The Environmental Education Collection:

A Review of Resources for Educators Volume 2


The Environmental Education Collection:  A Review of Resources for Educators
(updated 2004) is designed to help educators find curricula, multimedia resources, and other educational materials that can enhance teaching environmental education in a variety of settings.  It is hoped that this resource guide will assist educators as they plan, develop, and implement creative and effective environmental education programs.

Curriculum guides and other educational materials included in The Environmental Education Collection:  A Review of Resources for Educators were evaluated by teams of classrooms teachers, content experts, and environmental educators.  The materials were evaluated using the Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence developed by the North American Association for Environmental Education.

The write-ups of the materials included in this document were designed to point out the variety of factors an educators may wish to consider when deciding which materials are most appropriate for a particular group of students and how those materials might be used most effectively.

Table of Contents
The Environmental Education Collection:  A Review of Resources for Educators, Volume 2

The synergy between the various parts of the primary Reviews the summary of reviewer comments, the subjects, the brief description of the materials, and the reviewers' quotes — creates the richness and integrity of these reviews. It is strongly recommended that educators read both pages of each review in order to take in the full flavor of the materials.

The "Reviews in Brief" do not contain a substantial teacher's guide and are therefore presented in a shorter format. These resources were reviewed using the same rigorous guidelines as the longer reviews.

Click on the resource titles to see a brief description of each curriculum or resource and the review summary [PDF] (sample review in HTML)


Welcome

Page 1

How Was The EE Collection Developed?

Page 1

The Review Criteria

Page 1

Summary Of The Guidelines

Page 2

Using The Environmental Education Collection

Page 3

About this Collection

Page 4


Reviews

 

Activities for the Changing Earth System

Page 6

Aluminum Beverage Cans: The ABCs of Environmental Education

Page 8

Arctic Animals

Page 10

Botany For All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities for Children & Adults (Second Edition)

Page 12

Closing the Loop: Integrated Waste Management Activities for School & Home

Page 14

Cycling Back to Nature--Soils Alive! From Tiny Rocks to Compost

Page 16

Discovering Salmon: A Nature Activity Book

Page 18

Discovery Curriculum

Page 20

Diversity of Life

Page 22

Earthcycles: Environmental Education with Preschool Children

Page 24

Ecology of Creatures We Love to Hate

Page 26

Economics and the Environment: EcoDetectives

Page 28

Environmental Resource Guide--Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention   Grades 6-8

Page 30

Environmental Science Activities Kit: Ready-To-Use Lessons, Labs & Worksheets

Page 32

Environmental Science--Ecosystems

Page 34

Fish Ways--Intermediate/Senior

Page 36

Flight for Survival

Page 38

Forest Fires: Disaster or Not

Page 40

Global Energy Perspectives: Middle School Module #5

Page 42

Grow Lab: Activities for Growing Minds

Page 44

Hands On Plastic: A Scientific Investigation Kit

Page 46

A Home for Pearl

Page 48

Hunters of the Sky: An Activity Guide on Birds of Prey

Page 50

Investigating Science through Bears

Page 52

Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories & Wildlife Activities for Children

Page 54

Ladybugs

Page 56

Mapping Fish Habitats

Page 58

Nature Close-Up: Earthworms

Page 60

Nature Puzzlers

Page 62

Ozone Layer

Page 64

Protected Areas: Preserving Our Future: An Environmental Education Guide to Protected Natural Areas

Page 66

Ranger Rick´s NatureScope: Geology, the Active Earth

Page 68

Ranger Rick´s NatureScope: Wading into Wetlands

Page 70

Rocks, Sand, and Soil

Page 72

Science and Social Issues

Page 74

Science, Technology, & Society: Populations

Page 76

Sharing Nature with Children: Volume 2

Page 78

STREAMS--Science Teams in Rural Environments for Aquatic Management Studies

Page 80

Themeworks: Night Time

Page 82

Tropical Rainforest: An Activity Guide for Teachers

Page 84

The Universe at Your Fingertips: An Astronomy Activity & Resource Notebook

Page 86

Urban Forestry Laboratory Exercises

Page 88

Waste in Place

Page 90

What Do We Need to Live on Planet Earth?

Page 92

Who´s Endangered on Noah´s Ark? Literary & Scientific Activities for Teachers & Parents

Page 94

Why Design?

Page 96

WILD About Elk: An Educator´s Guide

Page 98

Wildlife

Page 100

Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environments

Page 102

   

Reviews in Brief (Short Nutshells)

 

 

The Big Empty

Page 106

Coral Kingdom

Page 107

Creature Features

Page 108

Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature

Page 109

Making Waves

Page 110

The Mount St. Helens Volcano: Fire and Life

Page 111

Recycle Time & Time Again

Page 112

Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology (VINE)

Page 113

The Water Story

Page 114

What´s Wrong with this Picture?

Page 115

   

Curriculum Matrix

Page 118

Publisher Index

Page 122

Author & Editor Index

Page 123


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