Resource Library

The Imagination Factory is a site that launched as an outgrowth of artist and teacher Marilyn Brackney's classroom. The purpose of the site is to teach children and their caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art. The lessons and activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mache, marbling, and crafts.

This teacher page, produced by the Energy Information Administration, provides activities for using Energy Kids as a resource to teach students about energy in a fun and interactive way. The website includes lesson plans, field trips, a career corner, and a teacher guide. The guide provides Language Arts, Math, Performing Arts, Science and Social Studies extension activities by age levels.

Learn about our nation's fossils at home or in the classroom with these activities developed by education specialists in the National Park Service, fossil sites, and various museums. Some of these activities have a site-specific element that can be adapted for use at home or in the classroom. Virtual site visits are also available within the following resources.

In this lesson plan from National Geographic Xpeditions, students learn about some of the important discoveries that oceanographers have made and some areas that they are still investigating. Students make posters explaining how oceanography is important and how it's used. The lesson is appropriate for grades 3-5 and adheres to National Geography Standards.

The Water Sourcebooks, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contain 324 interdisciplinary, hands-on activities on topics including Introduction to Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Water Resources, Ground Water Resources, and Wetlands and Coastal Waters.

This lesson from National Geographic Xpeditions helps students understand that geography is an important field that enables people to make sense of the world and prepare for the future. Students will concentrate on how photography can contribute to the process by viewing the pictures of undersea photographer David Doubilet.

The Water Sourcebooks, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contain 324 interdisciplinary, hands-on activities on topics including Introduction to Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Water Resources, Ground Water Resources, and Wetlands and Coastal Waters.

This lesson plan from the Georgia Aquarium explores the importance of estuaries and the impact that pollution in estuaries has on the food chain and local economies. The lesson adheres to Georgia Performance Standards and is appropriate for grades 6-8.

The Water Sourcebooks, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contain 324 interdisciplinary, hands-on activities on topics including Introduction to Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Water Resources, Ground Water Resources, and Wetlands and Coastal Waters.

This lesson from National Geographic Xpeditions helps students understand the environmental importance of coral reefs and the threats to reef conservation. Through the process of gathering geographic information about a place (in this case, the Great Barrier Reef), students learn how a "geographic focus" can sharpen their insights about a conservation issue.