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Association for Environmental and Outdoor
Education (www.aeoe.org)
Dedicated to the education of children and to helping them increase their awareness and understanding of their natural environment, this
organization believes in the potential of education to help children perceive and understand the
environment.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=2103&flag=2103)
A new Education Topic focusing on environmental education has been produced by
ASCD. ASCD Education Topics "are short multimedia lessons on topics that
interest all levels of educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short
articles on the topic, audio files of experts and practitioners, and a listing
of resources that you can use to continue your professional development."
Audubon
Adventures (www.audubon.org/educate/aa)
This environmental education program for children in grades 4 to 6 comes to
you packaged as a classroom kit, which presents basic accurate facts about birds,
wildlife and their habitats.
California Environmental Education Interagency
Network (www.calepa.ca.gov/education/CEEIN/)
CEEIN is a consortium of environmental educators representing California state departments, boards, and commissions of the Department of
Education, California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Resources Agency, which
have oversight responsibility to protect California’s environment.
California Regional Environmental Education
Community (www.creec.org)
The CREEC Network is your "one stop shop" for environmental education resources in California, bringing together local, state, and federal
agencies in support of the development of environmentally literate students.
Can Central (www.cancentral.com)
This Web site of the Can Manufacturers Institute serves as a clearinghouse of
information about the can and the industry. In addition, the Aluminum Beverage Cans: The ABCs of
Environmental Education curriculum uses the aluminum beverage can as a case study and provides
information on the concerns regarding the development and use of packaging.
Education and the
Environment Initiative
(www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/) Cal/EPA and the CIWMB’s groundbreaking effort
to connect student learning to the environment, while meeting California
Academic Content Standards.
Environmental Education on the
Internet (www.eelink.net)
EE-Link develops and organizes Internet resources to support, enhance, and extend effective environmental education in kindergarten through twelfth
grade. EE-Link project conducts training workshops and promotes interaction and exchange among
environmental education students, teachers, and professionals.
Environmental Education Programs and
Contacts (www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/states/index.html)
The Bureau of Land Management Environmental Education home page provides a state-by-state guide to programs and activities provided by the
agency. The information ranges from kindergarten to the college level.
High School
Environmental Center (www.epa.gov/highschool/)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a new Web site
to help high school students explore and learn about their environment
and ways to protect it. The Web site contains easy to find and easy to
understand information about air and water issues, waste and recycling,
conservation, health and safety, ecosystems, and community environmental
conditions. It also links interested students to internship and scholarship
opportunities, environmental careers and community involvement projects.
Keep America Beautiful
(www.kab.org/)
Keep America Beautiful is a network of local, statewide, and national programs
that educate about litter prevention, community improvement and ways to reduce,
reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials.
KIND News: Teaching Kids to Care about Animals
(http://www.hsus.org/ace/15445)
The school year is underway, and children are hard at work learning the 3 Rs. In thousands of classrooms across the country, they're learning a fourth one, too: Respect for animals.
National Environmental Education and Training
Foundation (www.neetf.org)
The mission of NEETF is to bring about a stronger economic, ecological, and
societal future through environmental learning. NEETF strives to fulfill this
mission by providing reports, annotated bibliographies and research guides like Using Environment-Based Education to Advance Learning Skills and Character
Development (Acrobat PDF) and Environmental
Learning in America: Working Toward Nationwide Environmental Literacy (Acrobat
PDF).
North American Association for Environmental
Education (www.naaee.org)
The NAAEE is a network of professionals and students working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in more
than 55 countries around the world. NAAEE takes a cooperative,
nonconfrontational,
balanced approach to promoting education about environmental issues. NAAEE takes a cooperative
and balanced approached to promoting education about environmental issues.
Office of Environmental
Education (www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/oeeintrod.asp)
This office, in the California Department of Education, provides the California Environmental Education Resource Guide, six Environmental Education
Compendia, the CREEC Network, and the Environmental Grant Program.
Outdoor
Education Research & Evaluation Center (www.wilderdom.com/research.html)
This site provides resources about outdoor education and related programs, such
as residential camping, and includes free, full-text access to academic
articles, examples, and games and activities. Topics focus on philosophy,
theory, research, & evaluation of outdoor education programs.
Project Learning Tree
(www.plt.org)
PLT offers exciting and challenging interdisciplinary, action-oriented
activities that focus on the whole environment--land, air, water, and even waste. PLT's lessons
are designed to develop critical-thinking skills and teach students "how" to think about complex
environmental issues. Information on how to obtain a copy of the curriculum is provided at this
site.
Project WILD
(www.projectwild.org)
This curriculum is based on the premise that young people and educators have a
vital interest in learning about the natural world. The program emphasizes wildlife and addresses
the need for humans to develop as responsible citizens towards the planet.
Real World
Math and Science (www.enc.org/topics/realworld/)
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse provides teacher descriptions of ways to
bring the real world into the classroom, making the curriculum relevant to
students' lives.
Sharing Environmental Education
Knowledge (www.seek.state.mn.us)
The SEEK directory works as a clearinghouse for all types of environmental education resources--from articles to lesson plans and from performances
to displays.
State Education and Environment
Roundtable (www.seer.org)
This cooperative endeavor of state education agencies seeking to improve student achievement by incorporating environment-based education for
kindergarten through twelfth grade education. The roundtable's staff coordinates professional
development activities, research programs (including The Effects of Environment-Based Education
on Student Achievement), disseminates educational resource materials and provides technical assistance to the states.
Terrain
for Schools (www.ecologycenter.org/tfs/index.html)
Terrain for Schools is a unique, current events-based curriculum for high school teachers. Our goal is to facilitate thought-provoking ecological education in the classroom. We offer science, social studies, and language arts lesson plans that fulfill California state content standards.
Water Facts and
Fun (wwwowe.water.ca.gov/education/catalog.cfm)
The California Department of Water Resources presents this Web site, filled
with free water education materials for students in kindergarten through grade nine plus ordering
information.
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