Academy One. Academy One grew on the Cleveland Free-Net, a grassroots movement formed by parents, teachers, and volunteers to provide a place where students could "safely" share their messages and where they could learn the technology without bothering adult users. Academy One is now shared on more than a dozen Internet systems. Its projects include places where students can share experiments or research, and share their involvement in projects that help their communities. Any server-equipped school or district with an Internet connection that can handle Usenet newsgroups and Gopher can place the Academy One program on its system.
Academy OneEE-Link Gopher. NCEET and EE-Link are funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve EE. EE-Link is intended to be a "one-stop-shopping" location for educators interested in EE. It offers a rich array of on-line resources, including materials collected and created by NCEET, connections to other Gophers valuable to EE.
7151 Lincoln Ave. #G
Buena Park, CA 90620
714 527-5651
e-mail: <a-1@nptn.org>
National Consortium for Environmental Education and TrainingEcoGopher Project at the University of Virginia. EcoGopher is an ongoing project, developed to facilitate access to environmental information. EcoGopher provides easy-to-use links to tremendous amounts of environmental information in electronic form made available by environmental agencies and organizations. EcoGopher also includes EcoLynx, a text-based World Wide Web client program for browsing hypertext documents on the Internet, and EcoChat, an Internet Relay Chat function for real-time on-line conversation about the environment.
University of Michigan/ School of Natural Resources and Environment
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115
313 998-6726
modem: (313)998-1303
Gopher: <nceet.snre.umich.edu>
e-mail: <eelink@nceet.snre.umich.edu>
WWW: <http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu>
Gopher: <ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu>CIESIN Global Change Information Gateway. CIESIN provides global environmental information services through a Gopher server that provides gateways to government agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
e-mail: <Gopher@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu>
WWW: <http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/EcoWeb.html>
Consortium for International EarthGlobal Rivers Environmental Education Network. GREEN uses watersheds as a theme to link people within and between watersheds to build an international network of people and institutions to encourage global sharing and cooperation, and to foster cross-cultural sensitivity and respect for different ways of thinking. GREEN has programs in all 50 states, and 125 countries. Each watershed project is unique, developed according to the goals and situation of the local community. In all, students investigate the health of their local river, studying biological and physical parameters as well as its history. GREEN watersheds have their own on-line conferences on EcoNet and the APC networks.
Science Information Network
2250 Pierce Road
University Center, MI 48710
517 797-2700
e-mail: <ciesin.info@ciesin.org>
Web Site: <gopher.ciesin.org>
GREENInternational Education and Resource Network. I*EARN was founded in 1990 by the Copen Family Fund to facilitate student telecommunications projects that make a meaningful difference in the health and welfare of the planet and its people, and to establish demonstration sites at which telecommunications is effectively integrated into the curriculum. Six "centers" in the United States and eight in other countries manage the network of more than 400 K-12 schools in 23 countries. On-line structures and mentoring processes facilitate collaborative projects in five subject areas, including environment/science. Ongoing environment/science projects include measurement of ultra-violet radiation to study ozone depletion, studies of lake and river quality and an environmental newsletter produced by students on-line. I*EARN maintains a set of on-line conferences on EcoNet and the APC networks.
721 E. Huron
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
313 761-8142
e-mail: <green@green.org>
Gopher: <gopher.igc.apc.org:70/1/orgs/green>
WWW: <http://www.igc.apc.org/green/green.html/>
I*EARNJASON On-line. JASON On-line is part of a comprehensive, national teacher in-service training program administered by the JASON Foundation for Education and sponsored through the Eisenhower National Program for Mathematics and Science Education, United States Department of Education. JASON On-line is designed to introduce teachers to the world of telecommunicating and to provide additional resources such as classroom tips, lesson ideas, and on-line support for teachers using the JASON Project and the JASON curriculum. If you are already using a service that gives you telnet access to other Internet sites, you can reach JASON On-line this way:
345 Kear St.
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
914 962-5864
e-mail: <iearn@igc.apc.org>
Gopher: <gopher.iearn.org 7008>
telnet <topcat.bsc.mass.edu>ENVST-L -- The Environmental Studies Discussion List. This electronic mailing list is devoted to discussion of environmental studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to <listserv@brownvm.brown.edu> containing the following single line of text:
login: Jason
password: guest
subscribe envst-l <your name>
GRNSCH-L -- The Green Schools Discussion List. This on-line mailing list is intended to facilitate information exchange between individuals at colleges and universities who are attempting to mitigate the impacts of their institutions' activities on the environment. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to <listserv@ brownvm.brown.edu> containing the following single line of text:
subscribe grnsch-l <your name>
National Geographic Kids Network. Kids Network is an international telecommunications-based science and geography curriculum for grades four through six. Students conduct local investigation on topics such as water supply, weather, pollution, and solar energy, then compare their data with other members of their research team on-line, with help from on-line scientists in interpreting patterns in the data.
National Geographic SocietyNonpoint Source BBS. This Environmental Protection Agency bulletin board system is an example of the types of specialized resources available via systems that may or may not be connected to the Internet. The NPS BBS provides an exchange of information and expertise on water quality and related topics. A copy of the U.S. EPA Nonpoint Source Information Exchange Computer Bulletin Board System (BBS) User's Manual (Publication number EPA 503/8-92/002) may be ordered by mail or fax at no cost from:
Attn: Educational Services
P.O. Box 98108
Washington, DC 20090-8018
800 368-2728
NCEPITERC Global Laboratory Project. Developed by TERC with support from the National Science Foundation, the Global Lab is an international network of schools linked by telecommunications, shared curriculum, and common goals. Global Lab students learn science through hands-on investigations of their environments and those of their peers around the world. As they conduct valuable collaborative research, students learn scientific skills, experimental techniques, and advanced technologies.
11029 Kenwood Road, Building 5
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Fax: (513)891-6685.
BBS: 301 589-0205
telnet: <fedworld.gov> then follow
the BBS gateway menus
TERC Global Laboratory ProjectWhaleNet. WhaleNet, in conjunction with the Whale Conservation Institute (WCI) and whale watch companies, is developing a program to enhance the educational use of whale watches. This National Science Foundation-funded teacher enhancement project offers curriculum support and a source of data for interdisciplinary classroom activities, and interactive on-line informational support. WhaleNet is setting up a system where students, teachers, and WCI will collect data on their whale watches and compile their data on the WhaleNet/Marine bulletin boards on EnviroNet, and share it via the Internet. EnviroNet's purpose is to enhance environmental science education in New England through the use of telecommunications.
2067 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617 547-0430
e-mail: <gl@terc.edu>
Michael Williamson
WhaleNet director
c/o Environet
Park Science Building
Simmons College
300 Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
508 468-4699 or
617 734-5200, ext. 256
e-mail: <mwilliamson@vmsvax.simmons.edu>