Balance Screen Time With Green Time

Emily Morgan is a former elementary and middle school science teacher. She is the author of the Next Time You See picture book series for children and co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons series for teachers. Her book Next Time You See a Sunset was selected for Story Time from Space where it was read by astronaut Mark Vande Hei on the International Space Station and shared with children all over the globe. She has served as a science consultant for the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium, and Board President of iSPACE: The STEM Learning Place. Emily holds a bachelor's degree in education from Wright State University and a master's in education from the University of Dayton.

Section I: Green Time Chapter 1: Benefits of Green Time The Research Balance Screen Time with Green Time Green Time for All Section II: Green Breaks Chapter 2: What is a Green Break? Attention Restoration Theory Getting Ready for Green Breaks Nature Journals Know You Are Making a Difference Chapter 3: Green Breaks (and Green Connections) 1. Befriend a Tree 2. Get to Know the Land You're On 3. Meet Your Birds 4. Write Your Name with Nature 5. The Name Game 6. Write a Syntu 7. Hula Hoop Observations 8. Spiderweb Walk 9. Nature Sketches 10. Nature Scavenger Hunt 11. Shades of Green 12. Cloud Watch 13. Shadow Play 14. Rock Balancing 15. Catching Snowflakes 16. Leaf Rubbing 17. Symmetry Search 18. Looking for Shapes 19. Plant Something and Watch it Grow 20. Watching the Wind 21. Kaleidoscopes 22. Poem in Your Pocket 23. Nature Walks 24. Nature Stretches 25. Bring the Outdoors In Choose Your Own Green Breaks Section III: Green Educators Chapter 4: Green Teaching Green Projects Cultivating Green Space at Your School Helping Schools Connect with Nature Incorporating Nature in Urban Schools Chapter 5: Green Time for You Green Time at School Green Time at Home