
On this page:
- Wisconsin-based Instructional Resources
- School Recognition through Green & Healthy Schools and Green Ribbon Schools
- Contests and Awards
- Funding
- Wisconsin organizations
- National organizations
Wisconsin-based Instructional Resources
These are just a few of the ready-made activity guides to support integration of environmental education into the curriculum. Each of the resources below are supported by a trusted Wisconsin-based partner.

Instructional Resources
Find resources to support environmental literacy and sustainability (ELS) on WISELearn. Use or remix lessons from other educators.

Environmental Education for Kids
EEKwi.org was created for upper elementary and middle grade students to learn about Wisconsin's natural resources.

Project WET
Inquiry-based strategies for seeking answers to real-world problems, playing games to explore scientific concepts, and reflecting, debating and sharing by creating songs, stories and dramas.

Project WILD
Interdisciplinary activity guides for PK-12 to teach about climate and wildlife on the land, in the water, and in the air.
Wisconsin Project WILD

Project Learning Tree (PLT)
PLT helps young people learn how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues.

Kits & Trunks
Several organizations have kits and trunks to check out to support learning in different topic areas.

KEEP—Wisconsin's K-12 Energy Education Program
Energy Education, Doable Renewables, and Energy and Your School guides have also been correlated to the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.

LEAF—Wisconsin's K-12 Forestry Education Program
Provide the knowledge, skills and ways of thinking necessary to sustain our forests and communities.

Wisconsin School Garden Network
Search the activity library below or access Spanish-language resources.

G-WOW
The “Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban” (Guiding for Tomorrow) or “G-WOW” Initiative is a unique approach to increasing awareness of how climate change is affecting the environment, people, cultures, and economies

Curriculum Guides
Earth Partnership offers curriculum for ecological restoration. Download PDF copies of their guides.

Eco-Reading List
CCBC offers a curated list of reviewed titles searchable by grade level and theme.
For questions about this information, contact Victoria Rydberg-Nania (608) 266-0419