Each issue of CLEARING contains a variety of useful and timely articles and features on environmental and place-based education themes and topics, including:

•Perspectives
Thought-provoking essays on education and environmental topics from some of the leading thinkers in the field.

•Teaching Ideas
Successful strategies for integrating environmental education into the curriculum.

•Lesson Plans and Activities
Actual classroom-tested teaching units that will inform and inspire you, plus K-12 activities divided by subject area and grade level.

•Model Programs
Insightful articles looking at successful and innovative classroom and community-based educational programs that are models for emulation.

•Resource Materials
The latest teaching materials available on the web or through local and national sources for all grade levels and subject areas.

•Book and Curriculum Reviews
Critical evaluations of EE books and curriculum materials by practicing educators from around the country — including a regular feature on children’s environmental literature.

Articles from past issues

•Teaching and Learning Through the Naturalist Intelligence

• Creating Your Own Classroom Nature Guide

• Why Our Students are Environmentally Illiterate

• Calculating Your Ecological Footprint

• Bringing the Ocean Into the Classroom

• Integrated Learning in a Global Classroom

• Developing Successful Partnerships for Urban Environmental Education

• Our Seashores are Being Studied to Death!

• A Model for Community-based Integrated Instruction