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Green
Teacher Magazine
This is a magazine written by teachers for teachers to
enhance environmental and global education across the
curriculum at all grade levels. Every issue contains
practical articles with reports of what successful teachers,
parents and schools are doing, ready-to-use activities and
cross-curricula activities for various grade levels,
perspective articles on ideas for rethinking education in
light of environmental and global problems, and resource
listings and reviews of new books, kits, games, videos and
other resources.
The May/June 1996 issue of Green Teacher,
Transforming School Grounds, is entirely devoted to school
grounds greening concepts and provides many useful resources
and contacts.
To obtain a listing of back issues and
details on subscriptions, contact:
Green Teacher
95, Robert Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2K5
Phone: (416) 960-1244
Fax: (416) 925-3474
E-mail: greentea@web.net
Electronic packs, including Transforming School Grounds, can
also be purchased over the internet.
http://www.greenteacher.com
Greening
School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning
By Green Teacher Magazine
Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, Editors
Published by: New Society Publishers 2001
136 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations
Price: $21.95 Call Green Teacher for bulk rates: (416)
960-1244
In Green Teacher's Greening School Grounds, you will find
ideas for numerous schoolyard projects, from tree nurseries
to school composting to native plant gardens, along with
ideas for enhancing learning by addressing the diverse needs
of students. More than a dozen schoolyard habitat options
are presented ranging from rooftop and multi-cultural
gardens, through desert and butterfly gardens, to ponds and
prairie restorations. For project planners, there are useful
tips on minimizing vandalism and maximizing participation,
and raising funds. For teachers, there are dozens of outdoor
classroom curriculum links, an annotated bibliography of
learning resources, and up-to-date listings of funders and
training organizations.
The Growing
Classroom, Garden-Based Science.
By R. Jaffe, and Appel.
Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley, 1990.
Cultivating a
Child’s Imagination Through Gardening
By N. Jurenka and R. Blass
Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press.
The Urban
Outback - Wetlands for Wildlife
This is a guide to wetland restoration and frog-friendly
backyards produced by the Metro Toronto Zoo's Adopt-a-Pond
programme. The book is out of print but you can download it
from the Metro Toronto Zoo website. The Adopt-A-Pond
programme also has a number of resources on creating a
schoolyard wetland habitat including a cross-curricular
guide. This guide meets curriculum guidelines and will help
teachers further integrate wetland biology and amphibian
conservation into the classroom. These materials can be
found on:
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/
A Wetland
Conservation Plan: A Landowner's Guide to Wetland
Conservation Planning
Landowner Resource Centre
This resource is useful if you are
planning to create a pond or wetland habitat on school
grounds or involve students in wetland conservation
activities.
To obtain a free copy, contact:
Landowner Resource Centre
P.O. Box 599
5524 Dickinson Street
Manotick, Ontario K4M 1A5
Phone: (613) 692-2390 or 1 (800) 387-5304 (from 613 area
code only)
Fax: (613) 692-2806
e-mail: lrc@sympatico.ca
Website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/lrc
Potholes and
Ponds: A Pond Study Guide for Elementary School Children,
by Vlademir H. Murawsky
Published by Vlademir H. Murawsky, University of
Saskatchewan
ISBN: 0-921257-07-4
68 pages, black and white illustrations throughout
This book includes a series of activities that help students
answer fundamental questions for themselves that they
usually ask about ponds. Each activity has a suggested grade
level, a list of materials needed, a step-by-step procedure
and suggestions for follow-up learning.
Bioplanning a
North Temperate Garden
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
259 pages
This book provides several bioplans for gardens that can be
adapted to the field, the backyard, the bush and the school
yard. To bioplan a garden, the gardener must view the site
as a biological system and the activity of gardening as an
ecological task. To assist in bioplanning a garden, the
author provides not only adaptable plans but also planting
instructions emphasizing ecofunction, organic care and
environmentally-friendly means of pest control. The book
contains over 100 full colour photographs of species and
landscapes.
Greening
Canada: A Guide to Community Tree Planting
The Conservation Council of Ontario
24 pages, illustrated with diagrams and photographs
This guide provides useful tree-planting information. Please
note: on Page 13, there is a diagram showing how trees
should be planted and staked. While this kind of planting is
appropriate for many situations, trees planted at grade
level as shown in the diagram have a very low survival rate
in schoolyards. Go to Site Design and Types of Projects for
information and diagrams on planting trees in school
yards.
For a free copy of Greening Canada, contact:
Tree Canada Foundation.
Phone: (613) 567-5545
Fax: (613) 567-5270
e-mail: tcf@treecanada.ca
Gardening
with Trees and Shrubs
by Trevor Cole
ISBN: 1-55110-400-8
216 pages
This is one of the most comprehensive tree and shrub guide
available for eastern Ontario. It is designed to help you
choose, buy, plant and care for deciduous and coniferous
trees and shrubs. It also includes information on ground
covers and climbing vines.
The Guide to
Trees of Canada and North America
by Alan Mitchel
ISBN: 0-88665-322-3
199 pages
This book provides a highly informative, detailed guide to
trees in Canada. In full colour spreads, each tree is
featured as it appears in a typical landscape, with various
aspects such as seasonal changes, male and female flowers
and seeds, leaf shape and bark shown in fine detail and
clearly labelled.
A Guide to
Enjoying Wildflowers
Donald and Lillian Stokes
Stokes Nature Guides
ISBN: 0-316-81731-7, 371 pages
This guide to introduces a new approach to wildflowers -
learning about their lore, lives and adaptations throughout
the year. The guide includes fifty wildflowers. For each
wildflower there are five sections: an introduction to its
lore and medicinal uses, a description of its garden
relatives, interesting seasonal features of the plants, an
explanation of the flower's design, and a summary of the
plant's life cycle. The majority of plants are suitable for
growing in school grounds wildflower gardening projects.
Plants for
Play
by Robin Moore
MIG Communications, 1993
ISBN: 0-944661-18-1
121 pages
In this book, the author shares his years of experience in
selecting plants that support children's play activities.
More than 200 species of plant species are listed in
eighteen plant function tables such as: Play Value;
Fragrance; Play Props; Fall Colour; Fruits; Herbs and Nuts;
Winter Flowers; Shade Quality; Seasonal Interest; Erosion
Control; and Wildlife Enhancement. Plants are coded by
climatic zone and a special section identifies and discusses
poisonous plants.
Rodale's
All-New Encyclopaedia of Organic Gardening: The
Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener
Rodale Press, Inc., 1997
ISBN: 0-87596-599-7
689 pages, black and white illustrations
This resource has over 400 entries of the most practical,
up-to-date gardening information available. The information
has been collected from garden experts across north
America.
Rodale's
Garden Insect, Disease, and Weed Identification Guide
by M. Smith and A. Carr
Rodale Press
Rodale's
Colour Handbook of Garden Insects
by Ann Carr
Rodale Press
The New
Organic Grower's Four Season Harvest
by Eliot Coleman
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1992
ISBN: 0-930031-57-1
212 pages, black and white illustrations and diagrams
Natural
Gardening
by John Kadel Boring, Erica Glasener, Glen Keator, Jim
Knope, Jane Scott and Sally Wasowski
Time-Life Books, 1995
ISBN: 0-7835-4750-1
288 pages, full colour illustrations and photographs
This is an excellent resource for creating a natural garden
to attract wildlife. Each page depicts a different species
of plants including trees, shrubs, vines, flowering annuals
and perennials, grasses and wildflowers. Also shown on each
page are the plants' native habitats, growing zones, height
and spread, blooming times, light and moisture requirements
and the wildlife they are likely to attract.
Attracting
Backyard Wildlife
by Bill Merilees
Whitecap Books, 1998
SBN: 0-921061-29-3
159 pages, black and white illustrations
This guide will help you to create and maintain gardens that
will attract wildlife.
It also includes diagrams for the construction of toad
holes, raccoon roosts, bat houses, squirrel nest boxes and
bird feeders.
Stokes Bird
Gardening Book: The complete guide to creating a
bird-friendly habitat in your backyard
by Donald and Lillian Stokes
Little, Brown and Company, 1998
ISBN: 0-316-81836-4
95 pages, full colour
Price: $17.95
This comprehensive guide, illustrated with 300 colour
photographs, tells you what you need to know to create a
paradise for birds. It includes information on how to
attract nesting birds with the right kinds of trees and
shrubs, which flowering plants birds love, the benefits of
ponds and birdbaths, how to attract birds to feeding
stations, and tips on increasing Winter bird
populations.
Worms Eat Our
Garbage
by Mary Appelhof
Flower Press, 1993
ISBN: 0-942256-05-0
214 pages, black and white drawings and diagrams
throughout
This book is considered the definitive guide on how to set
up and maintain a worm composting system at school. It is
full of interesting classroom activities which integrate
earthworm activities with soil science, plant growth studies
and ecological issues. Learning processes include scientific
methods, observing, recording data, measurement and
problem-solving.
Let it Rot!
Stu Campbell
Storey Communications Inc., USA 1990
ISBN: 0-8826-049-7
Black and white drawings
Price: $7.50
This book takes an easy-going approach to demystifying
composting. It covers all the usual methods as well as some
less-usual ones. It is an excellent resource with a wealth
of practical information on every aspect of composting, from
composter construction to the end product.
The Real Dirt
by Mark Cullen and Lorraine Johnson
Penguin Books 1992
ISBN: 0-14-015961-4
154 pages, black and white illustrations
This book provides practical information, plans for building
your own compost bins, answers to commonly asked questions
and activities to interest children in the composting
process.
Carrots Love
Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting
by Louise Riotte
Garden Way Publishing, 1975
226 pages, black and white illustrations
“The magic and mystery of companion planting has intrigued and
fascinated” people for centuries, yet it is part of
the gardening world that is still being explored. We know
that some plants assist each other to grow well and repel
damaging insects and even repel other plants. This book
provides useful information about plants to use in companion
planting and the amount of time it takes for the beneficial
effects to become apparent. The book is compiled in
alphabetical order according to subjects.
The Growing
Classroom: A Gardening-Based Science and Nutrition
Curriculum
by Jaffe, Cadoux, Appel, 1986
Grades 1-6
Phone: (408) 476-7140
How Can One
Sell the Air?
Postscript by Steef Davidson
Book Publishing Company, USA, 1988
This is an interpretation of a speech delivered in l885 by
Chief Seattle of the Duwamish people to the president of the
United States. It can be used in conjunction with any topic
on the environment.
VIEWFINDERS:
A Visual Environmental Literacy Curriculum.
Elementary Unit: Exploring Community Appearance and the
Environment,
by the Dunn Foundation.
Warwick, RI : the Dunn Foundation, 1996.
Wild School
Sites, A Guide to Preparing for Habitat Improvement,
by Paul Schiff & Dr. Cindi Smith-Walters
Bethesda, MD: Project WILD, 1993.
Wildflowers,
Blooms and Blossoms
by Diane L Burns
Minnetonka, MN: Cowles Creative Press, 1998.
(The) Woods
in Your Backyard, A Homeowner's Guide,
Christine Parrish. Augusta, ME: Maine Forest Service
Department of Conservation, 1999.
Walk Around
the Block
Center for Understanding the Built Environment
Prairie Village, Kansas, 1994
Forests
The Once and
Future Forest. A Guide to Forest Restoration.
By Leslie Jones Sauer
Andropogen Associates. Island Press, 1998.
Ecology of
Eastern Forests
By John C. Kircher & Gordon Morrison
Peterson Field Guides. Houghton Mifflin, 1988
Forest and
Thicket. Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers of Eastern North
America
By John Eastman.
Stackpole Books, 1992
Trees Are
Terrific
Ranger Rick's NatureScope
Acorn Naturalists (K-8)
Tree Finder A
Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves
By May Thielgard Watts
Nature Study Guild, 1991
Project
Learning Tree
American Forest Foundation
1111 19th Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20036
Trees: North
American Trees Identified
by Leaf, Bark & Seed by Steven Aronson
New York, NY: Workman Publishing, 1997.
Trees of
North America, A Guide to Field Identification,
By C. Frank Brochman
New York, NY: Golden Press, 1968.
Meadows
Noah's Garden
By Sara Stein
Houghton Mifflin
Planting
Noah's Garden Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology
By Sara Stein
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
The Wild Lawn
Handbook
Stevie Daniels
Macmillan, 1995
Wetlands
Swamp &
Bog. Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater
Wetlands.
John Eastman
Stackpole Books, 1995
Plants in
Wetlands. Field Guide to Biological Interactions
Charles Reddington
Kendall/ Hunt, 1994
WOW The
Wonder of Wetlands . An Educator's Guide
(K-12), Environmental Concern, Inc.
P.O. Box P, St. Michael's, MD 21663-0480.
A Guide to the Restoration, Construction
and Enhancement of North American Wetlands
Environmental Concern, Inc.
Curriculum Activity Guides
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The Urban
Outback - Wetlands for Wildlife.
The Adopt-A-Pond programme has a number of resources on
creating a schoolyard wetland habitat including a
cross-curricular guide. This guide meets curriculum
guidelines and will help teachers further integrate wetland
biology and amphibian conservation into the classroom. The
book is out of print but you can download it from the Metro
Toronto Zoo website.
These materials can be found on:
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/
Plant Wise
by Pamela M. Hickman
Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Guide to investigating plants
Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto
ISBN: 1-55074-044-X
96 pages, black and white illustrations
Through a series of projects, facts and experiments, this
book demonstrates the vital role plants play in purifying
air and water, and in preventing soil erosion. Contains lots
of useful information.
Bird Wise
by Pamela M. Hickman
Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Guide to investigating birds
Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto
ISBN: 1-921103-58-1
96 pages, black and white illustrations
This book includes details on how to build bird feeders and
make bird food. It also contains information on
bird-watching and bird identification activities.
Bug Wise
By Pamela M. Hickman
Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Guide to investigating bugs
Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto
ISBN: 0-921103-91-3
96 pages, black and white illustrations
This book is packed full of facts and activities which
emphasize bug-observation rather than bug-collecting. It has
lots of interesting information and facts on insects and
spiders.
Bird Habitat:
A Compilation of Outdoor Activities for Schools with
Wildlife Gardens
By Karyn Morris
Toronto District School Board
Phone: (416) 397-3786
Bottle
Biology: An idea book for exploring the world through soda
bottles and other recyclable materials
By Mrill Ingram
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1993
ISBN: 0-8403-8601-X
127 pages
This book has activities designed to help students pursue
scientific investigations. There are over twenty different
bottle constructions, including the Eco-Column, the
Predator-Prey Column and the TerrAqua Column. Each chapter
contains background information, activities and teaching
tips.
GrowLab:
Activities for Growing Minds
by Eve Pranis and Joy Cohen
National Gardening Association (NGA), 1992
ISBN: 0-915873-32-X
307 pages, black and white illustrations throughout
Contact: NGA at:
80, Flynn Avenue
Burlington
Vermont 05401
Phone: (802) 863-1308
This book is a good K-8 curriculum resource for indoor
classroom gardening.
Let's Get
Growing Catalogue
This catalogue of environmental education supplies includes
reference books for teachers, curriculum activity resources
and project materials and supplies.
Obtain a catalogue by calling: 1 (800) 408-1868
Website: http://www.letsgetgrowing.com
Let's Grow!
72 Gardening Adventures With Children
By Linda Tilgner
Storey Communications Inc./Garden Way Publishing, 1988
Illustrated
This book contains dozens of interesting gardening projects
designed to instill a love of nature in children and adults
alike.
Kid's Nature
Book: 365 Indoor and Outdoor Activities
By Susan Milord
Williamson Publishing Company, USA 1989
Illustrated throughout
A popular book on indoor and outdoor activities for every
day of the year that encourage exploration, observation, and
respect for all life forms.
Schoolyard/Backyard
Cycles of Science
By Jerry DeBruin
Good Apple Publishers, Inc., 1989
Black and white illustrations throughout
Packed full of science activities for Grades 3-9+, this book
can be used in conjunction with units and projects on the
environment. Included are many activities on biological
cycles. Permission is given by the publishers to reproduce
student activity pages for classroom use.
Good Earth
Art
By MaryAnn F. Kohl and Cindy Gainer
Bright Ring Publishing, USA (l99l)
Black and white drawings and diagrams.
Good Earth Art offers a creative variety of art projects
that develop an awareness of the environment and encourage a
caring attitude towards the Earth. The book concentrates on
using materials collected from nature, or saved from the
garbage can to demonstrate the usefulness of
usually-discarded items and materials.
Get Growing
By Lois Walker
Pembroke Publishers, 1990
ISBN: 0-471-54488-4
Black and white illustrations
102 pages
This book has over 30 indoor gardening, food and craft
projects.
The Man Who
Planted Trees
By Jean Giono
Chelsea Green, USA 1989
Full color illustrations
"Jean Giono's story of a man's generosity to nature - and
through nature to other humans - surely belongs among the
most endearing statements of hope", Wendell Berry. This is
an inspiring story for children and adults alike. The
National Film Board has produced a charming 15-minute video
of a reading of the book.
The Enchanted
Garden Book: Ideas for using plants to beautify your world,
both indoors and out
By Alice Herck
Random House, New York 1997
ISBN: 0-679-88096-8
39 Pages
A Garden in the City
By Gerda Muller
Simon and Schuster l989
ISBN: 0-356-16825 5 pbk
39 pages, full colour illustrations throughout
This story shows that even in a city it's possible to have a
garden and to grow things that attract all kinds of
wildlife. Ben's and Caroline's new home has a garden large
enough for them each to have their own plot. The story
follows the development of the children's individual gardens
as the seasons unfold, and is full of practical gardening
hints and garden-based activities.
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