Teacher's Resource Guide - Forests and Parks

WOODSY OWL: Simple hands-on land stewardship activities from the USDA Forest Service.

USDA Forest Service's Conservation Education - Through structured educational experiences and activities targeted to varying age groups and populations, Conservation Education enables people to realize how natural resources and ecosytems affect each other and how resources can be used wisely.

The following helpful hint came from Chris Cameron, one of the Regional Coordinators of the California Regional EE Community project (CREEC):

Remember those beautiful brochures you get when you visit a National Park? They're always full of great pictures and helpful information! Well, whenever there is a minor detail to change (like an area code), the Government Printing Office prints a new edition. So what do they do with all the old ones? Check this out! The National Park staff (special thanks to Sheila Braden) thought like a teacher. They developed age appropriate educational worksheets on biology, geology, history, and they will send them to you, along with a classroom set of appropriate brochures! Your students can study many aspects of environmental education, thanks to our National Parks, while still in the classroom!

Want a free set? Call or email Annette East (805-370-2348, annette_east@nps.gov) and let her know your grade level, the number of students, and what area of study you are emphasizing. She'll get a classroom set right out to you!

Our National Parks are working hard to become "living laboratories" to educate our students. They have several outstanding educational programs that you can take advantage of. Check out their website at http://www.nps.gov

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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