Educational resource from the Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Regulation which offers easily accessible facts about mercury, instructions for handling mercury spills, school policy recommendations, and student resources.

The Physical Sciences Resource Center is a web-based databank that provides K-20 teachers links to a wide range of teaching and learning resources in the physical sciences. All materials are classified by their grade level, topic, and activity type, and have descriptions outlining their content.

ASSET STEM Education is a national Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education improvement nonprofit. It fosters STEM fluency and college/career readiness by providing educators of students Pre-K through career with highly effective professional development, hands-on educational materials and consulting services.

The academic achievement of America’s youth is strongly linked with their health. CDC analyzes research findings to develop guidelines and strategies for schools to address health-risk behaviors among students and creates tools to help schools implement these guidelines.

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater.

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. On NPLD, thousands of volunteers and park visitors participate in service based projects and learn about the environment, natural resources, and the value of public land. 

National Green Week is an annual event that empowers schools to engage in sustainability focused lessons, projects or activities between the first full week in February and the end of April. Participating districts, schools, classrooms or youth groups choose a week, then select from GEF's sustainability focused programs to be their ‘green theme.’ Each theme provides 5 day standards-based lesson sets, activities, recommended reading, sustainability tips, contests, and more.

International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day.This event has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school and a celebration – with record breaking participation – each October.

Funding opportunities are available to any qualified K‐12 school enrolled in Fuel Up to Play 60. Sponsored by the National Dairy Council, state and regional Dairy Councils, and other supporting organizations, the competitive, nationwide funding program provides money— up to $4,000 per year, per school — to jump start healthy changes. Funds are used to help schools implement one Healthy Eating Play and one Physical Activity Play from the 2016‐2017 edition of the Fuel Up to Play 60 Playbook.

To apply, schools must:

• Enroll in Fuel Up to Play 60
• Have a registered program advisor
• Participate in the National School Lunch Program

Learn more and download an application from the website.

Green Schools are the most effective agents for enacting significant positive environmental and educational change in schools and communities. School greening is quickly becoming more than a trend; rather, it is now the method of choice for providing healthy, comfortable and productive learning environments while saving energy, resources and money.

The Edible Schoolyard Network connects educators around the world to build and a share a K-12 edible education curriculum.

A local school wellness policy (wellness policy) is a written document that guides a local educational agency or school district’s efforts to create supportive school nutrition and physical activity environments. Each local education agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program is required to develop and implement a wellness policy as established by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, and more recently by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) .

The Alliance was founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation as a response to the growing rate of childhood obesity. And just like our founders, our goal as an organization has always been to create systemic change, change that is not isolated to one home, or community, to one school, industry, or state. We want to create healthy changes that build upon one another and create a system, a nation, that makes the healthy choice the easy choice.

The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is devoted to working with the private sector to ensure the health of our nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis. PHA brings together public, private and nonprofit leaders to broker meaningful commitments and develop strategies to end childhood obesity. Most importantly, PHA ensures that commitments made are commitments kept by working with unbiased, third parties to monitor and publicly report on the progress our partners are making to show everyone what can be achieved when we all work together.

The Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP) is a free program developed to ensure what happens before, during, and after the fitness assessment is beneficial for students and teachers and leads to youth who are active for life.

Through partnerships with the public, private, and non-profit sectors, the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition promotes programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to lead active, healthy lives.

Healthy kids have higher attendance rates, higher test scores and behave better in class. More than 26,000 schools nationwide are using our Healthy Schools Program to make this the norm at school.

ISSA is a leading resource for information, education, networking, and commercial opportunities as well as the leading voice in government and the community for firms within the cleaning industry worldwide.

GREENGUARD Certification is part of Underwriters Laboratories Environment. GREENGUARD Certification helps manufacturers create--and helps buyers identify--interior products and materials that have low chemical emissions, improving the quality of the air in which the products are used. UL Environment acquired GREENGUARD in 2011, further advancing its mission of promoting global sustainability, environmental health, and safety.

Keeping schools clean and cleanable, and reducing air pollutants, chemical exposures, and asthma in schools are all critical to promoting attendance and learning. Green cleaning is a proven, cost-effective way to help address the issues.

Green Seal® is a global nonprofit organization that pioneered the ecolabeling movement with a mission to transform the economy for a healthier, greener world. For 30 years, Green Seal’s rigorous standards for health, sustainability and product performance have driven permanent shifts in the marketplace, empowering better purchasing decisions and rewarding industry innovators. With thousands of certified products, services and spaces from the world’s leading companies, the Green Seal certification mark is a universal symbol that a product or service meets the highest benchmark of health and environmental leadership.

EPA's Safer Choice program helps consumers, businesses, and institutional buyers identify cleaning and other products that perform well and are safer for human health and the environment.

We advance the recognition of sustainable products and drive purchaser clarity by bringing trusted transparency to the green marketplace.

When handled responsibly, chemicals are useful educational tools.They allow students to conduct experiments in the lab, create works of art in the studio, and restore vehicles in the automotive shop. When they are mismanaged, however, chemicals can pose risks to students and staff. Schools need assistance to solve chemical management challenges. As industry leaders you can play an important role in creating safer schools for children and staff in your community.

Concern about indoor exposure to mold has been increasing as the public becomes aware that exposure to mold can cause a variety of health effects and symptoms, including allergic reactions. This document presents guidelines for the remediation/cleanup of mold and moisture problems in schools and commercial buildings; these guidelines include measures designed to protect the health of building occupants and remediators.

A resourse for schools, families, and building owners, to address the problem of asbestos. 

National Healthy Schools Day is a nation day for action coordinated by Healthy Schools Network, which encourages parents, teachers, staff, and others to take part in activities to promote healthy schools.