Teachers' resources

Teaching activities

Activities you can download and use in the classroom.

• Forests
• Geology, soil, mining
• Plants
• Prairies
• Wildfire
  
• Field trip ideas
• Outdoor classrooms
• Junior Park Naturalist program
• School Forests
• Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine Young Naturalist articles with teachers guides

Teach subjects using the environment

• Art & music
• Health & physical education
• Geography
• Physical science
• Reading/writing

Curricula

DNR sources for environmental education curriculum & activity guides training.

• Geology
• MinnAqua - Fishing Education
  
• Project Learning Tree
• Project WET
• Project WILD
  
   
• MN Academic
  Standards Database

Resource clearinghouse

Listing of DNR posters, learning kits, activities, curricula, etc., (many available for free).

• Search the SEEK Web site
  (SEEK = Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge)

Calendar

• DNR natural resources education events calendar
• SEEK calendar
  Check for teacher workshops and environmental education events sponsored by organizations throughout Minnesota.

Other Web sites

Get other ideas for environmental education activities from:

• EEK! Teacher pages (Wisconsin DNR)
• Ology (American Museum of Natural History)
• Classroom Earth (National Environmental Education & Training Foundation list of quality environmental education programs)