MEECS Air Quality: Five full lessons on Michigan Air Quality are available via the Michigan GoOpen platform

• Teachers can see video examples of how to lead these lessons for free on PBS Learning Media

Air Quality Monitoring

• MIair Air Quality Monitoring Data
• EGLE’s Air Monitoring Sites
• EPA.gov/Students:  Quality homework resources, lesson plans and project ideas for learning and teaching about the environment.
• EPA’s Air Quality Index Toolkit for Teachers – Activities around air quality for Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, and Grades 6-8
• EPA’s AirNow Air Quality Flag Program for schools includes activities and classroom curriculum for grades K-12 as well as an activity for a Girl Scout Cadettes Journey
• "Why is Coco Orange?" Picture Book - Coco has a problem. He’s a chameleon, but he can’t change colors, and his asthma is acting up. Read how Coco and his friends at Lizard Lick Elementary solve this mystery as they learn about air quality and how to stay healthy when the air quality is bad. This book is for all children, especially those with asthma, and their caretakers. Ages 4-8.
• Air Pollution: What's the Solution? is an educational project for students, grades 6 - 12, that uses online real time data to guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of outdoor air pollution.

Radon

• EGLE: Radon - EGLE site for local information, a radon activity book for kids, sources for test kits, and more.
• RadTown: Student and Teacher Radon Resources from EPA

Open Burning in Michigan
"Open burning" is the burning of unwanted materials such as paper, trees, brush, leaves, grass, and other debris where smoke and other emissions are released directly into the air. During open burning, air pollutants do not pass through a chimney or stack.

• Wood Smoke Activity Book for kids by EPA’s BurnWise Program

Ozone & Fine Particulates

• EGLE meteorologists explain: What are Clean Air Action Days?
• EGLE’s Ozone and Fine Particulate real time data maps
• West Michigan Clean Air Coalition shares coloring books and air quality lesson plans for teachers around the Air Quality Flag program, the Air Quality Index, and Clean Air Action days

Climate Resources

MEECS Climate Change Unit: Fourteen full lessons on the impacts of climate change in Michigan are available via the Michigan GoOpen platform
Teachers can see video examples of how to lead these lessons for free on PBS Learning Media

Climate Kids is a NASA affiliated website used as a fun education resource for children to easily understand climate change and other environmental issues. It includes games, short videos, information about common green careers and green technologies, and other environmental topics kids can learn about. There is also an Educator Resources section with interactive activities to help families and teachers explain these topics to children.

NOAA’s Toolbox for teaching Climate and Energy provides supporting resources and programs for those who want to teach climate and energy science.

• Interact with climate projections using NOAA’s Climate Explorer
• NASA Global Climate and Energy Resources: To increase awareness and interest in climate science, NASA has developed a series of educator resources for all grades:
• Grades K-5: Guide to Climate Change for Kids
• Grades 5-12: Graphing Global Temperature Trends
• Grades 9-12: Future Temperature Projections Unit
• Learn about climate resilience, view climate maps and data, and explore resilience case studies with the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network – Free teaching resources, curated by scientists, designed to step students through the key principles of climate and energy. For grades K-12 through college.

 

Energy Resources

MEECS Energy Unit: Eight full lessons on Michigan’s Energy sources, uses, and conservation are available via the Michigan GoOpen Platform

• Teachers can see video examples of how to lead these lessons for free on PBS Learning Media

DTE Virtual Wind and Solar Park Field Trip - The 27-minute virtual field trip takes students to Michigan’s largest wind and solar parks to help students learn about how these clean energy technologies work and the important role they play in helping reduce carbon emissions.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Energy Kids program provides energy related stories, hands-on activities, and research articles for your classroom! These curriculum-based lessons are separated by age-grade.

The PBS Energy Lab investigates what energy is, how it can be converted into useful forms, and why some sources are running low.

MEECS Water Quality Unit: Nine full lessons on Michigan’s Water Quality are available via the Michigan GoOpen Platform

• Teachers can see video examples of how to lead these lessons for free on PBS Learning Media

The Michigan Water Stewardship Program
is a partnership of organizations led by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that provides educational assistance to Michigan's residents to identify and reduce contamination risks to water and other natural resources. The website features easy-to-find resources for a variety of ages from pre-school to adult on a wide range of water topics.

The Freshwater Literacy and Stewardship Playbook
was developed by the MiSTEM Network and the Office of the Great Lakes to cultivate environmental literacy and the capacity for stewardship of lakes, rivers, streams, and other freshwater bodies in K-12 students and educators. This resource helps educators, administrators, and community organizations establish a persistent practice of place-based education focused on freshwater resources and stewardship.

The Great Lakes Literacy Principles
provide a framework for educators teaching about the Great Lakes, helping teachers and students think about the Great Lakes as a system, rather than a set of unrelated parts. Thinking systemically can provide a greater understanding and help identify solutions to the issues threatening the region.

The Michigan Invasive Species Program is a partnership between EGLE, MDNR, and MDARD that provides resources around identification and reporting of aquatic and terrestrial invasive species.

• Be sure to also check out EGLE’s Invasive Species Playlist on YouTube and NotMISpecies Webinar Series to learn more about how to identify and prevent invasive species!

NOAA Education curates a wealth of resources
for watershed, water quality, and stewardship education for the Great Lakes Region.

• Educators can learn and practice the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) with students using these resources from NOAA.

Great Lakes NOW: Resource for Teaching
offers a collection of lesson plans that engage students with the science and study of the Great Lakes.

Michigan SeaGrant’s H.O.M.E.S. at Home
webinar recordings are fun-filled, family-friendly videos full of Great Lakes fun facts, activity suggestions for students and families, and daily challenges.

Teaching Great Lakes Science
is a resource offered by Michigan SeaGrant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy with a suite of lessons, activities, and data sets focused on the Great Lakes targeted for 4^th-12^th grades

H2O-Q In the Classroom: Water Chemistry in the Great Lakes Region 
This program, run by Central Michigan University, provides teachers in grades 6-12 with water chemistry testing kits and full curriculum units on water chemistry. Students assess the health of local lakes and streams, enter their water quality data into a statewide map database, and take action to address local water quality concerns.