Current Events

National Community Planning Month 
October is National Community Planning Month. Check out our website for ideas about how to bring planning into the classroom and engage youth in planning projects. Lesson plans, activities, and educator resources are available online.

Upcoming Events

Tuesdays @APA: Effective Youth Engagement in the Planning Process 
Erin Aleman will join us on October 20, 2009, for a free, after-work lecture in APA's Chicago office to discuss the Future Leaders in Planning (FLIP) program. Area residents are encouraged to attend. Can't make it? Keep an eye out for the program podcast on our website. For more information about FLIP, see this article in our database.

A+DEN Annual Conference 
The Architecture+Design Education Network will hold its annual conference in Chicago in November 2009. Register now.

Featured Websites

This lesson, including a workbook and teacher's guide, was created by the American Society for Landscape Architects and teaches middle school students about the environmental benefits of green roofs.

This site, from the National Engineers Week Foundation, features three engaging videos on environmental engineering topics — purifying drinking water, building wind turbines, and harnessing solar energy. An activity sheet accompanies each video.

Books for Kids

A Child's Introduction to the Environment 
By Michael Driscoll & Professor Dennis Driscoll
Available from Amazon, $15.56
Written by a father-son team, one an award-winning children's author and the other a professor of meteorology, this colorful book invites children to learn about water, land, forests, air, weather patterns and more. Activities and experiments encourage application of scientific concepts.

Call for Papers

We're always on the lookout for new programs to feature in ResourcesZine. If you're involved in a great youth engagement or education program or are planning a new lesson for your classroom, please let us know about it. E-mail the editor at education@planning.org.

©2009 All Rights Reserved
American Planning Association