Educational Resources

For Students

• Student Page - Our online resource for students - use this for researching your reports!
• John Muir as a History Day Project
• Keeping a Nature Journal - Make your own nature journal - template included using red ribbon like John Muir
• John Muir Crossword Puzzles

For Teachers and Youth Group Leaders

• Using John Muir to Promote Environmental Awareness by Barbara Mossberg
• Celebrating John Muir Day - Ideas and Resources
• Lesson Plans for Teachers
  • Science Lesson Plans (K-12) (Earth Science, Life Science, and Investigation and Experimentation)
  • History-Social Studies: John Muir Study Guide (K-12) (Based on California history and social studies Framework and standards including such concepts as People Who Make A Difference, A Changing State, Growth and Conflict, and Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century)
• California Academic Content Standards for John Muir Lesson Plans

John Muir Youth Award - Wilderness Education Program

• The John Muir Youth Award - Brief Introduction
• John Muir Youth Award - Full Information and Application materials

More John Muir - Related Education Programs (Off-site)

• Sierra Club Environmental Education
• Words for Wilderness
• Alaska Harriman Expedition Retraced - For Educators and Students Page
• Thank You, John Muir Year Poster Contest - sponsored by the John Muir Memorial Association
• John Muir Papers - University of the Pacific
• Synergia Learning Ventures - Hetch Hetchy Project
• Should Hetch Hetchy be Dammed? - Library of Congress Lesson Plan
• Designing the Wilderness: The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Grade 9-12 Lesson Plan from Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms, sponsored by the Newberry Library
• Should Roosevelt & Wilson Stopped Daming Hetch Hetchy? You decide!
  A "Biography of America" video series web feature
• John Muir Mountain Day Camp - A summer day camp for kids 7-12
• John Muir Essay and Poster Contest in Napa, California
• Yosemite School Goes to Scotland - Trip report with pictures

This resource is provided by the volunteer efforts of the Sierra Club John Muir Education Committee.

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