Instruction should enable students to connect science concepts taught in the classroom to real world examples. Students should understand the relationship between the science content in the standards to local, regional, national, and global impacts to be fully environmentally literate and science literate. The framework should also ensure that students are environmentally literate which can be accomplished by strong environmental education programs connected to science content standards. Inquiry-based teaching methods can include the use of local resources such as school site environments and nearby natural areas. Field trips to local natural areas can be cross-curricular.
Teachers can cover the standards from several content areas.
When thought through carefully, field based environmental education can actually be a wise use of instructional time. It also provides an opportunity to see and experience science in action. Environmental education is a better fit with science than all the subjects listed. Add EE to the idea of cross-curricular instruction. In addition to visiting an area, students who regularly visit one place will assume the responsibility for making sure the animals that live there have a good habitat.