Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET)
"Water resource and watershed education with interactive calculators and maps. InterWET can be used as a stand-alone educational resource and as part of larger watershed educational efforts for a variety of people in many different watersheds." Uses the Spring Creek Watershed in central Pennsylvania as a case study. Developed by S.C. Parson, PhD, Pennsylvania State University.
EPA Grant Writing Tutorial
This web-based software walks users through the grant-writing process & helps them learn to write more competitive grants. It has detailed information and tips on writing a grant proposal & completing a grant application package; sections on 3 EPA grant programs; examples of good, complete grant packages; & a mock grant-writing activity. (available for download or on a CD-ROM)
Animals Of The Rainforest
A kids educational site featuring rainforest animals' images and facts. Created by sixth graders at Midlakes Middle School, Clifton Springs, New York.
Grants and Funding Sources in the Great Lakes Region
Funding sources are sorted into academic, foundation, and government sources as well as fellowships and scholarships. Provided by the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN).
Wetlands Web Walk
"Wetlands Web Walk offers insight and information on finding partners, identifying needs, fundraising and maintaining momentum for community outreach efforts, as well as an overview of innovative wetlands-education projects developed and implemented by League of Women Voters chapters across the country."
Florida Panther Net
Panther Net offers an extensive handbook covering panther history, habitat, threats to survival, and conservation efforts. You will find video, audio, advanced games, and a teachers guide to using these resources effectvely. (A project of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.)
National Science Teachers Association - Environment
Links to descriptions of environment and ecology titles from NSTA. Online ordering available.
Certificate in Ecological Education
"CERTEE provides candidates with the knowledge to create, coordinate, and deliver outdoor and EE programs. Ecological education emphasizes understanding human interdependency and connectedness to nature and the environment." Information on course fees, dates and content. Sponsored by the Univ. of Saskatchewan.
Clonown Wildlife Garden, Irelend
"In May, 1993, the teachers of this two-teacher school, together with 35 pupils embarked on a five-year project to provide wildlife habitats in the school grounds so that wildlife could be studied there." Students' diary notes and matching photos illustrate the process of building a school wildlife garden.
Educational Web Adventures
Interactive web adventures on endangered species.
Closed-System Game: An Urban Planning Simulation
A simulation that involves students in the complexities and consequences of planning--both socioeconomic planning and environmental planning. Downloadable lesson plans (grade 9-12) from the Forum for Global Education.
Ecological Design Foundation: Sustainments Website
"The EcoDesign Foundation is one of the only education institutions around the world wholly dedicated to teaching and researching of
sustainability by design." Information on workshops and study guides.
Energy Policy: A Decision-Making Simulation
Students participate in a decision making simulation, where students will serve as groups of advisors to the President (the teacher). Downloadable lesson plans (grade 7-12) from the Forum for Global Education.
Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy
Developed by the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project at Brown University, this (high school level) unit explores the relationship between public policy in our country and the health of the planet. Unit and teacher's resource book can be ordered online.
Global Perspectives on Fast-Food History
Downloadable lesson plans (grades 10-12)on the history, economy, politics of cheeseburgers and pop. From American Forum for Global Education.
KidLink
Kidlink is a non-profit grassroots organization aimed at getting youth through the age of 15 involved in global dialog via public mailing lists, a private network for real-time interactions such as chats, and an on-line art
exhibition site.
La Red KidLink
"KidLink es una organización sin fines de lucro dirigida a conseguir la mayor cantidad de jóvenes de hasta 15 años de edad implicados en un diálogo global." Alrededor de 125.000 jóvenes de 125 países en todos los continentes han participado en las actividades de KidLink.
New Frontier in Brazil: People, Progress and the Environment
This case study describes the situation in the Amazon and discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of developing the region. Students evaluate the concept of "progress" related to growth and to the preservation (or destruction) of the environment and indigenous culture. Downloadable lesson plan (grades 10-12) from the Forum for Global Education.
Ocean Adventure!
Hands-on marine education programs in New England. Topics include:coastal geology, marine ecology, and watersheds (K-12). Programs range from one hour to four days. Program outlines, vocabulary lists and in class activities are all sent in the weeks preceding the program. Supplementary video material is also available.
Ocean Resources Game
Role-playing activity explores the potentials
for cooperation and conflict in relation to control of the seas. Playing roles of decision makers, students learn about issues and positions
involved in exploiting the wealth of the sea, including minerals, oil, and fish. Downloadable lesson plans (grades 11-12) from the Forum for Global Education.
Songs for Environmental Education
This site is devoted to using music and song for EE. The site contains the archives of a discussion group on the topic, related articles, lesson plans and a list of environmental music performers.
World Wise Schools - Peace Corps
"World Wise Schools is an innovative global education program that provides students in the United States with a view of life in one of the more than 80 countries where Peace Corps Volunteers serve."
UN Wire
UN Wire is a FREE daily news summary covering the United Nations and global affairs. It has a section on environment and sustainable development. UN Wire features direct, immediate links to full-text, audio, video and additional sources of information on the Internet (requires FREE registration).
Green Networld
This site features an extensive collection of environmental and educational software - FREE for download. Compiled by the Networld-Project.
Reseau D'Enseignment Multimedia (REM)
Environmental education materials from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Includes a document discussing the relation between EE and tourism. Available in English and Spanish.
Sites Alive!
Virtual field trips (grades 3-9)to rainforests, coral reefs and wetlands. Students experience and learn from student researchers around the world through travel journals, photos, questions & answers, and audio files. Teacher's guides, access to a resource center and activities are available to subscribers (Free 14 day trial). Lessons are correlated to National Standards.
A Passion for Wild Places
Books on the Colorado Wilderness by T.A. Barron, winner of the Wilderness Society's 1997 Robert Marshall Award for environmental work.
Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE)
FEEE is a network of NGOs representing 21 European countries. FEEE programmes focus on environmental education and action, through three existing campaigns: Blue Flag (for evaluating beaches and marinas),Eco-Schools (for primary and secondary schools), Young Reporters for the Environment (for secondary schools).
Everglades National Park: Endangered Species
Classroom and on site activities about endangered species and extinction in Florida(grades 4-6), fact sheets about specific animals, as well as resources for teachers.
Land and People: Finding a Balance
"An environmental study project that engages high school students in studying ecosystems resource issues. The project focuses on the interaction between people and the environment in three regions on the United States: Cape Cod, Los Angeles, and the Everglades." Part of USGS' Learning Web (teacher and student materials also available for download in PDF format).
Fostering Waters - Bachpatenschaften
Fostering Waters - Bachpatenschaften - is a project in which many different groups of people in Germany monitored open waters and improved the ecological value of aquatic habitats [In German].
Pollution Solution - Marine Institute
Resources and links for marine education, from the Canadian Marine Institute.
Colchester Zoo, Essex, England
Interpretive displays and daily demonstrations are available at the Colchester Zoo. Site includes information for teachers to prepare lessons for school trips.
Community Resources: EE and Training for Youth
"Programs that teach young people ecology, community stewardship, urban resource management and basic job readiness skills in the context of their urban environment." School programs and downloadable urban activities for grades preK-6.
Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
Committee working to conserve the endangered desert tortoise by protecting the habitat it needs to survive. The DTPC site features information on the preserves, a virtual field trip to the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, in Kern County California, research papers, and information on wild tortoises.
Living on Earth
Living on Earth is National Public Radio's journal of the environment. It is a weekly, one-hour show airing in over 240 stations in the U.S. The site includes RealAudio files of the program every week, in addition to archives of transcripts.
European Environmental Education Newsletter (EEEN)
Europe's on-line environmental education newsletter. A project of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg.
European Research and Training Centre on Environmental Education
"The Centre has two main objectives, namely the execution and co-ordination of research on EE in Europe as well as in developing countries; and the undertaking of training programmes, courses, seminars and workshops." Includes a list of their EE publications.
Página para Niños - Instituto Nacional de Ciencias de Salud Ambiental
Esta Página ofrece actividades que demuestran las conexiones entre el medio ambiente y la salud.
G.O.- Geowissenschaften Online
G.O. is a German science-magazine online and written for students and teachers about interesting science-subjects, like hazards, climate phenomena and endangered species. We also have an English part in our magazine, named Earth View. Here you can find information about the global weather,atmospheric conditions, and view the moon and the earth.
Going Places, Making Choices: Transportation and the Environment
Going Places, Making Choices is an innovative curriculum (grades 9-12) that focuses on raising the awareness of high school age youth about transportation and the environment. The website for this curriculum has games and activities for youth, and educators can access the full curriculum online. Sponsored by the National 4-H Council.
Kids Page - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Explores the impact of environment on health and encourages interest in health- and science-related careers. Games, riddles, and on-line coloring; news on environmental topics; career profiles. Also: a game in which students identify an environment-related illness for each letter of the alphabet. Also available in Spanish.
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
"The NBII is an electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by federal, state, and local government agencies; private sector organizations; and other partners around the nation and the world." Topics include biodiversity, amphibian decline, invasive species and educational links (K-college).
New York Times Learning Network
Daily news summaries and lesson plans for grades 6-12. Resources for students, teachers and parents. (many of the science lesson plans focus on environmental issues)
