Teacher's Resource Guide - Environmental Education

EPA's Environmental Education Center: Aimed at teachers, EEC features curriculum resources & activities, community service projects, workshops & conferences, students jobs & scholarships, awards, grants, contacts & other links.

EPA's Office of Environmental Education works to provide members of the
public with a wide variety of useful environmental education resources, contacts, publications and internet sites.

EPA Region 3's Environmental Education Reference Material Order Form

EPA Region 3's Public Information Center

EnviroMapper - The EnviroMapper application provides users with interactive Geographic
Information System (GIS) functionality using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spatial data. It can map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.

The following information being linked to by the U.S.EPA Web site is provided as a service to visitors to the EPA Mid-Atlantic States Environmental Education Web site. The U.S. EPA is not associated with or responsible for the content of these sites.

AskERIC: Education Information including a Q&A service, a virtual library, lesson plans, assessment & evaluation abstracts, and a searchable database.

EdGateway: "Communities, resources and discussion for educators". Many groups are devoted to Environmental Education.

EE Advocate: The Newsletter of the National Environmental Education Advancement Project.

EE-Link: An extremely comprehensive environmental education resource providing professional, classroom, grant, and job resources, an EE events calendar, and much more; developed by the National Consortium for Environmental Education and Training.

EETAP: The Environmental Education and Training Partnership is a consortium of leading EE organizations and educational institutions featuring program areas, quality resources, capacity building, professional development, resource library, and much more.

EE Toolbox: Resource materials for teachers and trainers. Contact Kendall-Hunt Publishing at 1-800-228-810. Some units are available on EE-Link (See Above).

Environmental Education Compendia: published by the California Department of Education Office of Environmental Education focuses on the natural sciences.

Links for Environmental Songs and Music

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal Government.

Globe Program, The: "Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment" with an emphasis on the K-12 experience.

Going Places, Making Choices: is a neatly-packaged and colorfully-illustrated curriculum designed for grades 9-12 by the 4H Council. Lesson plans include Transportation and the Environment, Air Pollution and Climate Change, Leaving Our Imprint on the Earth, and Taking Action.

Greenworks TV: in partnership with the PA Dept of Environmental Protection. Environmental programs, videos, resources and projects.

How to Start An Environmental Club at Your School from the ThinkEarth Organization

NAAEE: The North American Association for Environmental Education is "a network of professionals and students working throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world."

The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) recently published a workbook to accompany Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence. The new publication, entitled Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence Workbook, consists of specific activities and exercises that correspond to each section of the materials guidelines. The workbook's subtitle, "Bridging Theory and Practice," summarizes its goal, which is to bridge this gap by providing examples and activities to clarify the materials guidelines.

National Atlas of the United States The National Atlas delivers easy to use, map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes.

The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education (NPEEE) and the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) are pleased to announce that the full text of the Guidelines for Excellence in Environmental Education are now available online! The guidelines represent a broad and accepted consensus on what constitutes good EE and will help educators develop comprehensive environmental education programs that integrate across and build upon the high standards set by the core disciplines.

NEEAP: National Environmental Education Advancement Project is "a national organization which aids state and local environmental education leaders in promoting their environmental educations efforts, and develops informational items on building state capacity for environmental education."

NEETF: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation's mission is "to help America meet critical national challenges through environmental learning."

Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Environment and Equality

Project Learning Tree: PLT "is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

Terrene Institute's Environmental Products Catalog offers teacher kits, posters, models & games, brochures, stickers, etc.

US Census Factfinder - US Census Factfinder FactFinder can be used to view, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business. Using FactFinder, you can also find U.S. Census Bureau products; create reference and thematic maps; and search for specific data.

WestEd: "designated by the U.S. Department of Education as the Assessment Specialty Regional Educational Laboratory, seeks ways to combine traditional and innovative assessment methods into coherent, affordable, and valid systems that provide the feedback desired for all levels of accountability."

If you're looking for other Model EE programs or reference material, the links below may be helpful to you. These links to information by the U.S.EPA Web site is provided as a service to visitors to the EPA Mid-Atlantic States Environmental Education Web site. The U.S. EPA is not necessarily associated with or responsible for the content of these sites.

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