Helping to Foster Environmental Literacy for All California Students
We rely on the environment for everything we need – the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and much, much more. As the context in which we live our lives, the environment provides students an intrinsically engaging and authentic context for learning.
The California Education and the Environment Initiative is a statewide effort to make environmental literacy an integral part of K-12 instruction in California. We provide educators with professional learning and instructional materials that demonstrate how to blend the environment into the teaching of traditional academic subjects like science, history, and English language arts.
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators
11 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lesson Ideas For Every Subject
Begin Your Voyage of Ocean Discovery
Discover, Explore, Learn
A resource for kids, parents and teachers to find fun and educational materials related to health, science and the environment we live in today.
Skip the Bin! Battery Waste Education
Learn all about batteries, battery safety and how to properly dispose of batteries! This is important to protect people at home, school, businesses and to protect the environment.
Language, Math, Social Studies, Art & More
Kinder through 8th grade curriculum focused on all aspects of the rainforests from living there to the life there. So much good stuff on this site for everyone.
Think Earth, Teach Earth!
Curriculum for grades K-5. This curriculum focuses on pollution and waste and uses great illustrations and story telling to get the point across. Check out this fun curriculum today.
Environmental Education Resources
NEEF-developed toolkits, infographics, and interactive online programs to bring environmental education to life
