Journey South - Online
Begins August 15, 2004
Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participate this fall in one of the "Journey North" project’s global studies of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Journey South enables students to track the coming fall by following the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald eagles, whooping cranes, and other animals; and other natural events. Students share their own field observations with classmates across North America and analyze data from other classroom and professional scientists. Each study features standards-based lessons and challenges, stunning photos and video clips, weekly migration updates, interactive maps, connections with field scientists, and compelling migration “stories.” They also provide guidance for helping students conduct local observations and inquiries and fit them into a global context.
Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Program
Through this program, Bayer provides young people with opportunities to gain first-hand experience of environmental protection. Participants, ages 17-25, are chosen by a selection process in each country that includes asking the applicants to outline their ideas for sustainable development. Visit the website for participating countries.
Christopher Columbus Awards
Deadline: February 14, 2005
A hands-on science competition for middle school students that encourages community partnerships. Participating in the Christopher Columbus Awards program is a cross-curricular activity that meets science education standards. Students work in teams with the help of an adult coach, to identify an issue they care about and use science and technology to develop an innovative solution.
Eight finalist teams will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Disney World to attend National Championship Week, plus a $200 grant to further develop their ideas. Two teams will receive a $2,000 U.S. Savings Bond and a plaque
for each team member along with a plaque for their school. One team will receive the
$25,000 grant as seed money to help bring its idea to life in the community.
Education Oasis
Site provides resources for K-12 educators including lesson plans, printable worksheets, subject resources, and more.
Full Circle, Prince Edward Island
Full Circle Co-operative school (4-12), Prince Edward Island, Canada. Their innovative learning and teaching practises focus on the arts, global awareness and citizenship, as well as outdoor and environmental education.
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Jacobsburg offers environmental education programs from the preschool environmental awareness programs to high school level environmental problem solving programs, historical programs, teacher workshops and public interpretive programs.
Map Machine
The National Geographic online atlas allows customizable searches for nearly any place on Earth to view by population, climate, and much more. View antique maps, find country facts, or plan an outdoor adventure with a trail map.
Marian Koshland Science Museum - Global Warming Facts & Our Future
Explore the current facts about climate change, including its potential causes, both natural and human, and the possible future effects of global warming. Discover what these changes will likely mean and investigate the personal, national, and international actions that could reduce the negative effects of global warming in this online exhibit from the Marian Koshland Science Museum.
Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities
By David Sobel. The fourth volume of the Nature Literacy Series, presents a comprehensive review of place-based education. From philosophy to strategy, Sobel traces place-based education in the U.S., celebrating teachers that connect classroom, community, and the environment. Paperback,105 pages, ISBN 0-913098-54-X
Spotlight on Science e-Newsletter
Smithsonian: Spotlight on Science Weekly eNewsletter features the Institute Scientists' latest research endeavors and ongoing work including biodiversity and human cultures.
The Robert F. Nicodemus Memorial Wilderness Project
The Robert F. Nicodemus Memorial Wilderness Project was founded because of the need for environmental restoration, stewardship, and protection of neglected public lands in the American Southwest. Our organization coordinates large-scale events that utilize the resources of the local community to provide long-term environmental benefits for open space and wilderness areas.
Educator's Reference Desk EE K-12 Lesson Plans
The Educator's Reference Desk K-12 Environmental Education lesson plans and resources.
ProQuest K-12 Standards Based Curricula
These learning activities offer creative methods for integrating use of eLibrary resources into classroom instruction. Developed by experienced educators with subject-matter expertise, the activities have been aligned to national standards and developed for four grade levels and four subject areas.
The McCall Outdoor Science School
Our mission is to advance academic achievement through a strong, statewide K-12 University partnership. Focusing on 5th and 6th grade classrooms, our 3-5 day residencies use the outdoor environment as an integrated context for learning. We encourage a hands-on approach to
scientific discovery highlighting the relationships between biological, physical, and social systems.
AP Central Professional Development
The College Board offers professional development workshops and summer institutes through AP Central (Advanced Placement Program) for middle school and high school science teachers. The AP Central site also offers lesson plans and resources.
Edutopia Magazine and e-Newsletter
Edutopia magazine from The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) covers successful educational programs, innovative techniques, tools and technologies, educator profiles and more.
Free Magazine Subscription in the U.S.: http://www.glef.org/php/sub.php
Edutopia News monthly e-newsletter provides links to articles, strategies, resources, and documentaries. Subscribe: http://www.glef.org/products/edutopianews.php
Fusiforme
The streamlined internet resource for air quality professionals.
iLoveSchools.com
iLoveSchools.com is a free matchmaking service – for education! School teachers request materials and supplies while potential donors search for a teacher in need of their gifts of money or, new and used goods. iLoveSchools.com supports any institution that educates children, including preschools, home schools and private schools.
National Ocean Service Discovery Kits - Grades 6-12
National Ocean Service (NOS) Discovery Kits were developed for high school teachers and students and are adaptable to undergraduate or middle school level. Discovery Kits: Corals, Tides & Water Levels, and Geodesy, provide tutorials, roadmaps, and lesson plans designed to work together, but can be used independently as well.
School Students' Ideas and Misconceptions: How can we best reduce global warming?
Article published by Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Environmental Studies. Issue: Volume 61, Number 2/April 2004. This questionnaire-based study explored school students' ideas, both scientific and idiosyncratic, about the extent to which various actions might contribute towards reducing global warming. Requires Subscription
Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center
Brooker Creek Preserve in Penellis County, Florida, is an Environmentally Sensitive Land Management Plan. The new 8,500-acre EE Center of unspoiled woods and swamps allows the public to learn more about the importance of natural systems and how they work.
EECOM Green Conference Guide
Green conference guidelines approved by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM). Made available online for others to "use and borrow as they see fit in the interest of encouraging as many people as possible to work towards greener conferences and meetings."
Reading the Landscape: A Connection to Place
July 25-31, 2004 - Washington, Maine
This retreat, sponsored by Medomak Retreat Center, will immerse participants in the process of reading the landscape as a means to forge a stronger connection to place. A variety of forest, wetland, and mountain communities will be explored in mid-coast Maine including the granite domes of Acadia National Park. Graduate credit available.
Zona Nucleare - Nuclear Waste Italy
The only national site for collection of nuclear wastes in Italy, Sogin, Personages, Rules, radioactive wastes business, ambiguous situations of a story around which turn Millions of Euro. Italian, English, French, Japanese, Spanish, & German translation of site.
Ecotoxicology.org
Ecotoxicology.org is the website associated with ecotoxicology-l a premier listserv for discussions surrounding the fields of environmental toxicology.
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Online Edition
The Green Flag Program
Coordinated by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, the program provides resources for teachers and students to take a hands-on approach to improving their school environments. Schools recieve awards for achieving different levels of environmental improvements.
Irish Learning About Forests Programme
Site providing materials, worksheets and guidelines to support primary school teachers with projects on trees.
Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change
Co-edited by Geoffrey W. Chase and Peggy F. Barlett. Highlights innovative programs and projects implemented at large, small, urban and rural campuses nationwide, focusing on creative approaches institutions can implement to make themselves more ecologically friendly. To request a copy of the book, contact Jennifer Zwiebel at 619-594-4298 or jzwiebel@mail.sdsu.edu, or Jason Foster at 619-594-2585 or foster@mail.sdsu.edu.
Screenscope Films
Screenscope Inc. is the distributor of "Journey To Planet Earth," a highly acclaimed environmental PBS series, and other award-winning documentaries and feature films.
Sustainable Communities/ZERI-NM
We offer educational workshops in sustainability and ZERI methodology certificate training. We initiate sustainable development projects that protect and enhance the environment and natural resources while strengthening the social, economic, and cultural fabric of small communities in New Mexico and on the US/Mexico border.
Journey of the Loggerhead: Interactive DVD on Marine Turtles
Available September 2004
Environmental Media has produced media to support the work of environmental and education organizations for more than fifteen years, yet until we began working on Journey of the Loggerhead, we had not come in contact with so many people with such passion for one goal: the worldwide conservation of marine turtles. We designed and filmed this interactive DVD in the company of countless staff and volunteers of local nesting beach monitoring programs, domestic and international agencies, colleges and universities, aquaria, nature centers, and rehabilitation programs. The sum of our work is this interactive DVD containing GIS data, satellite tracking information, still photographs, extensive interviews, and a 26-minute video about the loggerhead and other marine turtle species.
For more information or to order: Contact Katy Garland at kgarland@envmedia.com, or 800-368-3382, ext. 12.
EETAP CD-ROM for K-12 Educators - Meeting Standards Naturally
Developed by the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) "Meeting Standards Naturally" CD-ROM for K-12 Educators to promote academic excellence and environmental literacy. Helps educators learn how to use the environment as a context for learning and meet national academic standards. CD-ROM includes the publication "Advancing Education through Environmental Literacy," developed in collaboration with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). CD-ROM can be ordered online or downloaded from the EETAP website.
Service-Learning: Helping Kids and Communities Grow
From Kidsgarden Thematic Explorations, this Service-Learning program provides project ideas, success stories, and resources that integrate community service with curriculum goals.
Virtual Whale Watch
A Whale Watch at your school featuring a life-size whale. Landlocked pre-K to 6th students (in Mid-Atlantic states) participate in a simulated whale watch and activities to stimulate their interest in marine science and endangered species. Features a "Kid's Page" too.
Ink Cartridge Recycling. Cash for used ink cartridges!
Every year more than 1 billion Inkjet Cartridge are used; most are thrown away. Get cash for recycling. For instance, ink cartridge recycling is great for Fundraising or make some extra cash for you.
Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS): An Educator's Information and Materials Guide - Grades K-12)
For K-12 teachers and nonformal educators, the AIS Guide is available online or in pdf format. Includes aquatic exotic plants and animals educational materials, multimedia resources and information, and species field guide. From the University of Minnesota Sea Grant College Program.
Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Award
Deadline: July 23, 2004
The Turnaround Management Association, has established the Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards to honor teachers who have changed the outcome of children's lives. A $5,000 cash stipend, plus transportation to and lodging for the TMA Annual Convention in New York City in October, will be awarded to not less than three and not more than five primary or secondary teachers who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and skill in shaping and influencing children's lives through education. The teachers must be currently licensed and active in teaching in an accredited public or private educational institution and have at least five years' teaching experience.
Green Roof Research Program
Vegetative Green Roof Research program at Michigan State University. Green roofs require little maintenance; reduce airborne pollution; reduce storm water runoff by greater than 60 percent; moderate temperatures for the building and those around it; reduce noise; and increase roof longevity. MSU advised Ford Motor Co., in 2000, on installing a 10.6 acre green roof - on a new assembly plant in Dearborn, MI, which is being closely monitored.
Oferta Formativa
Directorio de cursos y masters en españa. Directory of courses and bachelors degree in Spain
Smithsonian National Zoo: Conservation Central
This habitat education program explores the temperate forest -- home of the giant panda and black bear, through several online activities. Middle School conservation curriculum aligns with national science and social studies standards. Presented by Fujifilm.
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change
By: Charles Wohlforth. Published by North Point Press. This new book explores global warming from the perspectives of a group of scientists studying climate change in Alaska and a traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party using traditional knowledge to deal with the shifting landscape. 2004, 336 pps.
EE-Link's Linking Criteria
Learn about how we decide when to add a new site to the EE-Link link listings.
EE-Link Capacity Building
This section of EE-Link features examples of successful capacity building components from throughout North America. Organized by the components identified as important for developing strong EE programs: Structure, Programs, and Funding.
Florida Master Naturalist Program
The Florida Master Naturalist Program is an adult environmental education program for adults developed by UF/IFAS. Three 40 hour teaching modules include; freshwater wetlands, coastal systems, and upland habitats. Students learn science based curriculum and interpretation skills in the classroom and in the field. Videos are available for purchase.
How NAAEE Builds Technology for the EE Field
This short article covers NAAEE's approach to building internet resources for the EE community. Our leading resources include a state EE providers database which lists state EE providers, their programs, and events. NAAEE is also in the final stages of development of a web-based tool for coordinating reviews or EE resources at the state level thanks to help from the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education. This article talks about our approach and our projects.
Internships4You.com
Intern recruitment site with college and university career center contacts worldwide. Employers can post positions, job seekers can market skills and search for positions available.
paul-pd@naaee.org
Can NAAEE help your EE organization with it's technology needs? That answer may be yes in this illuminating article from Paul Nowak, Chief Information Officer at NAAEE.
Urban Ecology Institute
UEI uses urban ecology studies to help urban residents understand the natural resources in their communities and take action to protect them. Our mission is to promote the stewardship of healthy urban ecosystems by improving science and civic education for middle and high school youth and by working with urban communities to protect and restore natural resources.
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Find out more about this year's NAAEE Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in October.
