FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Parent-led activities to discover science in your living room or backyard with fun! – Monterey Bay Aquarium
Scavenger hunts to enjoy with your family – Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
Fun nature activities for kids – Everyone Outside
Get Outside with Schooner’s High Tide Activity Guide – Gather New Haven
Project Tree School: Learn at Home! – CT Forest & Park Association
Calendar of upcoming activities – CT Forest & Park Association
How to make a BUG Hotel – WWF
Family and Youth Resources – CT-DEEP
Audubon for Kids - Nature Activities, DIY, Lessons for Home – National Audubon Society
Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit – Children & Nature Network [ES]
Together in Nature: Pathways to a Stronger, Closer Family – Children & Nature Network [ES]
FREE “How to Teach Nature Journaling” – John Muir Laws
FOR EDUCATORS
Simple Ways to Bring Learning Outside – Edutopia
Garden Curriculum Lessons Compiled to Teach Next Gen Science Standards (Kindergarten Through 5th Grade)– Cultivating Community
Free Modular-based Book Designed Around Environmental Justice and Urban Ecology (High-school, with Equivalent Lessons for 5-8 Grades and Elementary) – Dr. Michael Barnett, Boston College
Searchable Database for Virtual Learning Lessons in Environmental & Outdoor Education (Search by Grade, Topic, Connections to Other Subjects - Math/Art/Social Studies/Reading/Writing - and Language - [EN] [ES]) – E Movement
Free Curriculum for Teaching Nature Journaling – John Muir Laws
Outdoor Learning Opportunities for Healthy Student During COVID-19 – Inside-Outside New England
How Outdoor Learning Can Support Reopening Public Education – Nature-Based Education Consortium
New Haven Harbor Watershed Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Simple Steps for Mapping Your Schoolyard – Riveredge Nature Center
Schoolyard Habitat Knowledge Network – Audubon Connecticut
Outdoor Infrastructure Planning Strategies for Taking Learning Outside – Green Schoolyards America
Building Your Outdoor Classroom: An Extended Picture Guide – Education Outside
Materials in Support of Planning and Designing Schoolyards and Outdoor Classrooms, Teaching and Learning in the Schoolyard, and Stewardship and Maintenance – Boston Schoolyard Initiative
eePRO: The Hub for Environmental Education Professional Development – North American Association for Environmental Education
Green Teacher Magazine (Tested Teaching Ideas & Resources) [ES]
Nature-based Education Resources – Inside-Outside New England
Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connection to Nature – North American Association for Environmental Education
ADVOCACY
The Case for Outdoor Learning – New Haven Independent
Going Back to School? What About Going Back to the Schoolyard? – New Haven Register
Environmental and Outdoor Education: Key to Equitably Reopening Schools – North American Association for Environmental Education
450+ Signatures Collected on Letter to Congressional Leaders Asking for Funding Towards Improved Outdoor School Spaces – North American Association for Environmental Education
An Advocacy Guide for Environmental Education Professionals & Supporters – North American Association for Environmental Education