Terrain for Schools Lesson Plans
Between 2000 and 2005, the Ecology Center published teachers’ guides that featured science, social studies, and language arts lesson plans. The lesson plans draw upon the diverse local issues and current events covered in Terrain magazine, plus they:
- fulfill California State Education Standards
- cover urban habitat issues as well as suburban, rural, and wilderness issues
- give students opportunities to reference their own experiences, value systems, opinions, and ideas
- are designed to be implemented without the extra expense, planning, time, and staff that off-site extracurricular projects require.
View all our downloadable lesson plans.
Other Ecology Center Resources for Teachers
The Ecology Center has many useful resources for teachers:
- The Ecology Center maintains the Bay Area Environmental Education Resource Guide, a comprehensive listing of organizations in the nine counties of the Bay Area that offer programs, events, and resources related to environmental education for youth.
- Our lending library contains environmental curriculum on many topics.
- Teachers receive a 10% discount at the Ecology Center Store on all books and merchandise.
- Teachers can attend the Ecology Center’s classes and workshops at discounted rates.
- We can arrange tours for students to the EcoHouse, our demonstration house and garden.
