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FREE Tree Seedlings
The Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services and Funke's Greenhouse, Inc. are once again partnering to provide up to 1,000 free tree seedlings to schools. The trees will be a variety of pine. All teachers in Hamilton County are eligible for 25 trees, and the trees will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The trees are to be planted on or near school grounds, unless a parent's written approval has been granted for a tree to be adopted and taken home by a student. Trees will be available for pick up at the end of April. If you would like trees for your school,
contact Sue Magness
at (513) 946-7779. or click
here for request form.
 Lucky The Ladybug Activity Book
This activity book from Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention is all about litter. It includes coloring, games, word finds, mazes and much more. The activities are in addition to the story of "Lucky's Adventure in Litterville". Contact Susan Schumacher at (513) 946-7734, or
email requests.
 Natural Resource Kits
Complete Natural Resource kits are now in stock! The kits include samples of bauxite, iron ore, sand, wood, and oil to help teach about recycling and the natural resources that are used to make aluminum, steel, glass, paper and plastic. Each kit also contains fact sheets about each raw material. Contact Susan Schumacher at (513) 946-7734, or
email requests. Free to Hamilton County teachers otherwise there is a $5 charge.
"Do Your Share for Cleaner Air"
Coloring Books, Activity Sheets, Fans, Magnets, & Book Covers
These materials are designed to help you teach about air quality by providing tips to reduce smog. Call
Summer Jones, OKI Regional Council of Governments, at (513) 621-6300, Ext. 104, to order free supplies for your class.
Greater Cincinnati Environmental Educators Phone Book and Program Listings Guidebook
This publication lists many local environmental organizations that can assist you with environmental education efforts by providing lesson plans, resources, workshops, classroom presentations, field trips, etc. The book provides each organization's education contact information and topic index. Contact Susan Schumacher at (513) 946-7734, or
email requests.
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Lots of fun places to visit and learn about the
environment!
Cornell
Composting: Composting in Schools
This website has information about why composting is important, lesson plans, experiments students can carry out, stories about weird and unusual composting, worm composting, and how to create your own compost piles.
Lesson Plans & Lesson Planner from Discovery.Com
Within the teacher’s area, there is a section which allows you to create and save your own lesson plans. These lesson plans are on many different topics, such as earth science, history, and life science.
Recycling Factoids
This web site from the University of South Carolina offers various facts about paper, glass, plastic and metal recycling, and other environmental issues.
American Rivers
This site from American Rivers provides student information on how rivers are formed, river critters, and the water cycle. The site also has information for teachers about different experiments that can be conducted in the classroom.
The National Arbor Day Foundation
Carly's Kids Corner
This site has fun resources for students such as "Treevial Pursuit" and an online tree guide. There are also lesson plans that you can use in your classroom such as an "Arbor Day Play" and a "Mystery Tree Challenge."
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We have a variety of materials that teachers may borrow to use in their school, perfect for Earth Day events in April. Items can be borrowed for up to 2 weeks unless otherwise noted.
All items, with the exception of videos which will be mailed, must be picked up and dropped off at the Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services office at 250 William Howard Taft Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45219-2660. To borrow any of the following items, contact
Nature
Kits