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Earth Day Network
The official online home of Earth Day offers many resources regarding environmental education. Includes the latest news on environmental advocacy and how to take part in Earth Day each year.
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Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center
This is the homepage for the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center. There are 104 acres in Ansonia. There are streams and upland swamps. You can visit butterfly and hummingbird gardens. You can also view the award winning wildflower and...
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife provides information and interactive media to teach students about planet Earth and its' inhabitants. Students can research endangered species (over 50 listed here), learn how to defend and protect the environment,...
Tramline
Tramline: Getting Green Virtual Field Trip
For this comprehensive website, students will learn about different forms of pollution, environmental impact of pollution, global warming, and things they can do to make a difference.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum
This site provides general information, exhibits, museum news, etc. about the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Earthwalk Northwest/west Virginia
Classes about medicinal medicine and herbs used for food and healing. There are various courses that promote using our environment to better your life.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Ask a Scientist
A browsable collection of environment-related questions posed by elementary- and middle-school students to the scientists of the American Museum of Natural History in honor of Earth Day. Great questions and great answers.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Energy Conservation: Let's Be Energy Friendly!
A family shows some of the ways they reduce their energy use. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Energy Conservation: Off, On, Off
Learn about light switches and how to save electricity when they are turned off. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: We Save Energy at Home
A family shares the different ways that they conserve energy. Includes audio narration.
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Delaware Nature Society
This is the Delaware Nature Society website who envisions a healthy and sustainable environment. Their mission is to connect people with the natural world to improve our environment through education, advocacy, and conservation.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]
A lesson where students explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing up....
Province of British Columbia
Government of b.c.: Teacher's Guide to Clean Air: The Clean Air Crusaders [Pdf]
The 'Clean Air Crusaders' help teachers work with learners to educate them about all kinds of air pollution and ways to improve our environment.
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Izaak Walton League of America: Programs for Youth
Get your students outside with this collection of activities for kids of all ages featuring outdoor engagement and environmental education.
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National Environmental Education Foundation: Environmental Education Week
Find many activities, resources, and even webinars that celebrate environmental education and its coordination with engineering.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
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Sierra Club
Find factsheets and other information on clean water, commercial logging, urban sprawl, wildlands, and other environmental priorities, as well as review the environmental records of politicians, get involved, and much more.
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British Columbia Conservation Foundation: Leap Into Action! [Pdf]
Provides an 87-page teaching resource kit for educating students on how to take action on environmental issues.
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Earth Day Network: Green Schools: Educator's Network
The Earth Day Network provides articles, lessons, and blogs that aid teachers in providing the latest environmental education to their students.
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Rourke Publishing: Natural or Man Made [Pdf]
A science text for young children that looks at which materials are made by humans and which are found in the natural world. Includes lots of photographs, ideas for discussion, a glossary, and comprehension questions.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: En Espanol
This is the Spanish version of Environmental Education for Kids (EEK!). It provides student-friendly content that teachers can use as a catalyst to connect, explore, and engage in learning outside. It is designed for upper elementary and...
US Department of Agriculture
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
The Panhandle National Forest has programs that focus on trees and nature walks. They study wildlife habitats and wildfire restoration. Learn how nature repairs itself after a fire.
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Clean Japan Center: Recycling
Japanese content for elementary students. Helps younger children explore environmental issues. Topics include recyling, ozone destruction, global warming, and stewardship of natural resources. Good illustrations. Also includes reading...
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Camp Hawthorne
Camp Hawthorne is located on Panther Pond in southwest Maine. You can take classes that last 2,3,4 or 7 weeks. Learn how to canoe or rock climb. You can learn a few things at the pioneer village.