Green Steps: Educational Resources
- Environmental Education Poster [PDF]
- Success Stories videos:
- Katie Curry - Recycler, Franklin, IN [MOV] (Currently Unavailable)
- Back to School Teacher's Store, Muncie, IN [MOV] (Currently Unavailable)
- Union City Community High School, Union City, IN [MOV] (Currently Unavailable)
- Virtual Classroom (Currently Unavailable)
- Virtual Chemistry Lab (Currently Unavailable)
- Virtual Biology Lab (Currently Unavailable)
- Green Steps logo:
- Indiana Sanitary School House Rule:
- This rule 410 IAC 6-5.1 establishes the minimum standards for public and private schools.
Educational links from IDEM
- Notepad
- The Notepad is an IDEM quarterly electronic publication designed to inform Indiana educators and school administrators about possibleenvironmental health threats in their buildings and to keep them abreast of environmental education resources.
- Environmental Lesson Plans Covering Indiana State Science Standards
- Lesson plans written and compiled by IDEM staff to provide educators, both formal and non-formal, with information to teach students about Indiana's environment and how IDEM works to protect it. The five lesson plans include, Air Quality, Water Quality, Land Quality, Recycling, and Children's Environmental Health.
- Environmental Education Events
- IDEM's Environmental Education, Health, and Community Relations Staff exhibit at and host various school presentations, teacher trainings, community events, health fairs, expos, and career workshops throughout the year. Contact us to attend your local event or to participate in an IDEM-sponsored event.
- Project LEAP
- The only air pollution curriculum specific to Indiana, Project LEAP provides educational materials, activities, and curricula for students and teachers that may be adapted for use in all grades. Learn more about Project LEAP and download the curriculum.
- Recycling for Schools and Educators
- Use Your Brain Game
- Dr. Reese Eikle Laboratory
- IDEM's childrens environmetal education site
- Recycle Guys
Educational links from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Teaching Resources by Topic
- A collection of Web sites and documents that you can use to explain environmental topics. These resources offer basic and clear information to assist you in teaching your students about the environment.
- U.S. EPA Teaching Publications
- Free materials for you and your students
- U.S. EPA Kids Club
- The club gets kids interested in learning more about the environment. The club also encourages members to complete environmental projects for which they receive recognition.
- Environmental Education Materials
- A collection of Web sites and documents that you can use to explain environmental topics. These resources offer basic and clear information to assist you in teaching your students about the environment.
- Clean School Bus USA
- Learn ways to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses.
- Pesticide Information for Kids, Students, and Teachers
- A collection of Web sites and documents that you can use to explain pesticides and pests topics.
- U.S. EPA Student Center
- For middle school students. A collection of Web sites and documents that you can use to explain a variety of environmental topics.
- U.S. EPA High School Environmental Center
- High students link to U.S. EPA environmental resources. This site will inform you about environmental issues and help you protect the environment.
- U.S. EPA Teaching Resources:
- Educational Resources from U.S. EPA
- List of free EPA educational documents you may wish to order.
- U.S. EPA Healthy School Environment Resources
- Healthy School Environment Resources is your gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff, address environmental health issues in schools.
- Children's Health from U.S. EPA
- U.S. EPA Heatly School Environment Assessment tool
- Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT)
- U.S. EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues.
Additional Resources
- Vermicomposting Information and Other Recycling Items
- E-scrap Indiana
- A collection of Web sites and documents that you can use to explain electronic waste topics.
Top FAQsI Want To...
- What should I do with my old computers and electronics?
- Where can I recycle?
- What are “Pay-as-You-Throw” programs?
- How can I get funding for recycling programs?
- What is “household hazardous waste”?
- Why is mercury dangerous?
- What is composting and how do I do it?
- Where can I find information about available IDEM grants, loans, or funds?
- What are the benefits of recycling?
- Where can I find information about flooding?
