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Educator Newsletter

Every Spring and Fall, the District produces a newsletter for educators called Spencer's News, which includes a list of classroom presentations, assemblies, field trips, and educator workshops. The recent editions are linked below. For older editions of Spencer's News, please contact us. To subscribe to Spencer's News, or any of our newsletters, click here.

Spencer's News—Spring 2013 Edition
Spencer's News—Fall 2012 Edition

Curricula and Lesson Plans

Introduce your students to recycling, composting and waste reduction.

Lesson plans aligned with Ohio's Revised Standards:

Compost Skit (Grades K - 3)
Sorting and Describing by Properties: Recycling 101 (Grade K)
Composting with Worms: Vermicomposting (Grade K)
Composting with Worms: Vermicomposting (Grade 1)
Composting with Worms: Vermicomposting (Grade 2)
Composting with Worms: Vermicomposting (Grade 3)
Earth’s Resources are Limited, Cross-Curricula Lesson, Phase 1 (Grade 3)
Earth’s Resources are Limited, Cross-Curricula Lesson, Phase 2 (Grade 3)
Crude Oil’s Properties and Changing States (Grade 3)

Other lesson plans:

Taking Care of Nature's Resources
Taking Care of Nature's Resources Science Kit (Grades 1 and 2)
Environmental Activities (Grades K - 2)
Windows on Waste–Trashology 101 (Grades 4 - 6)