WMA Environmental Resource Guides on Air Quality (k-2)(3-5)(6-8) and (9-12)
Provides a host of activities for studying about air pollution and solutions to pollution. Contact the Air Bureau.
Horsepower Booklet: Maine DEP's Horsepower Booklet: A story and activity booklet about energy and air quality connections (4th-8th ) Send for via email to the Air Bureau.
Save Planet Polluto: A fun game on CD ROM. Be the first to save the Pollutonians from the ravages of air pollution! (6th-8th) (Maine DEP has a small supply of these cds, free, for teachers interested in teaching about air pollution from transportation - while they last. Contact the Air Bureau. You can check out the planet polluto home pages at http://www.planetpolluto.com/index1.html
Maine GreenSchools newsletter: A twice annual news bulletin of the Maine DEP and the Maine Energy Education Program featuring opportunities to engage students in energy and air quality related activities including Energy Patrols, Junior Solar Sprint and Electrathon. Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Winter 2003 Fall 2004 Winter 2004 Fall 2005 Winter 2005 Spring 2006. 2007-current newsletters can be found on: http://www.meepnews.org/
Special Insert Classroom Activities:
SIEcoFootprintLighting
SIEcoFootprintFood
SIEcoFootprintTransportation
SIHowDoWeGetAround
SIAreYouEnergySavvy
SIVendingMiserChallenge
SIIt'sAGas
SIGoQuest
SIClimateTimeMachine
SITreeCookies
SIIsSpringComing Earlier
MEEP's Global Energy Game: Balance the 3 E's: Energy, Economics and Environment, and win!(6th-adult) Download the PDF - Instructions and Master Vote Cards 1 & 2 here - then Contact the Air Bureau. to request game board posters (one for every four students) to use in your classroom.
Earthminders Clean Air Game: Learn to identify pollutants and their sources, the effects on our health and the environment and how to reduce pollution, all while having fun. (4th-12th) Contact the Air Bureau for your free game board posters.
Changing Earth Times: A newsletter about Air Quality Issues, pdf format (Issue 1: Acid Rain, Issue 2: Mercury pollution) (8th-12th).
Acid Rain Powerpoint Slide Show: can be used school and public presentations.
Air Pollution Powerpoint: This slide show about ozone, particulates and visibility topics can be used in school and public presentations.
Carbon Footprint Activity Worksheet and Scenario Cards: This math activity introduces MS and HS students to how to figure out a Carbon Footprint. It uses character scenario cards from which student teams are asked to work together to figure out their character's CF; then to devise a strategy to reduce their character's footprint by at least 2% over the next year.
Carbon Cycle Card Game: Use these cards to introduce how carbon cycles through earth systems. Start with round one, pass out the cards, have a student read their card outloud to group while others try to see if their card is the match; student with matching card then reads his/her's outloud; continue till all matches are found. Move on to rounds two and three as time permits.
Service Learning and Environmental Projects - Overview on using community-based social marketing strategies - tips and tools (ppt)
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Climate Change Backpack: A teaching tool for teachers and environmental educators that can be used in the classroom or on the trail. It's literally a backpack full of activities and materials to teach about climate change. Call 207-287-7028 to borrow one today, or email to find out about the availability of this resource.
Air World KIOSK - The DEP Air Bureau's informational computer station that introduces Air Quality issues of importance. This KIOSK is available for LOAN for a one month loan to school libraries, classrooms and other public facilities that can provide a safe location for the computer system. Air World is an electronic, interactive and entertaining program for people of all ages. Contact the Air Bureau for more information.
Additional Online Resources you can access - Remember to check out the air pollution topical areas on our student pages too, like the ozone, acid rain, climate change and Join In pages.
Environmental edcuation activities for grades 4-6
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science
Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: An on-line teaching module for middle school science teachers. http://www.ucar.edu/learn/index.htm
Franklin Institute OnLine: Bringing the greenhouse Effect Down To Earth - chemistry activity gr. 9-12
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth-4.html
Teaching resources from the Alliance to Save Energy (k-12)
http://www.ase.org/greenschools/teachers.htm
Teaching resouces from the National Energy Education
http://www.need.org/curriculum.php
You can also check out the contents at this web address:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/Resource
CenterPublicationsOutreachMaterial.html
Dept. of Education
http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=41
Other Interesting Earth Systems Science Resources for teachers
Elementary Science Program Activities
http://www.espsciencetime.org/index.asp
