Educators
Welcome to the education Web page, where you'll find ideas for educating students and working together to improve the environment we share. From lesson plans to tips for healthier classrooms, these links are designed for educators and administrators but will be useful for anyone interested in environmental education.
IDEM is committed to educating Indiana's children and adults on environmental issues by providing programs and information designed to bring environmental education to you, the educator! IDEM recognizes environmental education is not designed to eliminate the need for regulation. However, it costs much less to teach people how to prevent environmental problems than it does to clean up those problems!
- GreenSteps
- School teachers, janitors and school administrators share a common goal: they work every day to provide a healthy learning environment for Hoosier kids. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management designed the GreenSteps program especially for them. GreenSteps helps schools maintain a quality learning environment, prevent illness, and decrease absence. GreenSteps provides useful "tools" to minimize and eliminate environmental health concerns in the classroom, school building and around the school grounds.
- Indiana's Environment and You
- Indiana's Environment and You will help teach students their role in the environment and how their choices impact them, their community and all of Indiana.
- The Notepad
- The Notepad is an IDEM biannual electronic publication designed to inform Indiana educators and school administrators about possible environmental health threats in their buildings and to keep them abreast of environmental education resources.
- Presentations
- Professional staff members are available from IDEM to serve as guest speakers for your school or organization. Lessons on air, land, and water pollution, recycling, and children's environmental health are available.
- Activities, Lesson Plans, and Coloring Books
- IDEM offers five lesson plans including, Air, Water, and Land Quality, Recycling, and Children's Environmental Health that all meet various Indiana State Science Standards. Also check out our coloring booklets for children in grades K-2 and 3-5.
- Upcoming Environmental Education Events
- IDEM's Environmental Education, Health, and Community Relations Staff exhibit at and host various school presentations, teacher trainings, community events, health fairs, expos, and career workshops throughout the year. Contact us to attend your local event or to participate in an IDEM-sponsored event.
- Project LEAP
- The only air pollution curriculum specific to Indiana, Project LEAP provides educational materials, activities, and curricula for students and teachers that may be adapted for use in all grades. Learn more about Project LEAP and download the curriculum.
- Enviroville
- Visit Enviroville, Indiana to take an interactive quiz and see what you know about your environment.
- State funding for recycling education
Top FAQsI Want To...
- What should I do with my old computers and electronics?
- Where can I recycle?
- What are “Pay-as-You-Throw” programs?
- How can I get funding for recycling programs?
- What is “household hazardous waste”?
- Why is mercury dangerous?
- What is composting and how do I do it?
- What are the benefits of recycling?
- Where can I find information about available IDEM grants, loans, or funds?
- Where can I find information about flooding?
