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You will also find topic-specific information on EE-Link in two other areas: EE Organizations and Projects Environmental Links (key links for information and organizations) Links for EE Activities - Wildlife Conservation:   A Thousand Friends of Frogs Center for Global Environmental Education's site "A Thousand Friends of Frogs," "connects K-12 students, educators, families, and scientists from Minnesota and beyond to study and celebrate frogs and their habitats." Open in new window Activities-to-go  Popular! Science education activities on "Science in personal and social perspective," primarily on environmental topics. Contributed by teachers, mainly for secondary level and up. Open in new window Animal Tracks Current Events Hotline The Animal Tracks Current Events Hotline is a resource for K-12 teachers which focuses on environmental awareness by examining conservation issues in the news. Each month, the a new issue is e-mailed to subscribers with background information, classroom activities, and discussion questions. The information is also available via NWF's website. Open in new window Animal Tracks On-line Information for students and teacher's guides to activities for the classroom. many from Ranger Rick and NatureScope. Provided by the National Wildlife Federation. Open in new window Audubon Adopt-a-Bird: Bird Buddy Kit "The "Bird Buddy" kit is a year-long learning experience geared toward elementary school students. 14 activity sheets are designed to supplement environmental lessons and teach the importance of saving birds of prey and preserving their habitat." Contact information provided. Open in new window 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. Open in new window International Wolf Center It's easy to track your own wolf via radio telemetry data. You can use the data to estimate the size of the pack's territory, compare one pack's territory to another, and contrast a pack's territory to the amount of land that a human family occupies. The site also has information on wolf recovery efforts around the world. Open in new window Investigating Your Environment  Popular! "IYE is a supplemental interdisciplinary curriculum for use in grades 6-12." Downloadable activities in PDF format on forests, wildlife, water and unique ecosystems. Open in new window John Muir Day Study Guide: K-12 teacher's guide with student materials for celebrating Muir's lifetime of conservation, a new addition to the John Muir Exhibit, Information Center for the Environment. Open in new window Keep the Wild Alive! On-line Educator's Workshop Classroom activities and educator discussion from Fall 1998 on-line workshop presented by National Wildlife Federation. Open in new window Monarchs in the Classroom Curriculum developed by Monarch Watch for grade levels K-9. Will soon be available for download (4/99); 200+ page guide can also be ordered. Open in new window New Frontier in Brazil: People, Progress and the Environment Case study deals with the Amazon and discusses advantages/ disadvantages of developing the region. Students evaluate the concept of "progress" related to growth and to the preservation (or destruction) of environment and indigenous culture. Downloadable lesson plans (high school) from the Forum for Global Education. Open in new window 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. Open in new window The Raptor Center: Highway to the Tropics Lessons plans for grades 4-8, family activities, and resources for teachers and students on raptors. Open in new window Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS): Teconic Field School The Taconic Field School is a regional center of VINS, devoted to education and research in the Taconic Region. They are currently in the midst of a long-term project called the Wildlife Corridor Mapping Project. Technical support,lesson plans and seminars are offered to educators to facilitate the educational opportunities in the data gathering process. Open in new window WWF - Tip of the Day  Popular! Facts and ideas about environmental issues in bite-size pieces, for kids. From the World Wildlife Fund. Open in new window Ramphastos.com Birding software(in conj. with Audubon Society of NH)helps identify species by field marks, behaviors, habitat,songs. Useful for field trip prep., and for research at the school feeder. Users' notes searchable for weather, species count, etc. and serves as student publishing resource. Comes with lessons developed by natural resources teacher at Auburn (WA) Riverside High School. Open in new window
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