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Teacher Resources for Sustainability

The Office of Sustainability provides professional development, tools, grants and curriculum ideas to enhance environmental sustainability within your classroom.

Sustainability Library

DCSD Sustainability has created a library filled with engaging tools that you can check out through the Innovation and Design Center. To enhance sustainability in the classroom, new items are added to the library every year. Learn how to find a sustainability kit and how to check it out from DLMC.

Items include:

  • Weather Stations - Weather stations are great tools to enhance the study of the Earth's atmosphere
  • Microscopes - Get a closer look into plant cells or compost microorganisms with high powered microscopes
  • Aero Gardens - Aero Gardens contain fast growing plants that teaches students about Physical, Earth and Life Science
  • Watching Binoculars - Great for outdoor learning bird and butterfly watching.
  • Kill-a-wat readers - Students learn about kWh measurements and conserving energy.
  • Light meters - Measure the lighting throughout your school - great for performing lighting audits.
  • Scales - Is your recycling making an impact? Measure the weight and keep track of the data.
  • CO2 Air Quality Readers - Engaging CO2 readers are great to learn about what is in the air we breathe.
  • Vermicompost (worm factory) - Worms as a classroom pet? Fun and Educational...yes please!
  • Renewable Energy Kits - hands-on kits get students engaged while understanding renewable energy.
  • Mineral Kit - Not just any mineral kit, this kit educates students about minerals that are found in everyday items we use.
  • Soil Testers - Great tool for checking PH and moisture.
  • Books - Teacher's guide to fast-growing plants and other sustainability-related books.
  • Energy Conservation Kit - Sets of 3: kWh readers, Infrared Thermometer, and Light Meters.

Horizontal and vertical colorado academic standards alignment for sustainability.

Lessons and Resources

How does Sustainability “anchors” or “initiatives” align to your grade level science Colorado Academic Standards? Vertical alignment using an anchor generates authentic interest and deeper understanding of concepts. Horizontal alignment specifies for each grade level what correlates with the standard in that grade. Learn more about the alignments for your grade level.





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