There's something for everybody in each issue of CLEARING!

CLEARING is a quarterly, non-profit publication for K-12 and non-formal educators in the field of natural resources, environmental, and place-based education. It circulates to educators throughout the Pacific Northwest and across North America.

In each issue...

Each issue of CLEARING contains a variety of useful and timely articles and features on environmental and place-based education themes and topics, including:

•Perspectives
Thought-provoking essays on education and environmental topics from some of the leading thinkers in the field.

•Teaching Ideas
Successful strategies for integrating environmental education into the curriculum.

•Lesson Plans and Activities
Actual classroom-tested teaching units that will inform and inspire you, plus K-12 activities divided by subject area and grade level.

•Model Programs
Insightful articles looking at successful and innovative classroom and community-based educational programs that are models for emulation.

•Resource Materials
The latest teaching materials available on the web or through local and national sources for all grade levels and subject areas.

•Book and Curriculum Reviews
Critical evaluations of EE books and curriculum materials by practicing educators from around the country — including a regular feature on children’s environmental literature.

Articles from past issues
•Teaching and Learning Through the Naturalist Intelligence
• Creating Your Own Classroom Nature Guuide
• Why Our Students are Environmentally Illiterate
• Calculating Your Ecological Footprint
• Bringing the Ocean Into the Classroom
• Integrated Learning in a Global Classroom
• Developing Successful Partnerships for Urban Environmental Education
• Our Seashores are Being Studied to Death!
• A Model for Community-based Integrated Instruction
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What is in a typical issue of CLEARING?

Each issue contains a variety of material, aimed at the K-12 and non-formal educator, that deals with environmental education, place-based education, sustainability education, and many of the related sub-topics within that field.

Here's what a typical issue contains:

News and events in environmental education from around the region and around the country, including conferences and workshops pertaining to environmental and place-based education.
Reports from EE Associations in states and provinces in and around the Pacific Northwest. This section helps keep members in other states informed of the latest efforts and initiatives of state associations.

Sample articles from past issues of CLEARING
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Eye of the Lens
by Jane Ulrich
Kids and Falcons Go High Tech
by Deborah Mathies
Poop Study: A Fit for Young Students
by Judy Pickens
Pet waste project gives K-2 students an opportunity to show they can do real environmental research.
(from Issue 117)
Learning to Teach in the Environment and Community
by Jim Martin
Creating the Need to Pay Attention
by Chris Laliberte
Field trips and adventures in the woods are tremendously important experiences for children, especially those who don't often get to spend time in natural settings. Some of the most important, lasting results of good environmental education are the heartfelt connections young people make with nature. They value the natural world because they have experienced first hand the beauty and magic of living ecological systems. To really feel this in a personal way, the kids have to go outside and experience it.
The Forests of Lewis and Clark: Lessons from Dynamic Nature
by Jeremy Solin
Putting the Public Back in Public Health: Multi-cultural Parners as Mentors in Environmental Health Education
by Marcia Henning
A community health educator finds that building partnerships with the community is an essential part of reaching them with environmental health information.
(from Issue 117)
Educating for Eco-Justice in a World of Ecological Uncertainty
by Chet Bowers
(from Issue 117)
From Asian Clams to Zebra Mussels: Learning About Aquatic Invasive Species
by Paul Heimowitz
(from Issue 117)
Better Test Scores Through Environmental Education
by Lynn Ferguson, Tony Angell and Margaret Tudor
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Last updated: 2/03/06