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All Wild About Kentucky's
Environment (AWAKE) http://www.kentuckyawake.org/default.cfm Information for all audiences: students, teachers, hunters, anglers, and all of us who love and want to know more about Kentucky's environment: |
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Best Environmental Education
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Center for Environmental Education, India a) http://www.greenteacher.org This website gives an introduction to EE, teaching ideas, and online newsletter. b) http://www.kidsrgreen.org An interactive website for children who love exploring, inquiring, investigating and discovering the world we live in. Green games, activity ideas, green days, etc. c) http://www.envirodebate.net A platform for debates and discussions on key contemporary issues in environment and development. |
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EarthCare http://www.earthsky.org/shows/earthcare 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. |
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EcoHealth http://www.ecohealth101.org/ The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is launching a new educational website that focuses on global warming and other environmental threats and their links to human health. EcoHealth (http://www.ecohealth101.org) is for students, teachers and anyone interested in understanding the relationship between our health and the health of our planet. |
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Education for Sustainable Development Teacher Project http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/ecocentre/esdiscussion K-12 teachers are invited to complete an online survey and join an email discussion about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The project aims to explore teachers' interests in and resource needs related to ESD, and connect teachers interested in ESD. Find out more on the website! Contact: Beth Covitt at b.covitt@griffith.edu.au Energy For Keeps - Electricity From Renewable Energy http://www.energyforkeeps.org/ A publication for middle and high school education that covers history, availability, impacts, technologies, and management of the resources that are used to generate electricity. Activities have been correlated to National Science Standards. This resource is available as a free download from producers, Educators for the Environment. |
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Environmental Literacy Council: http://www.enviroliteracy.org The Environmental Literacy Council is dedicated to helping citizens, especially young people, participate wisely in this arena. An independent, non-profit organization, the Council 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. Menu links include air and climate, land, water, ecosystems, energy, food, and environmental and society. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/kids http://www.epa.gov/teachers |
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Facing the Future: People and the Planet http://www.facingthefuture.org Facing the Future develops young people's capacity and commitment to create thriving, sustainable, and peaceful local and global communities. Facing the Future, Teacher's Corner: http://www.teacherscorner.org Facing the Future, Global Issues: http://www.global-issues.net Facing the Future: http://www.popinfo.org Service Learning: http://www.stickyteaching.org Feeding Young Minds: Hands-On-Farm to School Education Programs http://www.foodsecurity.org/pubs.html#feeding |
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Free and Inexpensive Resources
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Gardening and Your Curriculum http://www.kidsgardening.com/themes/theme-splash.asp Sponsored by Kids Garden News. Check out the growing "Thematic Explorations Library" for classroom stories, curriculum connections, how-to articles, related Web sites, and more. The collection covers topics ranging from Bringing Art to Life in Schoolyards to Growing a School Garden Business. |
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GMABILITY EDUCATION - Science, Technology & Environment
(K-12) http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/edu_k-12/k-4/earth/more-earth.html Online K-12 activities and lesson plans to reinforce environmental topics, such as science, technology and energy. Learn how students monitor a river's health, how materials are recycled in a manufacturing facility, and play games like The Cruncha to recycle a Chevrolet Silverado. Green Campus Developments http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com/SustainabilityHigherEducation.htm Learn about green campus activities at colleges and universities across North American from the Arnold Creek Productions, Inc. website. Video and text presentations provided feature recycling programs, building and grounds design, curriculum, energy, food and more. Hands on the Land http://www.handsontheland.org Hands on the Land (HOL) is a network of field classrooms stretching across America from Alaska to Florida and is sponsored by Partners in Resource Education, a collaboration of five Federal agencies, a non-profit foundation, schools, and other private sector partners. HOL provides a national network of field classrooms to enhance kindergarten through high school student-learning. Site provides teaching materials, resources for students, educational program information, teacher bulletins, and more. High School EPA Site http://www.epa.gov/highschool A website for high school students to explore and learn about their environment and ways to protect it. The site contains easy-to-find and easy-to-understand information about air and water issues, waste and recycling, conservation, health and safety, ecosystems, and community environmental conditions. It also links interested students to internship and scholarship opportunities, environmental careers, and community involvement projects. Journey to the Planet Earth http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth Grades 6-12. A series of six 25-minute videos that help students understand the most critical and timely issues facing the natural sciences in the 21st century. Uses an interdisciplinary approach to connect the natural sciences with politics, economics, sociology, and history. Teachers guides and other support materials are available. Music and Environmental Studies http://celp.ucis.dal.ca/Educators/login.php Music and Environmental Studies in The Journal of Environmental Education (36(1): 45-52. This paper by Kate Turner and Bill Freedman is a publication of the Canadian Environmental Literacy Network (CELP). It analyses historical and contemporary connections between music and nature, and examines how music can be harnessed to teach about the natural world and inspire conservation values. National Geographic CraneCam National Geographic Education Foundation project offering live CraneCam on Nebraska's Platte RIver. As part of this project, the website is offering six new weekly educational video lessons. Pop Can Car Inquiry Based Lesson Plan Your Students will love this lesson in energy. ROBOCOW http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/flash/robocow/en/robocow_e.htm Web-based animation featuring a new superhero, Robocow. Robocow flies over agricultural horizons, rescuing us from ill-advised practices endangering the quality of surface waters. For students in grades 6-10. From the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration of Canada's Agriculture and Agri-Food Ministry. Videos for Loan - FREE! http://www.cfv.org (Captioned Media Program) The site contains captioned videos available for check out. Registering for an account takes one week and then you'll receive the printed catalog. There are thousands of videos in all subject areas and age levels from Preschool to Adults. In addition to the video, there is an explicit lesson plan including all Academic standards. (See example: http://www.cfv.org/guides/10003.pdf ). You can search for videos by subject, title, and key words. |
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Population Connection's
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River of Words Poetry and Art
Contest http://www.riverofwords.org/context/index.html Each year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of watersheds. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live, and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover. The contest is open to any child in the world, grades K-12, on their own part or as part of a group. Prizes are awarded in art and poetry categories, according to age group. Entry deadline is February 15, 2004. Sharing Nature Foundation http://www.sharingnature.com Established in 1979 by naturalist and author, Joseph Cornell, the Sharing Nature Foundation uses creative nature activities to give people joyful and inspiring experiences of nature. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development launched on March 1, 2005. Link to exciting and timely educational resources and news. A well-organized site with information at your fingertips. Don't miss out! |
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Wetland Education http://www.greenwing.org/dueducator/lesson_plans.html Ducks Unlimited site provides a variety of resources on wetland education. Three new units developed for grade levels 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12, in wetland ecosystems series consists of an educator's guide and accompanying student journal, experiments, and activities. Whooping Crane Educational Website http://www.learner.org/jnorth/fall2003/crane/index.html Developed through a partnership of Annenberg/CPB, Journey North, and the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership. Lessons, activities, information about Whooping Cranes, maps, video clips, and photos. World Environment Day World Environment Day, commemorated each year on June 5th, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The World Environment Day theme selected for 2005 is Green Cities and the slogan is Plan for the Planet! The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2005 will be held in San Francisco, California, USA (http://www.wed2005.org), and UNEP is honored that the City of San Francisco will be hosting this important United Nations Day Our agenda is to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. World Environment Day is a people's event with colourful activities such as street rallies, bicycle parades, green concerts, essays and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, as well as recycling and clean-up campaigns. World Wide Biome Project http://www2.kpr.edu.on.ca/cdciw/biomes The World Wide Biome Project is designed to have students learn about ecosystems in their locale and share their findings with students from around the world through the medium kids use - the internet. The prime focus of the site is to have student/classes do an evaluation of a habitat in their biome and send the data in to the World Wide Biome Project. Their data is converted into a series of web pages for them. This allows students to learn from other projects that students like themselves have created. |
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YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/education/teacheroffer.cfm Free Subscription. YES! offers teachers and students inspiring studies of practical, positive solutions to a broad range of environmental and social justice challenges. Teachers are eligible for a free one-year subscription to this quarterly journal. Young People Changing Their World: http://www.dosomething.org |
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American Environmental Health
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From "Wildlife Online," the
online newsletter of the National Wildlife Federation Birds That Help Control Garden Pests http://www.enature.com/backyardwildlife/garden_patrol.asp Identify beneficial birds for your region and how to attract them to your backyard. Blog Anyone? E-Magazine article "The New Grapevine" by Roddy Scheer, discusses the many blogs (Web logs) available to environmentalists looking for the latest and greatest information on green investing, sustainable business solutions, alternative energy, and more. Website: http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2939 Community Food Security Coalition: http://www.foodsecurity.org/index.html Ecological Footprint http://www.kidsfootprint.org: Interactive site for kids to measure their footprint on the planet's natural resources and teacher lesson plans. http://www.myfootprint.org: This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions, you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet. Enter Your Zip Code and Receive Information on Sites for Recycling for Motor Oil, Batteries, and much more! http://kentucky.earth911.org/master.asp
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Learn Easy Steps to a Greener
Home http://www.nwf.org/getgreen/GreenHome.cfm?CFID=1603375&CFTOKEN=96300175 |
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International Resources and Opportunities ArTech (International Art and Technology Cooperation Organization), Environmental Education Program: http://www.artech.org.jp/english/kids/enved/index.html ArTech plans to cooperate with international organizations, such as the United Nations and its sub organizations including UNU, UNDP, UNESCO, etc. and Governmental organizations such as JICA, and develop a new type of high technologies to make balance between the civilization and culture as well as between the developed countries and the developing countries. One objective of ArTech is to bring sustainable development of the world. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) http://www.aashe.org AASHE serves as an umbrella organization for the campus sustainability community, connecting practitioners to resources, knowledge, professional development opportunities, and key organizations. It also provides a professional home for campus sustainability coordinators, directors, and other practitioners.
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National and
State EE Standards: Alignment of KY Program of Studies and Core Content for Assessment with National Environmental Education Standards http://oapd.kde.state.ky.us/eec Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence http://naaee.org/pages/npeee/materials/html Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines for Learning (K-12) http://www.naaee.org/npeee/learnerguidelines/12thp2.html Guidelines for the Preparation & Professional Development of Environmental Educators http://naaee.org/pages/npeee/new_ee.html Nonformal Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence http://naaee.org/pages/npeee/nonformal.html |
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National
Organizations: OurEarth OurEarth.org is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which originated at Johns Hopkins University, and promotes environmental education and awareness. More information about our efforts are available at http://www.ourearth.org/about.htm. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education http://www.aashe.org Children & Nature Network http://www.cnaturenet.org The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature. The C&NN news service and portal, cNatureNet.org, offers parents, youth, civic leaders, educators and health-care providers access to the latest news and research in this field as well as practical advice, including ways to apply new-found knowledge at home, at school, in work environments, and in the community. Environmental Education and Training Partnership http://www.eetap.org Funders' Forum on Environment and Education (F2E2): http://www.f2e2.org/ F2E2 is a network of grant-makers dedicated to enhancing the ability of students to learn while simultaneously increasing their capacity to care for the natural environment. F2E2 provides funders with reliable, strategic information about best practices and emerging opportunities at the intersection of environmental fields and education. Their current areas of emphasis are: 1. Healthy, high performance schools. 2. Environmental Education and literacy. 3. Place-based Education 4. Environmental Science standards, and 5. Sustainability in higher education. Healthy Rivers http://www.healthyrivers.org/index.cfm Many Rivers. One Voice. The Citizen's Agenda for Rivers is a plan for healthy rivers and healthy communities created by and for the river movement. National Arbor Day Foundation: https://www.arborday.org |
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State Education and
Environment Roundtable http://seer.org The EIC Model, using the Environment as an Integrating Context for improving student learning. The EIC Model interconnects "best practices" in education into an instructional tapestry that improves student achievement by using local natural and community surroundings as a context for learning. The Education for Sustainability Western Network ("EFS West") http://www.efswest.org/index.html EFS West is a professional association of individuals and institutions working to make sustainability a central focus of higher education in the western U.S. and Canada. The network was founded in 2001 as a partnership with Second Nature. |
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News: Environmental News Sources Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) [From website] "Oil on Ice (http://www.oilonice.org) is a vivid, compelling and comprehensive documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters." Strange Days on Planet Earth http://www.pbs.org/strangedays Each of the four one-hour episodes is constructed as a high-tech detective story, with the fate of the planet at stake. On Wednesday, April 20 & 27, 2005 (from 9 - 11pm; check local listings). PBS will premiere a compelling night of programming on the hot button issues facing our environment today. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH, winner of the Wildscreen 2004 film festival Panda Award for Best Series and the National History Museum One Planet Award for its look at global warming, crosses the science and nature content with the look and style of the X-files. Hosted by award-winning actor, writer, director and environmental activist Edward Norton, the series will take a hard look at the cause and effect relationship between what we as humans do to the Earth and what that in turn does to our environment and ecosystems. Information about each of the 4 episodes and the PBS website. What's Up On Planet Earth? A new energy alert, "Ready, Set, Go!...But Not Quite Yet" has just been posted on the What's Up On Planet Earth? website. Find out: Why we are currently in a lull or bottoming out phase; What is on the near horizon and when it will arrive; and What 2008 will look like and why. To read the newest energy alert, please visit: http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/latest.htm. |
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Research: See: http://www.nku.edu/~enved/research.htm Gallup Poll on the Environment (2005): http://www.pollingreport.com/enviro.htm Tsunami Research at USGS http://temp.water.usgs.gov/tsunami United States Geological Survey (USGS) site provides information on how tsunamis are generated by earthquakes, studies from previous events, and animations and virtual reality tsunami models. |
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State Agencies
and Organizations: Environmental Education in Kentucky http://www.eeinkentucky.org This website contains a monthly calendar of Environmental Education (EE) events and programs, a directory of EE resources, a directory of EE organizations, a search service that finds EE resources and events near you...by ZIP code, access to EE across the southeast, and much more! If you are an EE provider in the state, you can enter your information so that others have access to it! Kentucky Association for Environmental Education: http://www.kaee.org Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission: http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov |
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Kentucky Geologic Survey: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/education.html Kentucky Native Plant Society: http://www.knps.org/knpscert.htm
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