Teaching Tips were/are 1- to 3-page ‘lesson plans’ focused on helping teachers and students learn about the natural world. ANSS’ Tips were first published in the Society’s Newsletters but also found their way into many of the Nature Study Journals. Topics were as widespread and as varied as all the associated fields of nature-study and environmental education from Acid Rain to Insects to Bird Houses to the Moon.
Tips were written by members, authors and guests, many of whom were outstanding educators and naturalists. ANSS Teaching Tips have been re-printed many times and are still in use and valuable today.
(Select a Teaching Tip title, then click on the cover image to view a PDF of the entire issue.)
| Date | Nwsltr/Nat Study Vol | Issue | Teaching Tip | Author |
| 1987 | 8 | 3 | Acids Unveiled | Wisconsin Dept. Nat. Res. |
| 1987 | 8 | 2 | Becoming a Wildlife Lister | Craig Tufts |
| 1987 | 8 | 4 | Life on the Edge: Exploring the Inter-Tidal Zone | Journal Maine Audubon Soc. |
| 1987 | 8 | 1 | Using Old Christmas Trees | Joy Finlay |
| 1987 | 8 | 2 | Your County Almanac | Stephan P. Carlson |
| 1988 | 9 | 1 | Beaks Are In the Bag | Tom Hallowell |
| 1988 | 9 | 4 | Connect Dots & Pinhole Constellations | John Kominsky |
| 1989 | 10 | 2 | Neighborhood Habitat Inventory | Dr. Darrell Young |
| 1989 | 10 | 1 | Winter Survival Reconniasance Hike | Jerry Scherloch |
| 1990 | 11 | 1 | A Place for Native American Oral Tradition in Nature Study | Clayton Russell |
| 1991 | 12 | 1 | Comparison Shopping- Environmental Style | Diane Wiessenger |
| 1992 | 13 | 4 | Getting to Know the Wolf | Joe Fontane |
| 1992 | 13 | 1 | Trees in Our Lives | Joy Finlay |
| 1993 | 14 | 2 | Build a Birdfeeder | Marla Cohen |
| 1993 | 14 | 1 | Finding a Sink-in-the-Snow Coefficient | Verne Rockcastle |
| 1993 | 14 | 3 | Ultimate Packaging | Chritina Russo |
| 1994-5 | 14 | 4 | Forest Product Cards | Bonnie Koop |
| 1995 | 15 | 2 | Predator by Night | Katharina Fichtner |
| 1997 | 17 | 2 | Chemical Spill | Mark Russo |
| 1998 | 18 | 1 | Sizzlin’ in Our Solar System | Jessica Pierson, Mark Russo |
| 1999 | 19 | 2,3 | The Baited Tracking Box | Dillon Finan |
| 1999 | 19 | 1,2 | The Spider Web Effect | Verne Rockcastle |
| 2001-2 | NS Vol 50 | 3 & 4 | Amphibian Research | Betty Mc Knight |
| 2001-2 | NS Vol 50 | 3 & 4 | Life in a Hole | Bonnie Koop |
| 2003 | NS Vol 52 | 1 & 2 | Common Volunteer Plants | Helen Ross Russell |
| 2004 | NS Vol 52 | 1 | An Outdoor Investigation-Using All Your Senses | Mark Baldwin |
| 2004 | NS Vol 52 | 1 | The Moon: A Journal Exercise in Inquiry | Mark Baldwin |