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Latest Newsletter: March 2026 Updates
This State Stepped In When the Feds Stopped Honoring Schools’ Environmental Work
Department of Education Quietly Ends an Honor for Schools’ Environmental Work
Resources for Earth Month, Earth Day and EE Week
This website will be frozen until April 24 for web upgrades, so here are some resources to support you this spring:
- Learn about Wisconsin with Environmental Education for Kids. This website provides Wisconsin-based content targeted for students in grades 4-8. Read more in ConnectEd.
- Take action through Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin
- Get Earth Day lesson plans and ides on Teach Wisconsin Climate
- Join the WISELearn Environmental Education Hub
- Find kits and lessons: Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
- Get support for outdoor learning from FIELD Edventures
- Stay updated through Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education
- Integrate the
Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability into any subject area
How is Environmental Education Implemented?
Environmental education teaches students how to think, not what to think. Environmental education instruction utilizes a variety of instructional models and guidelines that have been long accepted in the field of education. Through integrating environmental education into content areas, educators can also differentiate instruction, engage less motivated learners, and challenge students who are ready to go further.
Many Wisconsin schools integrate environmental examples into some of their coursework, thereby fostering enthusiasm not only for learning about the world we live in, but also for reading, math, science, social studies, art, health and other disciplines. Wisconsin has many schools where the environment is used as context for learning all subjects! Infusing environmental education throughout the K-12 curriculum increases classroom learning and can help students develop critical thinking, reasoning, and effective cooperative skills.
Wisconsin has many resources to support environmental education in schools. For more information and resources, see the links on the left-side menu.