Many of Nature Net’s members have lots of resources designed especially for students in the younger grades. They have also created resources specifically for educators of those grades so that they can best engage their students with nature in meaningful and local ways.

If you’re an educator looking for more materials and ideas for ways to bring nature and environmental education to your classrooms and teaching spaces, we at Nature Net have put together some great resources right here:

Aldo Leopold Foundation

The Foundation has specific resources for educators to incorporate Aldo Leopold’s values and work into their curricula.

Henry Vilas Zoo

The Zoo Virtually – add a virtual animal element to your classroom with a supplemental lesson or guided tour!

Plus they have teacher resources with activity and lesson guides for field trips and exhibits!

International Crane Foundation

Want to learn how to make a traditional origami crane?

Many of their Cranetivities are designed for K-2 students!

Reserve a crane trunk to show specimens and research tools for crane conservation to your students!

There are activity packets designed for K-2 grade levels on cranes!

Check out their website for more education resources.

Mackenzie Environmental Education Center

Resources about teaching forestry.

Resources about teaching air quality and pollution.

Rooted

Rooted has put together dozens of resources for educators to use in bringing gardening and nature to younger students, available in both English and Spanish!

See other opportunities to put gardening into school curricula.

Upham Woods

Get their Grab and Go lesson plans for a variety of outdoor topics.

UW Arboretum

See their variety of teaching tools available through the Journey North program.