Resources For Teachers

No Idling Policy Information
http://www.pscleanair.org/actions/vehicles/schools.aspx

WA State Dept. of Ecology – EE Resources
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/ee/index.htm

E3 Washington: Interactive Website - Connecting teachers to sustainability programs in WA state.

http://www.e3washington.org/

Project Learning Tree
http://www.plt.org/

Facing the Future
http://www.facingthefuture.org/

Project WILD
http://www.projectwild.org/

Teachernet Sustainable Schools Teaching Resources
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/

Edutopia Go Green Database
http://www.edutopia.org/go-green

Links to research on the benefits of Environmental Education
http://www.maeoe.org/resources/research/

Human Ecological Footprint Lessons for Middle School Students
http://msteacher.org/epubs/science/science17/ecofootprint.aspx

Acorn Naturalists has a collection of resources to help advance environment based education and interpretation. From curriculum manuals and field guides to science and nature kits, games, environmental testing equipment, field supplies and more.
http://www.acornnaturalists.com

Green Teacher is a magazine that helps youth educators enhance environmental and global education inside and outside of schools.
http://www.greenteacher.com/

US EPA Teaching Resources For Kids and Adults
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/educational.htm

Ecomentors – helping kids help the environment. Great resources, EE lesson plans, and more.
http://www.ecomentors.ca/pub/

Washington Forest Protection Association
http://ee.wfpa.org/ee/

EnviroLink
http://www.envirolink.org/

GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
A worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.
http://www.globe.gov

Junior Master Gardener
http://www.jmgkids.us/

Garden Mosaics
Connecting youth and elders to investigate the mosaics of plants, people and cultures in gardens.
http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/

National Gardening Association – Gardening With Kids
http://www.kidsgardening.com/

OSPI EALRs and GLEs
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/EALR_GLE.aspx

Fish and Wildlife, map of WA and you can click on your local website.
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/visitor/washington.html

Population Education
http://www.populationeducation.org/

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/

Earth Partnership for Schools: Rain Garden Curriculum
http://uwarboretum.org/eps/research_act_classroom/rain_garden_curriculum.php

Biodiversity monitoring – amphibian CMS amphibian
http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/cms/sci/amph/AMPHBHOM.HTM

Frogwatch USA
http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/content_decline.cfm

Biodiversity monitoring – birds Breeding atlas
http://www.mdbirds.org/atlas.html

Cornell Ornithology Lab
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/

Low Impact Development Sustainable School Projects
http://lowimpactdevelopment.org/school

National Gardening Association Thematic Explorations
http://www.kidsgardening.org/themes/theme-splash.asp

National Park Service A Forest for Every Classroom
http://www.nps.gov/archive/mabi/mabi/education/forest.htm