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Teacher Resources: Links

Thanks to Kate Reilly of the Cooperative Extension Support Youth Environmental Stewardship for providing most of the links listed below.

General

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/

Environmental Education on the Internet

http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu

Forest Awareness Poster Program http://rnrext.cas.psu.edu/Youth/Yposters.htm

National Environmental Directory

http://www.environmentaldirectory.net

29 Reasons for Planting Trees

http://www.treelink.org/docs/29_reasons.phtml

Benefits of Trees in Urban Areas

http://www.coloradotrees.org/benefits.htm

Benefits and Costs of Urban Forests

http://www.urbanforestrysouth.org/pubs/ufmanual/benefits/

Penn State Renewable Natural Resources Extension

http://rnrext.cas.psu.edu

Reference books http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu/books/books.htm
Teacher website http://www.SchoolandTeacher.com
Watershed Education http://www.watersheded.dcnr.state.pa.us/

4-H

The 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System (CCS)

http://www.n4hccs.org/

National 4-H Council

http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/programs/index.htm

4-H Youth Development Curricula Collection

http://www.4hafterschool.org/Curricula/Default.asp

4-H Contests

National 4-H Forestry Invitational

http://www.invitational.uiuc.edu/

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program

http://www.aces.edu/dept/WHEP/

National Land & Range Judging Contests

http://www.landjudging.com

Conservation Education Programs

GREEN

http://earthforce.org/green

Cornell Lab

http://birds.cornell.edu

GLOBE

http://www.globe.gov

Databases of Environmental Education

California CREEC

http://www.creec.org

Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education

http://www.caee.org/

EE Link

http://www.eelink.net

Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) Resource Library

http://eelink.net/pages/EETAP+Resource+Library

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)

http://www.enc.org

ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education

http://www.ericse.org/

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network

http://www.green.org/

GreenCOM: The Environmental Education and Communication Project of USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/rsrc.htm

SEEK: Minnesota interactive directory of environmental education resources

http://www.seek.state.mn.us/

Utah Society for Environmental Education

http://www.usee.org/

Education for Sustainability

Second Nature

http://www.secondnature.org

Sustainable Ecosystems & Communities (EPA)

http://www.epa/gov/ecosystems/osecbak/

Education Reform Efforts and the Environment

The State Education and Environment Roundtable (SEER)

http://www.seer.org

Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning

http://www.seer.org/pages/eic.html

Environmental/Wildlife News & Information

Bird Source

http://www.birdsource.org/

Forest Information

http://www.forestinformation.com

Outdoor Press Room

http://www.outdoorpressroom.com

Extension Web Sites for Environmental Education

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Jason Project

http://www.uwm.edu/jason/index.html

EETAP (Environmental Education and Training Partnership) - Resource Library

http://www-comdev.ag.ohio-state.edu/eetap/

Environmental Education - Washington State Department Ecology

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/ee/index.html

Michigan 4-H Youth Development

http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/cyf/youth/enved.html

Virginia 4H Environmental Education and Natural Resources

http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/eenr.html

Cornell Center for the Environment

http://environment.cornell.edu/

University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Environmental Education Center

http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec/children/children.html

Texas A & M University Insects in the Classroom - Educational Resources for Teachers

http://iitc.tamu.edu/

University of Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources

http://www.extension.umn.edu/environment/

University of WI, Environmental Resources Center

http://www.uwex.eud/erc/

Federal Natural Resource Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov

EPA Office of Environmental Education

http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/

EPA Kids Page

http://www.epa.gov/kids

EPA Adopt Your Watershed

http://www.epa.gov/adopt/education.html

EPA Office of Water - Classroom Activities & Experiments

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/exper.html

Forest Landowners Guide to Internet Resources: States of the Northeast http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/flg/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

http://www.education.noaa.gov/

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov

United States Agency for International Development's (USAID)
GreenCOM - The Environmental Education and Communication Project

http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/rsrc.htm

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

http://www.usgs.gov

USGS - The Learning Web

http://www.usgs.gov/education/

USGS Water Science for Schools

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ag in the Classroom

http://www.agclassroom.org

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)-State Partners

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html

Forest Service (FS)

http://www.fs.fed.us

Sci4KIDS

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

United State Department of Energy (DEO) DEO Classroom Connection

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/cc/

United State Department of the Interior (USDI) National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov

US Fish and Wildlife Service

http://www.fws.gov

US FWS National Wetlands Inventory Center - Educators

http://www.nwi.fws.gov/educator.htm

Bureau of Land Management

http://www.blm.gov

BLM- National Environmental Education

http://www.blm.gov/education/index.html

BLM - National Riparian Service Team

http://www.or.blm.gov:80/nrst/

Grants/Funding

Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERnet)-Funding and Development

http://www.cyfernet.org/

US EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial

http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/grant.htm

International Environmental Education

Center for Global Environmental Education

http://cgee.hamline.edu/watershed/action

Global learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)

http://archive.globe.gov/

The Environmental Education and Communication Project of USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/rsrc.htm

International Rivers Network - Rivers of Words

http://www.riverofwords.org

National Environmental Education Projects/Programs/Teacher Training

Project Learning Tree

http://www.plt.org/

Project WET

http://www.projectwet.org/

Project WILD

http://www.projectwild.org/

US FWS National Conservation Training Center

http://training.fws.gov/

US FWS NCTC Distance Learning Events

http://distancelearning.fws.gov/

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) That Provide EE Programs

American Forests

http://www.amfor.org

The Groundwater Foundation

http://www.groundwaterfoundation.org

Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA)

http://www.iwla.org

Keep American Beautiful Inc.

http://www.kab.org

National Arbor Day Foundation

http://www.arborday.org

National Audubon Society

http://www.audubon.org

National Association of State Foresters

http://www.stateforesters.org

The National Tree Trust (NTT)

http://www.nationaltreetrust.org

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

http://www.nwf.org

NWF - Program for Educators

http://www.nwf.org/animaltracks/index.html

North American Association for Environmental Education

http://www.naaee.org

Sierra Club

http://www.sierraclub.org

Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania http://www.sfiofpa.org

The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

http://www.tnc.org

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

http://www.worldwildlife.org

Partnership Opportunities

Earth Force

http://www.earthforce.org/

Earth Stewards

http://www.keystone.org/Science_School/Earth_Stewards/

Hands on the Land (HOL)

http://handsontheland.org/

National Wildlife Refuge Association

http://www.refugenet.com/

US FWS: Links to Refuges by State

http://offices.fws.gov/directory/listofficemap.html

US FWS: Volunteer Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

http://www.fws.gov/volunteers/

Pennsylvania State Natural Resource Agencies

PA Bureau of Forestry http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/ei.htm
Common Trees of Pennsylvania http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/commontr/common.htm
PA Bureau of State Parks http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/index.htm
PA Fish and Boat Commission http://www.fish.state.pa.us/
PA Game Commission http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PGC/index.htm
PA Hardwood Development Council http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/hardwood/site/default.asp
Science/EE Education Standards

National Science Education Standards

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/6c.html

North American Association for Environmental Education Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines for Learning (K-12)

http://www.naaee.org/npeee/learner_guidelines.html

Science Tools/Materials

EarthForce/GREEN

http://www.earthforce.org/catalog/

Project2061 - Science Education Resources

http://www.project2061.org/tools/

Instructional Materials in Science Education (IMSEnet)

http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/

Service Learning

Earth Force

http://www.earthforce.org/

Educating Young People About Water

http://www.uwex.edu/erc/ywc/

Give Water A Hand

http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah

Learn and Serve America

http://www.learnandserve.org

National Service Learning Clearinghouse

http://www.umn.edu/~serve

National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)

http://www.nylc.org

SERVEnet

http://www.servenet.org/

Wilderness Education

Leave No Trace

http://www.lnt.org

Leopold Education Project

http://www.lep.org

National Outdoor Leadership School

http://www.nols.edu

Youth Environmental Education Web Sites by State

Alabama

Alabama Water Quality Curriculum, Grades 4-12

http://www.aces.edu/crd/wqc.html

Alaska

AK Natural Resource and Outdoor Education Association

http://anroe.org/

Colorado

Colorado Department of Natural Resources

http://wildlife.state.co.us/Education/

Florida

Linking Florida's Natural Heritage

http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/

Illinois

Illinois' Green Door

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ilgreendoor

Montana

Catalog of Wetlands Education Materials for Montana

http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/pas/wetcatmt/wetcat.html

Natural Resource Conservation Service in Montana

http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/

Ohio

Ohioline, Ohio State University

http://ohioline.osu.edu

Oklahoma

Beans, Baseballs and Butterflies

http://www.madeinoklahoma.net/

Oregon

OR 4-H Environmental Explorations

http://oregonstate.edu/extension/4h/index.html

Utah

Utah State University Water Quality/Education/ Activities

http://extension.usu.edu/coop/natres/wq/index.htm

Virginia

VA Natural Resources and Environmental Management

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-001/420-001.html#5

Washington

WA Department of Ecology Environmental Education

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/ee/index.html

Wisconsin

WI Department of Natural Resources Kidstuff

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/kidstuff/

WI DNR Wisconsin Lakes Partnerships: Youth and Lakes

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/lkyouth.htm

WI DNR's Environmental Education for kids

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm


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