Most Recent YES! For Teachers Articles

How Does Nature Do That?
Former park ranger-turned-professor Margo Farnsworth believes that biomimicry is one of the most important new tools for sustainability. It gets her students outside and unleashes their scientific and entrepreneurial minds.

Visual Learning: High and Dry
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about what it would be like to live in a remote area and between two worlds—the past of their ancestors and the present

Writing Contest
Fall 2012: “Your Dream House” Middle School Winner Rowan Treece
Rowan Treece is a student at Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Living Large in a Tiny House” by Carol Estes. Read Rowan’s

Writing Contest
Fall 2012: “Your Dream House” College Winner Chris Harrell
Chris Harrell is a student at Appalachian State University. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Living Large in a Tiny House” by Carol Estes. Read Chris’s essay about how

Writing Contest
Fall 2012: “Your Dream House” Powerful Voice Winner Paw Soe
Paw Soe is a student at New Tech Academy at Wayne High School. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Living Large in a Tiny House,” by Carol Estes. Read

Permaculture Helps Us Remember Who We Are
Lilian Hill has a vision that the next generation of Hopi people will be healthy and find solutions to the challenges they face. Through Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture, she reconnects Hopi people of

YES! Recommends: Nourish
Nourish is an education initiative that celebrates food and community. Its food curriculum and lesson plans, short films and discussion guides, and powerful action ideas will help young people and their families,

Visual Learning: Lost Your Marbles?
This Visual Learning lesson plan will get your students thinking about community, public art, and why they can or can’t buy spray paint.

Curriculum & Resources: Independent Television Service (ITVS) Lesson Plans
ITVS’s Community Classroom engages teachers and students through film. Their collections of lesson plans and documentaries will launch students into a deeper level of understanding about a range of global issues, particularly