Preschool Environmental Education
- Examines life
- Explores the environment
- Develops simple vocabulary
- Examines the interrelationship of humans and the environment
- Identifies pollutants
- Names and demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
Prekindergarten Environmental Education
- Examines life
- Explores the environment
- Develops simple vocabulary
- Examines the interrelationship of humans and the environment
- Identifies pollutants
- Names and demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
Kindergarten Environmental Education
- Examines life
- Explores the environment
- Develops and applies vocabulary
- Describes the interrelationship of humans and the environment
- Discusses the impact of humans on the environment
- Describes pollutants
- Discusses the impact of pollutants on the water cycle
- Discusses benefits of conservation
- Demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
First Grade Environmental Education
- Compares and contrasts different environments
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Describes the interrelationship of all life forms and the environment
- Relates human actions to changes in the environment
- Identifies and discusses threatened, endangered, and extinct species
- Describes pollutants and identifies their sources
- Discusses the impact of pollutants on the water cycle
- Discusses benefits and importance of conservation
- Demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
Second Grade Environmental Education
- Classifies environments
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Discusses the interrelationship of all life forms and the environment
- Relates human actions to changes in the environment–past, present, and future
- Identifies and discusses threatened, endangered, and extinct species
- Identifies sources of pollution and methods of reduction
- Discusses the impact of pollution on the food chain
- Identifies the need for laws protecting the environment
- Demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
Third Grade Environmental Education
- Develops an appreciation for the environment
- Classifies ecosystems
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Discusses the interrelationship of all life forms and the environment
- Describes how human actions and natural events change the environment—past, present, and future
- Discusses how a species becomes threatened, endangered, or extinct
- Identifies the need and describes ways to protect natural habitats
- Identifies actions that can reduce or prevent pollution
- Discusses the impact of pollution on personal health
- Discusses the need for laws protecting the environment
- Demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat
Fourth Grade Environmental Education
- Develops an appreciation for the environment
- Identifies components of different ecosystems
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Explains the interrelationship of all life forms and the environment
- Discusses how human actions and natural events change the environment—past, present, and future
- Discusses ways to protect natural habitats
- Identifies renewable and nonrenewable resources
- Discusses actions that can reduce or prevent pollution
- Discusses the impact of pollution on an ecosystem
- Identifies and discusses local and state laws for protecting the environment
- Identifies and describes the role of local and state environmental agencies
- Demonstrates acts of conservation
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat
Fifth Grade Environmental Education
- Develops an appreciation for the environment
- Identifies and classifies components of different ecosystems
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Explains the interrelationship of all life forms and the environment
- Predicts how human actions and natural events change the environment—past, present, and future
- Explains ways to protect natural habitats
- Experiments with methods that may reduce or prevent pollution
- Explains the impact of pollution on an ecosystem
- Identifies and discusses federal laws for protecting the environment
- Identifies and describes the role of federal environmental agencies
- Demonstrates ways to conserve nonrenewable resources
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat
Sixth Grade Environmental Education
- Appreciates the environment
- Compares and contrasts components of different ecosystems
- Creates a model of an ecosystem
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Illustrates how human actions and natural events change the environment—past, present, and future
- Integrates ways to protect natural habitats
- Experiments with methods that may reduce or prevent pollution
- Analyzes the impact of pollution on an ecosystem
- Relates local, states, and federal laws and agencies to environmental concerns
- Demonstrates ways to conserve nonrenewable resources
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat
Seventh Grade Environmental Education
- Appreciates the environment
- Explains levels of ecosystem organization
- Evaluates an ecosystem in distress
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Assesses how human and governmental actions and natural events change the environment—past, present, and future
- Integrates ways to protect natural habitats
- Experiments with and evaluates methods that may reduce or prevent pollution
- Analyzes the impact of pollution on an ecosystem
- Discusses the impact of international agreements on environmental concerns
- Demonstrates ways to conserve nonrenewable resources
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat
Eighth Grade Environmental Education
- Appreciates the environment
- Explains levels of ecosystem organization
- Evaluates an ecosystem in distress
- Increases and applies vocabulary
- Assesses how human and governmental actions change the environment—past, present, and future
- Integrates ways to protect natural habitats
- Experiments with and evaluates methods that may reduce or prevent pollution
- Analyzes the impact of pollution on an ecosystem
- Explains the impact of international agreements on environmental concerns
- Demonstrates ways to conserve nonrenewable resources
- Recycles
- Participates in an environmental education retreat