Teaching Resources
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New Hampshire Harvest of the Month
New Hampshire Harvest of the Month is a program run by New Hampshire Farm to School in the Granite State. Their goal is to promote seasonal eating, encourage healthy diets and support the local economy.
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Vermont Harvest of the Month
Use Vermont Harvest of the Month (VTHOM) original artwork, signage, recipes, and lessons to explore, promote, and cook through the Vermont seasons. With a featured harvest each month, VTHOM can provide inspiration so that every member of your school community – teachers, staff, students, and parents – can play an important role in cultivating healthy, local, and seasonal eating habits all while supporting Vermont farmers and the community.
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Ecoliterate
Hopeful, eloquent, and bold, Ecoliterate offers inspiring stories, practical guidance, and an exciting new model of education that builds – in vitally important ways – on the success of social and emotional learning by addressing today’s most important ecological issues.
This book shares stories of pioneering educators, students, and activists engaged in issues related to food, water, oil, and coal in communities from the mountains of Appalachia to a small village in the Arctic; the deserts of New Mexico to the coast of New Orleans; and the streets of Oakland, California to the hills of South Carolina.
Ecoliterate also presents five core practices of emotionally and socially engaged ecoliteracy and a professional development guide.
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Place-based Education
In Placed-Based Education, David Sobel, the author of the highly influential book Beyond Ecophobia, details and celebrates an approach to teaching that emphasizes connections among school, community, and environment. Through academic research, practical examples, and insightful strategies drawn from classrooms throughout the United States, Sobel outlines the practice and pedagogy of this transformative philosophy of education.
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Into the Field
Into the Field provides teachers with curriculum ideas for engaging students in the natural and cultural history of their communities. The book is both theoretical and practical, combining pedagogical background on why fieldwork enhances educational experiences with the nuts and bolts details of how one gets started.
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Choice, Control & Change
The Choice, Control & Change: Using Science to Make Food and Activity Decisions learning module investigates the link between diet and physical activity to learn how the human body works. Students engage in hands-on investigations of food preferences and environment, energy intake and expenditure, and lifestyle-related diseases — as well as analyze their overall health using scientific reasoning. Part 3 of the Linking Food and the Environment (LiFE) Curriculum Series.
Grade level: 6-8
Subject: Science