Exploring Environmental Science with Children and Teens

Despite the abundance of resources on the subject, in the classroom science often takesa a back seat to the study of math and English. That gives public and school libraries as well as museums the opportunity to jump in as venues for imformal education, sharing the wonders of science with children and their caregivers. In this book Harrington focuses on environmental science, offering a selection of unique programming ideas that not only entertain but also arm children and teens with information about environmental issues. There's no need to have a particular background in science to use this all-in-one resource, which includes *Background information on the national state of science education, and how environmental programming can foster science literacy *Ways to introduce environmental science themes into existing library programs via "Little Learners Labs" for toddlers, science storytimes for young children, and book clubs for tweems and teens, with lists of age-appropriate titles to share with any group *Strategies for implementation to ensure success

Eileen G. Harrington is the health and life sciences librarian at the
Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, MD. Previously, she oversaw the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences, a natural history
museum, aquarium, and planetarium. She has served as a reviewer for various
manuscripts submitted to Children & Libraries. Eileen has been a formal
and informal educator both in the United States and in Latin America and
has developed curriculum materials in both English and Spanish. She has a bachelor of arts in environmental studies and biology from Macalester
College, St. Paul, MN, a master's degree in environmental studies from York University, Toronto, and a master s degree in library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison.