Project-Based Learning

By designing a conservation programme, students learn about the importance of biodiversity as well as the economic benefits and services ecosystems provide.

Resource downloads:

After learning about endangered species and conservation, students design and create a museum exhibit sharing their knowledge with friends and family at an ARKive School Museum.

Resource downloads:

This lesson introduces students to green building practices and their benefits. Students collaborate to design their own green building, conduct an energy audit of their school and use the resulting data to suggest ways to improve the school's energy efficiency and reduce its carbon output.

Students track the weather over a month-long period using basic weather instruments, chart the information, and make predictions based on their observations.

This guide, created in part by EarthEcho International, illustrates relevant facts about our oceans and waterways. It also gives readers ideas for how to make a positive change for the environment by completing a service learning project.

This award-winning environmental conservation success story features the participation of Maryland elementary school students in the USFWS National Fish Passages Program.

The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network program (GREEN) provides opportunities for young people to learn more about the watersheds they live in and to use their findings to create lasting solutions for pressing water quality challenges.

In this lesson from WET in the City's Water Watchers Guide, students learn how to read a water meter and water bill to get an overview of their school's total water consumption and the cost of that water. They monitor the water meter twice a day for two weeks, which helps them develop an idea of water consumption patterns.

This lesson plan was developed by LaMotte Company for high schools. It prepares students to set up a monitoring program at a local water source and collect and analyze data, allowing them to draw conclusions about the quality of the water.