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We are providing links to the following sites because
they may by of interest to you. EECO does not necessarily
endorse the views expressed or the data and information
presented on these sites.This free publication and CD-ROM focuses on how
education and the environment can be linked to advance
student learning. Included are descriptions of schools
successfully implementing environmental education programs
and summaries of research documenting how schools have
raised test scores of their students by using the environment
to help teach content in subject areas such as social
studies, science, reading, and math. The CD-ROM provides
a sampler of 43 free EE activities which are linked
to different grade levels and subject areas. Produced
by the Environmental Education & Training Partnership
(EETAP) in collaboration with the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development. To order a free copy send
your name and mailing address to:
EnviroEdTrainingPartnership@uwsp.eduhttp://eelink.net/environmentaleducationnetwork.html
Environmental Education Network has launched a new web
site intended to promote awareness and understanding
of environmental education and its role in the formal
education system. The new web site includes a quick
introduction to EE, ASCD's position on environmental
education, membership information, links to ASCD publications
with an EE focus, and links to various other EE web
sites.
http://www.bioednet.org
A coalition of organizations dedicated to enhancing
local, regional, and national efforts to educate people
of all ages about biodiversity.
http://earthsys.ag.ohio-state.edu/
Provides seven understandings for the Earth system,
sample activities for integrating science teaching around
the Earth system, and other useful links and resources.
The ESD Toolkit is an easy-to-use manual for beginning
the process of combining education and sustainability
and will help schools and communities develop a process
to create locally relevant and culturally appropriate
education. The Toolkit is based on the idea that communities
and educational systems need to dovetail their sustainability
efforts.
http://www.esdtoolkit.org
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/infobrief/issue26.html
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum's (ASCD)
InfoBrief - "Environmental
Education: Moving Into The Educational Mainstream"
highlights the use of environmental teaching strategies
to promote educational achievement and draws a connection
between environmental education and state learning standards.
http://www.pdkintl.org/products/nps021.htm
The handbook covers a broad range of topics based on
the popular EE InfoSheets, developed by Dr. Joe Heimlich
at Ohio State University, for the EETAP Resource Library.
This collection is intended as a ready reference for
educators - both for understanding and incorporating
environmental education into classrooms, curricula,
and programs and as a handbook for finding valuable
resources for environmental education across the curriculum.
The handbook is available through Phi Delta Kappa Educational
Foundation:
http://www.ericse.org/
A comprehensive database of information available for
teaching and learning about science, mathematics, and
the environment.
http://www.healthywater.org
An innovative water quality education program sponsored
by Project WET and the Hach Scientific Foundation, offers
hands-on activity Guides, testing kits, training, and
much more. Healthy Water, Healthy People is for anyone
interested in learning and teaching about contemporary
water quality education topics.
Education, like all professions, has a specialized vocabulary
that parents and others may have a difficult time understanding.
This online resource, A Lexicon of Learning, provides
clear definitions of educational terms in everyday language.
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/lexicon/lexiconoflearning.html
MELDI is a project of the University of Michigan's School
of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). The project
aims to enhance the leadership and career development
opportunities available to minority students and minority
environmental professionals. The project seeks to provide
information that will help more minority students embark
on careers in the environmental field. It is also designed
to help minority students and professionals in the environmental
field take advantage of networking and mentoring opportunities.
Though the website focuses on minorities, it provides
information that will be useful to all students and
environmental professionals.
http://www.umich.edu/~meldi/
The mission of this newly formed Partnership is to build
connections between leaders of
the environmental education and the broader education
community, and policymakers at the federal, state and
local levels. The National Education and Environment
Partnership (NEEP) believes that environment-based education
is an authoritative, rigorous and effective vehicle
for improving the overall performance of K-12 schools,
students and teachers. NEEP will also be identifying
opportunities for environmental and environment-based
education in new and existing state and federal programs.
NEEP is a project of the National Environmental Education
& Training Foundation and the U.S. EPA's Office
of Environmental Education with additional support from
the Gund and AT&T Foundations.
http://www.neetf.org/Education/neep.shtm
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
(NEETF) has produced an online document - No Subject
Left Behind - to Guide local and state leaders and practitioners
to some of the major sources of funding for environmental
education programs in President Bush's No Child Left
Behind (P.L. 107-110) education plan. No Subject Left
Behind is a living document that will be updated as
additional EE opportunities are identified.
http://www.neetf.org/Education/index.shtm
http://www.ohiosci.org
“The Academy is the leading organization in Ohio
to foster curiosity, discovery, and innovation and to
unite all who value education, science, engineering,
technology, or their applications for the benefit of
society. The Academy conducts an annual meeting and
science days, and publishes an international, multidisciplinary,
scientific journal.”
OAS also offers Scholarships to Ohio students admitted
to State and private colleges and universities who can
demonstrate their knowledge and commitment to careers
in environmental sciences or environmental engineering.
An Academy-appointed panel selects awardees.
http://www.ohiosci.org/OESEESCHOLARSHIPS.htm
Students interested in careers in agriculture and natural
resources now have a team of two- and four-year colleges
working together to help them find a perfect fit. OCAGE
is a consortium of 10 Ohio colleges and universities
providing students the chance to learn about more than
80 programs available to them in agriculture, horticulture,
natural resources, and the environment.
http://www.ocage.org
The Mission of the Society of American Foresters is
to advance the science, education, technology, and practice
of forestry; to enhance the competency of its members;
to establish professional excellence; and to use the
knowledge, skills, and conservation ethic of the profession
to ensure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems
and the present and future availability of forest resources
to benefit society. Student chapters are located at
The Ohio State University and Hocking College.
http://www.ohiosaf.org
The results of a focus group study released by EETAP
confirm the challenge that environmental educators face
when trying to reach non-science middle and secondary
school teachers. In general, environmental education
(EE) appears to these teachers to be associated most
often with current environmental issues or as an extension
of science. The report from the focus group study can
be downloaded at:
http://www.eetap.org/focusgroupreport1.pdf
A new government online source of reliable information
about Science and technology from across federal government
organizations is now available. Fourteen scientific
and technical information organizations from10 major
science agencies have collaborated to create science.gov.
, the "FirstGov for Science" web site. From
science.gov, users can find more than 1,000 government
information resources about science. Science.gov is
intended for the educational and library communities,
as well as for business people, entrepreneurs, agency
researchers and anyone with an interest in science.
The Federal organizations participating in science.gov
are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense,
Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Interior,
along with the Environmental Protection Agency, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and National Science
Foundation.
http://www.science.gov
http://www.seer.org
Developers of EIC, the educational approach that uses
the Environment as an Integrating Context for learning.
Published in 1999, the report from this survey is available
for download from the website
of the Office of Environmental Education, Ohio EPA.
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/other/oeef/adultlitracy.htm
This book, published in cooperation with the University
Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF), documents a
wide range of works undertaken in respect of sustainability
teaching, with inputs from various authors from countries
as varied as Brazil, Germany, Latvia, Mexico, South
Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, UK, Canada and the United
States. The descriptions of approaches, methods and
projects show how different universities in various
parts of the world are facing the challenge of teaching
sustainability concepts. Further details and a pre-order
form (the book is due July 2002) are available at:
http://www.projekte.org/teaching.sustainability
The Pacific Institute has created this searchable database
containing over 3,000 references to climate change and
its impact on fresh water. You can access it at
http://www.pacinst.org/resources/
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