Resources for Educators

Lesson Plans and Teaching Modules

Click the links below to read more about each lesson plan including a general description, learning objectives, and time and materials required. Links to all needed student and teacher materials are included in the lesson plan summaries.

College

• Drivers of Landscape Change: teaching module by Meghan Graham MacLean, PhD

High School

• Role Play Town Meeting: lesson plan by Tara Alcorn

• Policy Solutions to Habitat Fragmentation: lesson plan by Joe Scanio

Middle School

• Creating Hypotheses and Analyzing Data: lesson plan by Jeff Sautter

Other Resources

See the videos and story map pages of this website for more resources, including the two highlighted below!

• Intro to NELF Explorer: This introductory video, which explains how to use NELF Explorer, may help you decide whether / how to use it in your classroom.

• Invasive Species: Meghan Graham MacLean introduces NELF Explorer in the context of invasive species management. This introductory video could be used to help create or add to a lesson on invasive species or natural resource management.