Description:This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK-12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students, and leading the way towards becoming a green school.Sharing real-world case studies and detailed walkthroughs of sustainable schools in action--from Madison, Alabama to Bali, Indonesia--author Linda Plevyak lays out the benefits, principles, and practices of creating a sustainable school, from beginner, classroom projects like creating a garden, recycling, and composting, to more complex and school-wide initiatives like energy audits, creating an environmental management system, engaging with policy, and building and leveraging community partnerships. Plevyak highlights sustainable practices that can be developed with little to no budget, and focuses on those that support the development of critical thinking skills, promote project-based learning, and consider the environment as a learning tool, incorporating sustainability as a natural progression of the learning process.The book outlines extensive resources teachers and schools can use to embed sustainability in their programs and curriculum, offering teachers, school leaders, and policymakers the tools they need to provide this generation of students with the knowledge and skills to create a more sustainable world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K–12 Education through Sustainable Practices. To get started finding Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K–12 Education through Sustainable Practices, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K–12 Education through Sustainable Practices
Description: This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK-12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students, and leading the way towards becoming a green school.Sharing real-world case studies and detailed walkthroughs of sustainable schools in action--from Madison, Alabama to Bali, Indonesia--author Linda Plevyak lays out the benefits, principles, and practices of creating a sustainable school, from beginner, classroom projects like creating a garden, recycling, and composting, to more complex and school-wide initiatives like energy audits, creating an environmental management system, engaging with policy, and building and leveraging community partnerships. Plevyak highlights sustainable practices that can be developed with little to no budget, and focuses on those that support the development of critical thinking skills, promote project-based learning, and consider the environment as a learning tool, incorporating sustainability as a natural progression of the learning process.The book outlines extensive resources teachers and schools can use to embed sustainability in their programs and curriculum, offering teachers, school leaders, and policymakers the tools they need to provide this generation of students with the knowledge and skills to create a more sustainable world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K–12 Education through Sustainable Practices. To get started finding Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K–12 Education through Sustainable Practices, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.