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City Hall Rooftop Garden-Chicago
 | Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Case Study - Checklist - Fact sheet |
| Summary: The City of Chicago has done a lot for urban gardening, especially green roofs. This site is a portal to information on the City Hall Rooftop Garden and includes information about the gardening, monitoring the garden's benefits, the construction and design and... |
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Cultivating Native Minds in School Gardens
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Case Study - Classroom Lessons - List |
| Summary: Teachers are connecting kids to nature with native plants in the schoolyard. |
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Discover How Trees Produce and Conserve Energy
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Students will design an energy wise community using trees and they will be introduced to landscaping for energy conservation.This is a 13-page pdf. |
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Earthwater Products
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - School Projects |
| Summary: Basic stencils are provided (including Spanish stencils), custom stencils and specialized, unique stencils. Earthwater Products is a not-for-profit organization who's mission is to foster public awareness of, involvement in, and support for stormwater polluti... |
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Farm to School
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: The National Farm to School Network is a collaborative project with the goal of strengthening and expanding activities in states with existing programs and assisting others that do not yet have programs. As part of their network they provide links to states wi... |
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Gateway Area Storm Sewer Stenciling PRoject
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - School Projects |
| Summary: This project serves as a model for creating a storm sewer stenciling project. Content includes "how to conduct a stenciling program, organizing a stenciling project in your town," and an "activity guide for the classroom K-12." Organization includes stenciling... |
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Green Landscaping
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Resources include proceedings from conferences, conservation and native landscaping awards, natural landscaping alternative slide show, sustainable landscaping slide show, natural lanscaping fact sheets,c ase studies and more. The "Ask The Wizard" answers freq... |
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Greening School Grounds, Creating Habitats for Learning
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - School Projects |
| Summary: Lessons
EditorsGrant, Tim and Littlejohn, Gail. ISBN0-86571-436-3 AbstractThis book of lessons is a compilation of contributions from teachers who are working with middle school students and who are helping students create habitats... |
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Greenscaping Your Lawn and Garden
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report |
| Summary: This 8-page booklet describes simple techniques for reducing the environmental impacts of landscaping on lawn and property by grasscycling, mulching, and composting. Properly managing yard waste not only enhances the environment, but saves money. These suggest... |
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Guide to Storm Drain Marking
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This is a manual and how-to guide for municipalities interested in starting a storm drain marking program to reduce nonpoint source pollution. This is also a valuable resource for school districts and volunteer community groups who wish to implement a storm dr... |
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How to Grow a School Garden: Lessons Learned
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: A short list of suggestions (probably learned the hard way) of how to increase chances of success with school garden projects. |
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How to Stencil Storm Drains
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - List |
| Summary: A two-page PDF on how to stencil storm drains, from getting permission to the event day. |
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IPM for Gardeners
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Non-Fiction
Authors, Raymond A. Cloyd, Philip L. Nixon, and Nancy R. Pataky
ISBN 0-88192-647-7
IPM for Gardeners is a manual, first addressing the needs of plants, diseases and insects and other pests in the first thr... |
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Kids Regen Glossary (Gardening)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Glossary |
| Summary: Non-technical glossary for gardening, healthy soil and food, rain gardening and other related topics. |
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Mapping out the Schoolyard: Designing Gardens and Habitats
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Case Study - Checklist - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: Suggestions for designing educational gardens and sources for funding small projects can be located at this kids gardening site.Teachers resources are provided taht include stories, activities and news. |
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Native Plant Information Network
| Type: Database - Fact sheet - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: The resources provided by he LBJ Wildflower Center include a native plants database, complete with an image gallery of almost 17,000 images, a national suppliers director and a national organizations directory, and a clearinghouse of publications. |
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Natural Landscaping Publications
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) |
| Summary: This partial list of resources focuses on natural landscaping including resources (consultants) and publications appropriate for the Great Lakes region. |
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On the Prairie
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Database - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: The Bell Museum provides an opportunity to learn more about the native habitats of the prairie, how to build/restore a prairie; a field guide to the prairie plants, birds, herps, insects, and mammals, videos of the prairie (using quick time videl), and how to... |
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Pontiac Storm Sewer Stencil Program
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Case Study - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - School Projects |
| Summary: Teacher Paul Ritter (Pontiac High School, Pontiac, Illinois) conducts a school-based, community-wide storm sewer stencil program that can serve as a model for other communities. This 34-slide power point presentation offers suggestions for starting your own. |
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Rain Garden Applications and Simple Calculations Power Point
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - School Projects |
| Summary: This 16-slide power point presentation shows examples of rain gardens in communities and on residential property as well as some construction and calculations for planning a garden. |
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Rain Garden Glossary
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Glossary |
| Summary: This is a non-technical glossary for rain gardens, including some biodiversity, landscaping and hydrology terminology. |
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Rain Garden Network
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: Rain Garden Network is an organization that encourages homeowners to do what they can on their property and in their lives to protect the water quality of our lakes, rivers and streams from pollution and the damage done by stormwater runoff. Through a program... |
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Rain Gardens of West Michigan
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: A project of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council, the Rain Gardens of West Michigan web site provides a wealth of information on rain gardens, as well as step-by-step advice on creating your own rain garden. Benefits of rain gardens include reduced... |
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School Ground Greening Guide, Ontario, Designing for Shade and Energy Conservation
| Type: Article/Report - Checklist - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This publication is the first in a series of EcoSchools greening guides that promote best practices on school grounds and in the classroom. This presents a five-step process the involves the entire school community. This 90-page resource is designed to help... |
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School Profiles: Virtual Recycling
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: School Projects |
| Summary: See what some students have implemented at their schools. Included in the list: collage art contest, annual clothing recycle day, recycle projects and more. |
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Schoolyard Garden and Habitat Project
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Web site |
| Summary: The Schoolyard Garden and Habitat program serves high school students with specific learning disabilities. |
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Shady Rain Garden Plants for Wisconsin
Storm Drain Marking Manual
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Checklist - Fact sheet - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This 16-page PDF manual provides an introduction, marking methods, the planning process, education, day of the event (and after the event as well as sources for marking supplies and instructions on cleaning the supplies. |
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Storm Drain Stenciling
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Case Study - School Projects |
| Summary: This is an exampe of a stenciling project in the DuPage County area (Illinois) that used volunteers and students from local schools. |
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Stormwater Outreach Materials and Reference Documents
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - School Projects |
| Summary: Protecting urban water and addressing some key water pollutions issues gets easier with these outreach materials and reference documents from US EPA that includes the stormwater stickers for kids, door hangers, posters, bookmarks, and placemats. These can be u... |
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Trees are Terrific ... Travels with Pierre
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Trees Are Terrific...Travels with Pierre, is designed to help young children (5–8 years of age) gain an appreciation of trees, observe trees in their every day lives and develop an interest in learning more about trees. It is intended for adults to work with c... |
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Water Wise Kids: A Growing Solution to Water Pollution
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Lessons and activities "invite kids to respect rain, ponder puddles and build healthy gardens to filter filth!" or to create rain gardens. |
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WISE Website
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: WISE (Whole Systems Integrated Sustainable Desicn for Education) is a website tool for students and teachers to learn about and implement sustainable design projects. Students will observe, analyze resources, record findings, learn about sustainability, and p... |
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