As teachers prepare their lessons for the fall, The Nature of Teaching is a great website to visit for science-based resources. Teachers can find free lesson plans, printable, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and more. You will find on the website tabs titled “Formal Curriculum” and “Informal Curriculum.” The Nature of Teaching also offers professional development workshops for teachers focused on science, the environment, and getting students connected with nature.

​These organized lesson plans meet several K-5 Science and Math Academic Standards along with three 9-12 Natural Resource Management Academic Standards.

Wildlife curriculum include:

• Animal Diversity and Tracking
• Discovering the Watershed: Effects on Water Quality
• Common Indiana Mammals: Natural History and Identification
• Invasive Plants: Impact on Environment and People
• Hellbenders Rock! Natural History and Conservation of the Eastern Hellbender

Food Waste curriculum include:

• Food Waste and Natural Resources
• What a Waste of Food!
• Food Waste and The Environment
• Food Waste Solutions
• Transporting Food Waste

Health & Wellness curriculum include:

• Unit 1 Benefits of Connecting with Nature
• Unit 2 Gardening Station
• Unit 3 Tree Talk Station

Other resources:

• Help the Hellbender, Purdue Extension
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources (INDNR): For Kids
• 4-H, Purdue Extension
• National FFA Organization
• Indiana FFA
• Flying Wild, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
• Project Learning Tree, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Project Wet
• Project Wild
• Indiana Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program (WHEP)

Contact The Nature of Teaching team if you have any questions regarding workshops, certifications and curriculum.

The Nature of Teaching​, Purdue Extension