Environmental Lesson Plans Covering Indiana State Science Standards

The following lesson plans were written and compiled by IDEM staff to provide educators, both formal and nonformal, 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.

Each lesson includes an overview page with the appropriate grade levels, main ideas and objectives covered, and necessary materials. The lesson plans may be used by a formal classroom teacher and by nonformal educators who travel around to various schools. Both teacher and presenter preparation tip sheets have are included with each lesson plan.

Lessons also include a "script" and complimentary activities, a "taking it further" section with supplemental activities, a listing of the Indiana State Science Standards covered, and a glossary of terms used in the lesson.

Environmental Education Plans

Lesson Plans	PDF (Best for printing)	Microsoft Word
Air Quality	PDF [539KB]	Word [621KB]
Children's Health	PDF [227KB]	Word [254KB]
Recycling	PDF [396KB]	Word [534KB]
Land Quality / Solid Waste	PDF [10.3MB]	Word [18.1MB]
Water Quality	PDF [219KB]	Word [248KB]

Coloring Books

IDEM publishes two sets of coloring books for children (grades K-2 and 3-5) that describe how IDEM staff members work to protect Indiana's air, water, and land. The science standards for both booklets are provided on the back cover. To get the coloring books*, you can:

Contact IDEM at (800) 988-7901 ext. 3-5433, or directly at 317-233-5433, or
Download below:
- For Grades K-2 (English) [PDF - 332KB]
- For Grades K-2 (Spanish) [PDF - 334KB]
- For Grades 3-5 (English) [PDF - 848KB]

* We will send you up to 25 copies of the coloring books for free. Additional coloring books may be created from the downloadable Adobe Acrobat versions of the books, above.