State [standards] are a broad structure for course content and are intended to assist educators in developing specific instructional plans and assessment strategies for given subject areas. [Standards] help to ensure instructional consistency within academic disciplines among the state's schools. Although guidelines often seem to be synonymous with [standards] in many states, they often include instructional strategies, resource listings, and suggestions for developing curriculum from the course content outline or [standard].

Pennsylvania Department of Education

The PA Department of Education approved curriculum standards for the Environment and Ecology in January 2002. These components incorporate the disciplines of ecology, resource management, agriculture diversity, government and the impact of human actions on natural systems.
The URL is: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/env_eco/site/default.as...

Wisconsin Model Academic Standards

The environmental education standard is an umbrella document that describes the integration of the disciplinary standards to create curricula that will produce environmentally literate citizens.
The URL is: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards/index.htm...

California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC)

Environmental Education providers like zoos, nature centers, and State Parks provide excellent EE opportunities for teachers. But with the push for accountability to the California State Standards, teachers need to know how these EE programs correlate to the standards they need to teach!
The URL is: http://www.creec.org/stories/storyReader$38

Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS)

This electronic resource has been created to help educators, parents and community members who have an interest in educating the hearts and minds of all children.
The URL is: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/index.html

(NPEEE) National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education

Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines for Learning (K-12) provides students, parents, educators, home schoolers, policy makers, and the public a set of common, voluntary guidelines for environmental education.
The URL is: http://naaee.org/npeee/learner_guidelines.php