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- Air Quality Lesson Plans and Data (K-12) - Material designed to provide Texas educators with the background, activities and resources to teach the subject of air quality in the classroom.
www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/lesson_plans.html
- Bridging the Border Education Project - Aims to develop environmental education resources using the River Tweed (UK) as a focus. Website has curriculum outlines relevant to both the Scottish and English curricula, events, things to do, and relevant internet links.
www.tweededucation.org.uk
- Earth Partnership for Schools: Schoolyard Habitat Restoration - Guides to conducting class activities and projects in ecological restoration, teacher summer institutes, woodland restoration curriculum for teachers, newsletter, and other curriculum resources. From UW-Madison Arboretum.
wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/arboretum/earth_partnership_index.htm
- Eelgrass Habitat - Eelgrass habitat centered curricula emphasizing vocabulary with a student activity and self-test. Grades 7 - 10.
www.botos.com/marine/egrass01.html
- Exploring the Environment - On-line educational modules from the NASA Classroom of the Future.
www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html
- Facing the Future Teachers' Corner - Curriculum addressing sustainability, population, consumption and global issues is available in print and on line. Curriculum includes activities, discussion questions, research assignments and resources.
www.teach.facingthefuture.org
- Gulf of Mexico Educator Resources - A collection of curricula, lesson plans, activities, and tutorials sponsored by the USEPA.
www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresrc.html
- Hands-on Experiments to Test for Acid Mine Drainage - Teaches kids about acid mine drainage and other environmental topics through a series of hands-on experiments.
craddock_t.tripod.com/amd_experiments-html.htm
- HLMA's "Sustaining Penn's Woods" curriculum - Pennsylvania-specific forest education program developed for 5th-10th grade teachers to meet PA's academic standards for environment and ecology.
www.hlma.org/pennswoods
- KHS-AP Environmental Science - Advanced Placement Environmental Sciences site at Kingston High School, New York, includes information on labs, field trips, and other class content.
www.khs-apes.net
- Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History - Teacher resources and topical essays on a wide range of topics in American environmental history.
www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/nattrans/nattrans.htm
- Photo Synthesis Productions - This site describes the work of a non-profit filmmaking collective dedicated to making environmental issues engaging and relevant, especially to youth.
www5.myto.com/scripts/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=13031&ck=&ver=3.0
- Plan-It Earth - "Pairing Learners And Nature with Innovative Technology for the Environmental Assessment of Resources Trends and Habitats" is a program designed to involve high schools in a hands-on, minds-on, tested environmental sciences program tailored to meet the needs of high school. From the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources.
dnr.state.il.us/orep/inrin/ctap/plan-it
- Project Wild - Information about and sample materials from an interactive, interdisciplinary wildlife conservation and environmental education curriculum. Supported by U.S. natural resource agencies, designed for U.S. K-12 use.
www.projectwild.org
- Soil Safari - An educational project exploring and learning about soil, water resources, ecosystems, and the landscape. Free expedition packs (traversing England's Lower Kennet Valley) are available together with teacher's notes. Target audience is 8-11 year-olds.
www.soilsafari.com
- The Bean Files - A science teaching resource for upper primary students, emphasizing sustainable agriculture. Focus is on Downsanup Downs, a farm in the grain belt of Western Australia. From the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture.
www.clima.uwa.edu.au/beanfiles
- The Countryside Foundation for Education - A UK educational charity that aims to inform and encourage debate about the countryside. Offers "Brings the Countryside into the Classroom" teaching materials for primary and secondary schools and in-service teacher training sessions.
www.countrysidefoundation.org.uk
- The Environmental Cyber School House - The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse offers an interactive, web-based curriculum for 7th, 8th and 9th graders that teaches students about basic science and clinical research through interactive materials about lead poisoning and asthma.
www.cyberschoolhouse.org
- The Leopold Education Project - An innovative, critical thinking, conservation and environmental education curriculum based on the classic writings of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold.
www.lep.org
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