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The EE Collection - Volume 2

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]

Welcome  1
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 
Activities for the Changing Earth System 6
Aluminum Beverage Cans: The ABCs of Environmental Education 8
Arctic Animals 10
Botany For All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities for Children & Adults (Second Edition) 12
Closing the Loop: Integrated Waste Management Activities for School & Home 14
Cycling Back to Nature--Soils Alive! From Tiny Rocks to Compost 16
Discovering Salmon: A Nature Activity Book 18
Discovery Curriculum 20
Diversity of Life 22
Earthcycles: Environmental Education with Preschool Children 24
Ecology of Creatures We Love to Hate 26
Economics and the Environment: EcoDetectives 28
Environmental Resource Guide--Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Grades 6-8 30
Environmental Science Activities Kit: Ready-To-Use Lessons, Labs & Worksheets 32
Environmental Science--Ecosystems 34
Fish Ways--Intermediate/Senior 36
Flight for Survival 38
Forest Fires: Disaster or Not 40
Global Energy Perspectives: Middle School Module #5 42
Grow Lab: Activities for Growing Minds 44
Hands On Plastic: A Scientific Investigation Kit 46
A Home for Pearl 48
Hunters of the Sky: An Activity Guide on Birds of Prey 50
Investigating Science through Bears 52
Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories & Wildlife Activities for Children 54
Ladybugs 56
Mapping Fish Habitats 58
Nature Close-Up: Earthworms 60
Nature Puzzlers 62
Ozone Layer 64
Protected Areas: Preserving Our Future: An Environmental Education Guide to Protected Natural Areas 66
Ranger Rick's NatureScope: Geology, the Active Earth 68
Ranger Rick's NatureScope: Wading into Wetlands 70
Rocks, Sand, and Soil 72
Science and Social Issues 74
Science, Technology, & Society: Populations 76
Sharing Nature with Children: Volume 2 78
STREAMS--Science Teams in Rural Environments for Aquatic Management Studies 80
Themeworks: Night Time 82
Tropical Rainforest: An Activity Guide for Teachers 84
The Universe at Your Fingertips: An Astronomy Activity & Resource Notebook 86
Urban Forestry Laboratory Exercises 88
Waste in Place 90
What Do We Need to Live on Planet Earth? 92
Who's Endangered on Noah's Ark? Literary & Scientific Activities for Teachers & Parents 94
Why Design? 96
WILD About Elk: An Educator's Guide 98
Wildlife 100
Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environments 102
 Reviews in Brief (Short Nutshells) 
The Big Empty
 106
Coral Kingdom 107
Creature Features
 108
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature
 109
Making Waves
 110
The Mount St. Helens Volcano: Fire and Life 111
Recycle Time & Time Again 112
Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology (VINE) 113
The Water Story 114
What's Wrong with this Picture? 115
Curriculum Matrix 118
Publisher Index 122
Author & Editor Index 123


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