General
- Recommended books, podcasts, films, and more. See what works OASIS members have taken a look at recently.
- Educators Guide to Climate Emotions. Written by a team of teachers, researchers, and mental health clinicians in consultation with youth climate leaders and climate psychology professionals, this resource offers a variety of approaches for working with climate emotions in educational settings.
- Teaching Resources Used by OASIS Members: This linked document includes locally based primary resources, interactive websites for teaching climate change and sustainability, general climate change resources, and favorite lessons created by OASIS teachers.
- Zoom presentation on Eco-Anxiety by Blair Nelson and and Rebecca Weston (10/13/22), along with Eco-Anxiety Resources
- How to connect students to nature with and without technology resource list
- Mercer County Soil Conservation District
- NJ Native Plant Society
- Sustainable Jersey for Schools
Environmental Justice
Webinars:
Articles, videos, websites
- Climate justice legislation: http://news.trust.org/item/20190729193149-lx62d/
- https://www.deseretnews.com/cleanair
- Black carbon fact sheet: https://www.c2es.org/document/what-is-black-carbon/
- World Health Organization on air pollution and health: https://www.who.int/air-pollution/news-and-events/how-air-pollution-is-destroying-our-health
- Air quality in US: https://airnow.gov/state/CA/index.cfm, https://aqicn.org/map/utah/
- CDC on asthma and the environment: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showAsthmaAndEnv
- Asthma facts: https://www.aafa.org/asthma-facts/
- NPR series on air pollution:
- https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/642321572/scientists-link-air-pollution-exposure-to-cognitive-decline
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/12/740817989/a-call-for-more-research-on-cancers-environmental-triggers
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/21/725364857/when-las-air-got-better-kids-asthma-cases-dropped
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/11/702348935/study-finds-racial-gap-between-who-causes-air-pollution-and-who-breathes-it
- Utah KUED video on air pollution: https://www.kued.org/whatson/the-air-we-breathe/videos/the-air-we-breathe-full-video
- Ozone test strips: https://sciencing.com/make-ozone-test-strips-6945375.html
- https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/energyclimate-justice/general-energy-climate-info/climate-change/climate-justice
- New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance. http://njeja.org/
- Interview with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the whistle-blower scientist in Flint, MI https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D3Epo35Dxs6P2Q06d200pQezfkLrnv5g/view
Lesson planning and Curriculum ideas:
- The Zinn Education Project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/campaigns/teach-climate-justice
- California Education and Environment Initiative (EEI): https://www.californiaeei.org/curriculum/whatistaught/epc/
- Association for Climate Education: https://acespace.org/our-work/#climate-education
Field Trips & Assemblies
ASSEMBLIES
FIELD TRIPS
- Covanta Waste to Energy facility in Newark: https://www.covanta.com/Covanta-Map
- Duke Farms
- Facilities: SIMS Municipal Recycling Plant in Brooklyn (worth the trip!) http://www.simsmunicipal.com/NYC/Sunset-Park-MRF
- NJ Audubon locations throughout NJ
- Plainsboro Preserve
- Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
- The Wetlands Institute – Stone Harbor
FREE FIELD TRIP IDEAS
School Director of Grounds, Facilities, and/or Dining Services
Local farm
Beekeeper
Landfill
Water treatment facility
Sewage treatment facility