Sustainable STEM Challenge: Building a Ghost Home
This week, I gave my students a very open-ended challenge through the Engineering Design Process, and they completely blew me […]
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A Guide to Empowering Sustainable Students
I recently had a conversation with a neighbor that really made me think about how I present the idea of
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Trash to Triumph: Sustainable STEM Challenges That Spark Innovation
When it comes to STEM education, there’s nothing like seeing students fully absorbed in a design challenge, pipe cleaners flying,
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An Unforgettable Night of Science, Story, and Sustainability
What makes for a truly memorable school event? For our recent Math and Science Curriculum Night, we traded the typical
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The Magic of Miss Makey: Turning Trash into Treasure
There’s nothing quite like that lightbulb moment when a student realizes they can transform seemingly worthless “trash” into “treasure”. If
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Ready to Take Your Class Outside?
Let’s be honest: for many K–5 teachers, the idea of taking students outside can spark a tiny panic attack. Images
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Clean Energy Gets a Makeover (And a Personality!)
Ever tried explaining renewable energy to a room full of third graders? Let’s just say… the wind turbine isn’t the
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Sustainable Kindergarten: Chick Chick Boom Boom Lesson
Simple Steps, Big Fun! Remember that scene in every alien movie where the human tries to explain something straightforward, but
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Sustainable Storytelling: Books to Inspire Eco-Heroes in Your K-5 Classroom
At The Sustainable Classroom Guide, I know some of the most powerful lessons aren’t taught from a textbook, but whispered from the pages of a beloved story. For K-5 students, books are magical portals that transport them to distant lands, introduce new ideas, and perhaps most importantly, connect them deeply with the natural world and the principles of sustainability