The Environment and Ecology Series is a new curriculum resource for 3rd - 4th graders.  This series consists of educational flyers, lesson plans and quizzes for youth; they cover the topics specified in Pennsylvania’s Environment and Ecology Educational Standards.  This curriculum is reviewed by teachers and field-tested with kids.  It is useful in both formal and non-formal educational settings.

The Environment and Ecology Series materials are downloadable here as PDF files.  The color, student flyers are also available (free) as hard copies through Penn State County Cooperative Extension offices, or directly (for a small charge) through Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Distribution Center.  We hope you will find these materials useful and adaptable for your educational needs.  If you have any suggestions for improvement or comments, please direct them to Sanford Smith in Penn State’s School of Forest Resources.

Note: Adobe Acrobat is needed to download the publication, pre/post experience examples. Click the Get Acrobat Reader icon to download a free copy of the software.

• Ecosystems (592K pdf), lesson plan, and quiz
• Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources (452K pdf), lesson plan, and quiz
• Endangered, Threatened & Extinct (671K pdf), lesson plan, and quiz
• Watersheds & Wetlands (739K pdf), lesson plan, and quiz