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is a grassroots program coordinated by the United States
Department of Agriculture. Its goal is to help students
gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture
in the economy and society, so that they may become
citizens who support wise agricultural policies. This
state page gives contact information for Ohio’s
state program, and links you in to the national homepage
for resources, lesson plans, activities for kids, recommended
books, and professional development workshop opportunities.
http://www.agclassroom.org/oh
Information on educational initaitives, programs, and
services from AEP.
http://www.aep.com/CommAndEduc/default.htm
tells the story of water, its treatment and use throughout
history (40,000 BCE - 2080 CE), and its importance to
life on Earth. Aqua Venturer highlights the vital role
of clean water in the development of civilizations and
is geared towards secondary students. The accompanying
Teacher Guide offers interdisciplinary, standards-based
suggestions for using Aqua Venturer in middle-and high-school
classrooms and challenges students to discover their
local environmental history to make environmental education
tangible. Developed by the Water Environment Federation
(WEF), an international, not-for-profit, technical and
educational services organization representing the water
quality field.
http://www.aquaventurer.org/Environmental Education Network has launched
a new web site intended to promote
awareness and understanding of environmental education
and its role in the formaleducation
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://eelink.net/environmentaleducationnetwork.html
The Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment's
Atlas of the Biosphere contains numerous maps documenting
environmental phenomena across the globe, such as water
resources, ecosystems, land use patterns, and human
impact, at a variety of scales. The Atlas also contains
the data sets that were used to generate these different
thematic maps. Related material on the site includes
several different global ecosystem and terrestrial hydrology
models that have been created by the Center, and are
publicly available for general review.
http://atlas.sage.wisc.edu/
The Wildlife Habitat Council developed these lesson
modules for grades 3-12 to help students appreciate
wildlife in their backyards and take steps to create
additional wildlife habitat within their communities.
The lesson plans are available at http://www.wildlifehc.org
under the Backyard Conservation graphic. The contact
person is Mary Cressell, NRCS public affairs specialist,
at 202-690-0547.
A coalition of organizations dedicated to enhancing
local, regional, and national efforts to educate people
of all ages about biodiversity.
http://www.bioednet.org
This site from the World Wildlife Fund engages visitors
in hands-on activities to explore what biodiversity
is, why it's declining, and how we can help to protect
it.
http://www.biodiversity911.org/
is a free Web site with key information on how educators
can obtain the best and most usable environmental education
programs available today. ClassroomEarth.org is a veritable
"best of the best" collection of environmental
education programs and resources for K-12 teachers,
parents, and students. This new site will help educators,
after-school providers and home-schooling parents to
get started or improve their skills in environmental
education. It provides up-to-date information on the
most successful, well-tested and effective national
environmental education programs available today.
http://www.ClassroomEarth.org
US EPA, in partnership with the National Park Service
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has released an
award-winning outreach kit for teachers and interpreters,
including rangers at national parks and wildlife refuges,
to use when talking with the public about how climate
change might affect wildlife and public lands. To order
the full Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlandsoutreach kit, contact Karen Scott Gibbons, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, at
(202) 564-3482 or gibbons.karen@epa.gov.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/outreach/orwkit.html
A community-led, NSF-funded effort to promote access
to high-quality resources for teaching and learning
about the Earth. Now in its fourth year, DLESE provides
access to over 5,000 educational resources. These resources
include a variety of formats, from text-based lesson
plans and field trip Guides to sophisticated tools for
visualization of scientific data. New features include:
the ability to search by National Science and Geography
Standards, the ability to search over multiple collections
of resources, and services that allow educators to evaluate
resources and supply tips for their effective use.
http://www.dlese.org/
This new online resource features stories about conservation
and earth stewardship, global climate change, ecosystems,
and biodiversity. Many EarthCare topics are linked to
Project Learning Tree (PLT) curricula, which meet state
and national standards. Stories that correlate to PLT
activities are identified by the PLT logo, which enables
teachers to easily research and select topics for classroom
activities and homework.
http://www.earthsky.org/shows/earthcare
Provides seven understandings for the Earth system,
sample activities for integrating science teaching around
the Earth system, and other useful links and resources.
http://earthsys.ag.ohio-state.edu/
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
A wealth of information on curriculum resources, professional
development, and other topics of interest for educators.
http://www.enc.org
Information and links from the Ohio Department of Development’s
Office of Energy Efficiency
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/oee/energy_at_school.htm
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released the first
of seven volumes of design Guidelines for energy-efficient
schools. The new design Guidelines cover a wide range
of technologies for schools in hot and dry climates,
and also include numerous case studies from schools
around the country. The design Guidelines are a product
of EnergySmart Schools, a part of DOE's Rebuild America
Program.
Energy Design Guidelines for
High Performance Schools: Hot and Dry Climates
[pdf]http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/pdfs/designGuide_hotdry.pdf
EnergySmart Schools
http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/
Provides reviews of numerous EE curricula and activities
performed by teams of
classrooms teachers, content experts, and environmental
educators.
Volume 1: http://www.naaee.org/npeee/vol_1_resource.html
Volume 2: http://www.naaee.org/npeee/vol_2_resource.html
Volume 3: http://www.naaee.org/npeee/vol_3_resource.html
These Guidelines aim to help developers of activity
Guides, lesson plans, and other instructional materials
produce high quality products, and to provide educators
with a tool to evaluate the wide array of available
environmental education materials.
http://www.naaee.org/npeee/materials.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.ascd.org/readingroom/infobrief/issue26.html
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.pdkintl.org/products/nps021.htm
gives teachers the tools to help students develop environmental
literacy: a fundamental understanding of the systems
of the world, both living and non-living, along with
the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence
and policy choices. Expert advisors provide practical
teaching resources in a wide variety of projects, available
both in print and online.
http://www.enviroliteracy.org
A n annual outdoor program involving teams of high school
students in
local, regional and national competitions that address
students' knowledge of soils,
forestry, wildlife, aquatic ecology and current environmental
issues. Contact Nelson
Strong, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division
of Soil and Water Conservation,
1939 Fountain Square Court E-2, Columbus, OH 43224-1336,
614-265-6610 or your
County Soil and Water Conservation District Office.
A comprehensive database of information available for
teaching and learning about science, mathematics, and
the environment.
http://www.ericse.org/
Provides voluntary Guidelines for environmental that
set expectations for performance and achievement in
fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades.
http://www.naaee.org/npeee/learner_Guidelines.html
Developed by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network,
the classroom resource, Exotic Species Compendium of
Activities to Protect the Ecosystem (ESCAPE), is a collection
of 36 hands-on multi-disciplinary activities that incorporate
experiments, art, music and games. ESCAPE introduces
students to issues of exotic (non-native) aquatics:
spread and transport, harmful effects posed, importance
of environmental knowledge and responsibility of each
student as an environmental steward.
http://www.iisgcp.org/edu/escape/
Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make
hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning
resources easier to find. The result of that work is
the FREE website.
http://www.ed.gov/free
Information and resources on energy for educators.
http://www.firstenergycorp.com/education of
up to $500 are available to educators at schools and
community groups served by its operating companies --
Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison,
Penn Power, Penelec, Met-Ed, and Jersey Central Power
& Light. For more information, click
here.
http://www.foodlandpeople.org
Food, Land & People’s curriculum, Resources
for Learning, serves Pre-K to 12th grade students and
consists of 55 hands-on lessons on subjects from environmental
science and stewardship to human populations and land
use issues . Contact John Davis, Ohio FLP Coalition,
65 Poinsettia Road SE, Scio, OH 43988. Phone and fax:
(330) 627-5712.
john-davis@foodlandpeople.org
This national competition is open to teams of students
in 7 th and 8 th grade who will design and build a city
of the future. The Ohio Regional competition will be
held January 25,
and national finals will be held February 16-22 in Washington,
DC. First place winners in
each region will win a trip to the national finals.
http://www.futurecity.org
is a worldwide hands-on,
primary and secondary school-based science and education
program. Students collect data in their own communities
and report it to a student archive via the internet.
A variety of teacher support mechanisms are also provided
through the program.
http://www.globe.gov
is a nonprofit organization
that is dedicated to informing the public about groundwater.
“Since 1985, our programs and publications present
the benefits everyone receives from groundwater and
the risks that threaten groundwater quality. We make
learning about groundwater fun and understandable for
kids and adults alike.”
http://www.groundwater.org
As part of their educational outreach programs, the
Alliance to Save Energy sponsors the Green Schools Program
that helps schools use energy efficiently through changes
in the behavior of building users and changes in operational
and maintenance routines. In addition Green Schools
encourages schools to get retrofits, install renewable
technology, and bring the energy efficiency message
home and into the community. The Green Schools Program
combines conservation and education in a way that strengthens
schools, involves students in making a real difference,
encourages teamwork, and fosters community involvement.
http://www.ase.org/greenschools/
Published by the Science & Mathematics Network,
the Guide explains how the standards were written and
by whom, and lists resources to help teachers and administrators
implement the standards in the classroom. The cost of
the Guide is $13.95. To order, call 614-365-9800 or
fax 614-265-9890. Bulk order discounts are available.
Healthy Water, Healthy People, 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.
http://www.healthywater.org
A 174-page resource book which includes examples of
learning episodes from environmental education, strategies
to link current reform components to the science curriculum,
and connections to the ninth grade proficiency test.
Copies of the resource book are available from Ohio
EPA's Office of Environmental Education by calling 614-644-2873.
The publication can be downloaded at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef/publicns1102.html
A quarterly a magazine by and for educators to enhance
environmental and global education across the curriculum
at all grade levels.
http://www.greenteacher.com
http://ask.usgs.gov/education.html
http://www.lep.org
An interdisciplinary conservation and environmental
education curriculum based on the writings of conservationist,
Aldo Leopold.
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
This site from the Women in Mining organization provides
information, classroom activities, games, and links
about minerals in our world.
http://www.womeninmining.org/
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
Resources, maps, and lesson plans from the National
Geographic Society.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
Information on schoolyard habitats, educator resources,
kids’ clubs, and community programs.
http://www.nwf.org/education/
Access Nature, helps children make a personal connection
to the natural world. The adaptations that follow each
of the 45 hands-on activities provide educators (formal
and non-formal)with the tools to engage participants
with hearing, learning/cognitive, motor and visual disabilities
alongside their peers without disabilities. Other features
include: alignment with the National Science Education
Standards, general disability-related teaching Guidelines,
a fully developed action project complete with accessibility
Guidelines, and a disability-related resource section.
http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/accessnature.cfm
Staff from county soil and water conservation districts
provide educational outreach to students and educators.
Click on the map here to contact the staff in your county.
http://oh.nrcs.usda.gov/util/county_map.html
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
Find information on Ohio proficiency tests, academic
content standards, and more.
http://www.ode.state.oh.us
Check this page for a listing of educational programs,
resources, and opportunities available through the Department.
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/programdirectory/default.htm
Energy education workshops and materials.
http://www.ohioenergy.org
Find information on Ohio EPA’s environmental education
grant Guidelines and applications, descriptions of recent
grant awards and outstanding projects, EE resources,
calendar of coming EE workshops and other events, statewide
partnership activities, and scholarship programs.
www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef
Learn about Ohio’s natural and historical sites,
teacher resources, and research tools.
http://www.ohiohistory.org
Program provides elementary through high school teachers
a week long opportunity each summer to learn about mining
and mineral resources through classroom lectures and
extensive field trips. College credit is offered. Contact
Ron Rea, 614-265-6576, with the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources.
The site contains a wealth of information on wetland
types, history of wetlands, wetland restoration, wetland
mitigation banking, wetland education resources, wetland
contacts and wetland mapping.
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wetlands/
,
taken from the new Boeing-built space
station, with the lights indicating populated, electrified
areas.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
increases awareness of Ohio State Parks
and other natural settings through
educator workshops and activities that focus on plant
life, animal life, park environment
and litter awareness. Contact Ron Mills, 614-265-6553,
or Jim Henahan, 614-265-6549,
with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
From the University of Findlay’s National Center
of Excellence for Environmental Management, offers information
on teacher in-service, environmental careers, online
teacher resources, curriculum resources and activities,
and field trip and speaker programs.
http://www.nceempd.org
Uses the forest as a "window" into the natural
world to help pre-school and K-12 learners gain awareness
and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their
place in it. Contact Sue Wintering, Ohio Department
of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, 1855 Fountain
Square Court H-1, Columbus, OH 43224-1327, 614-265-6657.
http://www.plt.org
"The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote
awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship
of water resources through the development and dissemination
of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment
of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs."
http://www.montana.edu/wwwwet/
Contact Leonard Black, leonard.black@dnr.state.oh.us
, Ohio Dept of Natural Resources, Division of Water,
1939 Foundation Square Court, Bldg. E-3, Columbus, OH
43224-1336. (614) 265-6758.
An interdisciplinary, supplementary environmental and
conservation education program for educators of kindergarten
through high school age young people. Educator workshops
are provided throughout the state, and facilitator training
is available at least once a year. Contact Project WILD
Coordinator, Ohio Division of Wildlife, Fountain Square
G-1, 1840 Belcher Drive, Columbus, OH 43224. Tel: (614)
265-6310, Fax: (614) 262-1171, E-mail
jen.dennison@dnr.state.oh.us
Visit: http://www.projectwild.org
, a water monitoring
education and action tool, is a comprehensive educational
package that includes materials to engage students in
taking action around problems they find in their watershed.
The package includes a facilitator's Guide, posters,
activity notebook, handouts and a tote bag, and works
well with the interactive GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental
Education Network) website. E-mail greensales@earthforce.org
to purchase your copy, or order online at:
http://www.earthforce.org/catalog/
is a new national environmental education
and technology program with a special Ohio focus. It
is an inquiry-based science, internet and print research
curriculum for grades 4-6. The stars of the show are
the peregrine falcons that nest on Cleveland's Terminal
Tower.
http://www.raptorsinthecity.com
is a
network of schools including most of the states and
provinces across the United States and Canada. With
scientific literacy as the ultimate goal, students collect
and analyze water samples from various test sites. The
data collected are sent via the Internet to the Rivers
Project. The site offers information on teacher training,
teaching materials, rivers and groundwater.
http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river
An educational program serving Grade 1-8 teachers and
students in the Alexander, Federal, Hocking, Trimble,
and Vinton County School Districts in Appalachian Ohio.
http://www.ruralaction.org/elp.html
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
This program attracts elementary (grades 3-5) students
to state parks throughout Ohio in the spring and fall
to participate in a variety of hands-on environmental
education activities. Contact Jim Henahan, 614-265-6549
or Ron Mills, 614-265-6553, with the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources.
, offers speakers
on a wide variety of topics to high school classrooms
within a two-hour driving radius of Findlay, Ohio. Topics
include frog malformations, electric and magnetic fields,
environmental law, weapons of mass destruction, cloning,
emergency response, and many others. For more information,
or to schedule a presentation, contact Harold Huffman,
huffman@findlay.edu.
The Center for Environmental Education of Antioch New
England Graduate School has launched a new initiative
for spreading the word about exciting projects kids
and schools are doing for environmental preservation.
http://greenschools.schoolsgogreen.org/
Explore this series of hands-on, inquiry-based science
activities for children in grades three through eight.
Every activity is connected to Ohio Proficiency Outcomes;
uses everyday materials; and contains teacher pages,
student pages, a family page, related resources, and
photographs.
http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/scienceforohio/
Looking for examples of great nonpoint source pollution
education resources? Washington State Department of
Ecology (Ecology) recently developed this website to
help Pacific Northwest educators find and access exceptional
resources from across the region. The site uses an online
searchable database to help connect users with the
information resources they need.
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/forms/showcase
offers many services to Franklin County
educators, including landfill tours, classroom presentations,
teacher assistance, and grants for the classroom.
http://www.swaco.org/education/
Developers of EIC, the educational approach that uses
the Environment as an Integrating Context for learning.
http://www.seer.org
The Environmental Education and Training Partnership
(EETAP) has developed A poster promoting the educational
value of learning about the environment. It features
colorful photos of the natural environment, cultural
history, and resource stewardship and includes contact
information regarding educator- training opportunities
in EE as well as web links for obtaining instructional
materials to support quality environmental education.
http://www.eetap.org/eetapwhatsnew.html
Includes background information on the environment,
curriculum materials and activities,
community service project ideas, links, and more.
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
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/
This site from the American Meteorological
Association provides information and links to everything
you need to know about water.
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/home.html
Grades 3-8 education curriculum focusing on solid waste
issues, recycling, natural resources and environmental
protection through interdisciplinary activities, emphasizing
hands-on experiences and skills development that meet
Ohio Proficiency Test Learning Outcomes. Available for
$25 to out-of-state educators and other interested parties.
Contact David Landis, 614-265-6333 with the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources.
This program of the Peace Corps puts
students in touch with Peace Corps volunteers and offers
teaching resources on culture and service learning.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/index.html
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