The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offers a variety of lesson plans for Grades K-8 that explore physical and life science topics related to the Hudson River. The lessons make use of data collected by scientists, students, and others studying the river. The worksheets require students to interpret information presented in graphs, tables, and maps.

Lessons include:

• Dining Out with Fishes and Birds of the Hudson
• Fish Communities in the Hudson
• Which Fish Where?
• Finding the Salt Front
• The Hudson's Ups and Downs
• Mapping Where Animals Live
• These Maps are for the Birds

"Science Lessons: Using the Hudson River to Teach STEM Skills." New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, n.d. Web. 6 April 2016.

The North American Association of Environmental Education produced Excellence in Environmental Education: Guidelines for Learning (K-12) ​in 2010. The publication was developed to support state and local environmental education efforts by setting expectations for performance and achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12.

North American Association for Environmental Education. Guidelines for Excellence: K-12 Learning. Washington, DC: North American Association for Environmental Education, 2010. Web. 6 April 2016.

H2yOu is a geographic literacy water project that uses storytelling to connect people all over the world to water, and to each other. Teacher Laura Schetter came up with the idea for H2yOu during her experiences as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow of National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions. “H2yOu is a project where students and explorers all over the world share and compare what is unique about how they source, care for, and conserve our shared global resource of water," Schetter writes. "This geographic literacy project was designed to inspire water conservation and action, and to raise awareness on the geographic and human connectedness of water.”

The objectives of H2yOu are to: 

• Understand where drinking water is sourced from
• Explore and connect to local environment through water
• Learn unique qualities and conservation concerns of local water
• Create and share a water story on an international platform
• Compare and contrast local water to other water sources worldwide

The site contains teacher activity plans, discussion questions, and field trip ideas. It also contains ideas for writing projects about water that are linked to ELA standards at various grade levels. Educators and their students may share their water stories and read other students' stories from around the world.

The National Environmental Education Foundation offers the Surrounded by Science Educator Toolkit, which provides links to lesson plans and STEM-related activities from other organizations. Lesson plans for grades K-12 are grouped by the following categories:

• At Home (pollinators)
• In the Neighborhood (wildlife habitat)
• In Your Region (watersheds)
• In the World (weather and climate)

Links to information about citizen science projects are included as well.

Lessons plans were chosen for the Toolkit from the Center for Ecoliteracy, Creek Freaks, NASA, the National Wildlife Federation, the USDA Forest Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WGBH, and other organizations.

National Environmental Education Foundation. Surrounded by Science: Educator Toolkit. Washington, DC: National Environmental Education Foundation, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.

National Environmental Education Week and the National Environmental Education Foundation produced the Greening STEM Toolkits, which provide classroom activities and educator resources for K-12 STEM activities in the following areas:

• Gardens & Schoolyards
• Energy Efficiency
• Geography Connections
• Water Resources
• Climate & Weather