Acorn Naturalists Science and Environmental Education
Acorn offers "thousands of hard-to-find specialty products, including new curricula, field identification
guides, plant and animal activity books, water quality monitoring equipment, audiovisual media, and unique tools for educators, naturalists, interpreters and camp leaders."
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Bronx Zoo Education Department
"Bronx Zoo curricula integrate classroom lessons and zoo-visit field trips. You do not need to be near the Bronx Zoo to benefit from these curricula; they are used in schools and zoos in 48 U.S. states and around the world. " Grades K-12. Information on ordering materials and teacher workshops.
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Environmental and Global Education Resources - Green Brick Road
100+ titles on environmental education. Books, curricula, software, posters etc., from a GBR, a Canadian non-profit organization.
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Geography Resources for Teachers
Resource links from the National Council for Geographic Education. Teaching materials (two identified as environmental education), books, maps and posters, and information on standards and research.
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Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy
Developed by the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project at
Brown University, this (high school level) unit explores the relationship between public policy in our country and
the health of the planet. Order for $12.
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Global Learning: Sustainable Development Program
The Sustainable Development Program has developed three teacher resources focusing on the interrelated concepts of the environment, development and equity for middle and high school students. Sample lessons and ordering information are available on line.
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Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools
Action kit with "indoor air quality information, sample policies and memos, checklists, a management plan, and an indoor air quality problem-solving wheel." ($22)
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Leopold Education Project - Materials
Video, lesson plans, teacher's guide for curriculum about conservationist Aldo Leopold.
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Let's Get Growing
"Hundreds of Environmental Science and Nature Education Products for K-12 classrooms."
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National Science Teachers Association - Environment
Links to descriptions of environment and ecology titles from NSTA.
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Office of Waste Management - Students & Teachers Page
OWM's Students and Teachers page contains EE materials including links to Tools for the Environmental Teacher, Home Hazardous Products Survey, What Your Home Haz, Lessons in HHW Management curriculum, From Awareness to Action -a HHW Internet course, and Streets to Streams; Youth Investigation into Water Quality curriculum.
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On-Line Curriculum Materials - Global Education Popular!
Lessons, case studies, simulations and games on global (and environmental) issues for K - 12 classes.
Most are complete; some are samples. From the Forum for Global Education.
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Population Reference Bureau - Educational Materials
A dozen publications including activity guides, wall charts, and handbooks on population issues. Two lesson plans and several articles can be viewed on the site.
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Project Learning Tree - Resources Popular!
Activity kits, A-V materials, and books available through PLT.
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Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of topical forests for the benefit of the global community. Information on activities, curricula resources, books and films.
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Rivers Project Curriculum Guides
Curricula developed by high school teachers, can be used independently or as a river study unit. The site provides descriptions and tables of contents for units on wetlands, groundwater, zebra mussels, and sciences and language arts.
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Tyris Environmental Series
Activity books on hazardous waste that "teach math and science by uniting these subjects with every day environmental experience in the lives of students." Sample activities on the WWW site.
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USGS - Learning Web
Information about mineral, land, biological and water resources from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in the form of teaching packets, posters, fact sheets, CD-ROMs and WWW sites.
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Water Education Posters
Posters on range of topics concerning water use and misuse, with
activities on reverse side. Free
of charge, also available in Spanish.
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Windows on the Wild - Educational Resources
Educational materials (videos, guides) on biodiversity and related topics, from the World Wildlife Fund.
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Zero Population Growth Catalog
Interdisciplinary curricula, videos, newsletters on population and environmental issues.
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