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The EE Collection - Volume 3

The Environmental Education Collection: A Review of Resources for Educators
Volume 3

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
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].

Welcome1
How Was The EE Collection Developed? 1
The Review Criteria 1
Summary Of The Guidelines 2
Using The Environmental Education Collection 3
About this Collection 4
Reviews 
City Kids & City Critters! Activities for Urban Explorers 6
Composting: Waste to Resources8
Connections: Guide to a Healthy Environment10
Creepy Crawlies & the Scientific Method?
Over 100 Hands-On Science Experiments for Children
12
Cycling Back to Nature: With Biodegradable Polymers14
The Digital Field Trip to the Wetlands16
Earth Day to Arbor Day: An Opportunity for Stewardship18
Earth Matters: Studies for Our Global Future 2nd Edition20
Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children22
Eco-Inquiry? A Guide to Ecological Learning Experiences
for the Upper Elementary/Middle Grades
24
Environmental ACTION!26
Environmental Resource Guide? Air Quality Grades 3-528
Environmental Science: Water & Air30
Environmental Teaching Guide:
21 Ways to Bring the Environment into the Classroom
32
Global Change Education Resource Guide34
Great Lakes Instructional Material for the
Changing Earth System (GLIMCES)
36
Growing Together with the Treetures:
Activity Guide Series 1
38
Hands-On Minds-On Science: Environmental Issues40
How Can Biodiversity Be Preserved?42
Interactive Lake Ecology44
The Intriguing Past: Fundamentals of Archaeology
a Teacher's Guide
46
Investigating & Evaluating Environmental Issues & Actions:
Skill Development Program
48
Investigating Groundwater: The Fruitvale Story50
Investigating Your Environment52
The Leopold Education Project: Lessons in a Land Ethic54
Living in a Material World: Lessons on Commercialism,
Consumption & Environment
56
Marine Ecology & Conservation: Teacher's Guide58
Migratory Birds: Issue Pac60
Mud, Muck & Other Wonderful Things:
An Environmental Curriculum for 5-8 Year-Olds
62
An Ounce of Prevention: A Middle Level Science
Curriculum on Source Reduction
64
Ranger Ricks's NatureScope: Trees are Terrific!66
River of Words: National Environmental Poetry & Poster
Contest for Students - Teacher's Guide
68
Sea Turtle Trek70
Search for the Great Sharks72
Teacher's Guide to World Resources74
Themeworks: Trees76
Themeworks: Under the Ground78
Turning the Tide on Trash:
A Learning Guide on Marine Debris
80
Waste: A Hidden Resource82
The Waste Hierarchy: Where is "Away"?84
Water: Teacher's Guide86
Water Matters: Water Resources Teacher's Guide,
Volume 1
88
The Water Sourcebook:
A Series of Classroom Activities for Grades 9-12
90
Wetlands: Critical Issues/Critical Thinking Experiences for Youth92
Wetlands: An Interdisciplinary Unit for Science & Language Arts94
What a Waste! A Teacher's Resource for Integrating the Solid Waste
Crisis into the Classroom
96
Wild About Life! Activity Guide98
Wormania! Live Worms & Song100
Zebra Mussel Mania: Teacher's Guide for Grades 5 & 6102
Reviews in Brief (Short Nutshells) 
Earth's Endangered Environments: Picture Show106
Eco-Adventures in the Rainforest107
A Guide to Groundwater Guardian: 1998 Program Year108
North American Ecosystems109 
Oceans Alive!110
Oceans: Earth's Last Frontier111 
Reducing, Reusing and Recycling: Environmental Concerns112 
TakingAction: An Educator's Guide to Involving Students
in Environmental Action Projects
113
Understanding Ecosystem Management114
WILD School Sites: A Guide to Preparing Habitat Improvement
Projects on School Grounds
115 
Worm Worlds116 
Acknowledgements117 
Curriculum Matrix118 
Publisher Index122
Author & Editor Index123

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