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Resources for Creating EE Web Sites
Tools for Developing EE Materials
- EE Materials: Guidelines for Excellence (EPA 171-B-04-003)
Provides recommendations for selecting, evaluating, and producing quality environmental education lesson plans, curricula, and other instructional materials. See also the Guidelines for Excellence Workbook.
- Environmental Studies in the K-12 Classroom: A Teachers View [PDF, 97 KB, 48 pages, about PDF]
Read this survey of more than 900 teachers across the country to learn how environmental education is conducted in the classroom and about the environmental topics taught in schools.
- EPA Web Guide
The Web Guide is the authoritative source for policies, practices and guidance for creating, hosting, deploying and maintaining Web sites and applications on the EPA Internet or Intranet.
- Evaluating the Structure of Web Sites
This document presents key issues of a web site's structure from the non-technical perspective of the site user. It may be especially helpful for non-technical people who will need to communicate with a technical team to develop Web content.
- Evaluating the Structure of Web Sites — A Checklist for Evaluating the Structure of Web Sites
This resource presents key issues of a Web site's structure from the non-technical, or low-technical, perspective of the site user.
- Excellence in Environmental Education — Guidelines for Learning (K-12) (EPA 171-B-99-002)
Guidelines for learner performance (that is, what kids need to know) and achievements in K-12.
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
- Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
- North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE): National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
Identifies and provides examples of high quality environmental education practices.
- Timeline and Development Checklist [PDF, 63 KB, 2 pages, about PDF]
This resource presents a list of things to do while developing an EE project [extracted from Education Projects in the Office of Water, A How-to-Guide for Developing Environmental Education Projects (EPA 800-B-99-001)].
- Useful Resources on How to Develop Sites for Kids
The resources below provide helpful tips on designing appropriate sites for children.
Examples of Quality EE Materials
- EE Collection: A Review of Resources for Educators
Developed by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), the three volumes provide lists of educational materials that have been evaluated using the EE Materials: Guidelines for Excellence publication. The documents were funded in part by EPA.
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