GREEN SCHOOLS TOOLS

Explore these great tools and resources to support specific areas of the Green Schools Recognition Program Rubric:

I. School Grounds Enhancement

• Children & Nature Network
  • Natural Teacher's Network E-Guide
  • Green Schoolyards Resource Hub

• Green Schoolyards America
  • Living Schoolyard Activity Guide
  • International School Grounds Month Activity Guide

• National Wildlife Federation
  • Schoolyard Habitats
  • Create a Schoolyard Habitat for Monarchs and Other Pollinators

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide

II. School Sustainability

• Project Learning Tree
  • PLT GreenSchools Investigations
    • Adult Leader Guide
    • Energy Investigation
    • Environmental Quality Investigation
    • School Site Investigation
    • Waste & Recycling Investigation
    • Water Investigation

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Healthy School Environments
  • Idle Free Schools Toolkit

• Green Education Foundation
  • Be Water Wise School Water Audit

• Keep America Beautiful Recycle Bowl (archived--no longer active)
  • Recycling Resources

III. Health & Well-being / Healthy Food & Garden Initiatives

• Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.
  • Gardening for Nutrition
  • Gardening for Grades

• Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
  • "Grow to Learn" School Garden Guide

IV. Curriculum Integration

• Center for Green Schools - US Green Building Council
  • Learning Lab
    • Free Lessons

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • K-12 Education

• Everglades Foundation
  • Everglades Literacy Toolkit

• Green Education Foundation
  • Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse

• Project Learning Tree

• Project WILD

V. Community Involvement / Community Service & Service Learning

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Community Service Environmental Project Ideas

• Learning To Give
  • Environmental Service-Learning Toolkit

• Roots & Shoots - Jane Goodall Institute
  • Service Project Toolkit

• Youth Service America
  • 55 Environmental Service-Learning Projects

VI. School-Wide Culture

• Green Schools National Network
  • Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly

• Green Teacher Magazine
  • Free Webinars

• League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF)

• North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)

• US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program
  • Green Strides - Resources & Initiatives

• US Green Building Council - Center for Green Schools