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Our Favorite Environmental Education Websites Amy Estep from OET sent me this list from the EPA |
National Projects | Other Resources | Outdoor Classrooms | Energy Efficiency |
Clearinghouses | Water Quality Monitoring | Ohio EPA | Ohio Resources | Ohio Data Web SitesNational Projects
Ag in the Classroom www.agclassroom.org/
Earth Force www.earthforce.org/
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) www.globe.gov
Healthy Water, Healthy People (from International Project WET, The Water Course, and Hach Scientific) www.healthywater.org
Leopold Education Project www.lep.org
Project Food, Land and People www.foodlandpeople.org/
Project LEARN - Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere www.ucar.edu/learn
Project Learning Tree www.plt.org and www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/odnr/education/infoplt.htm
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) www.montana.edu/wwwwet
Project WILD www.projectwild.org
Other National Resources
Environmental Education and Training Partnership www.eetap.org/
EELink www.eelink.net/
National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
North American Association for Environmental Education, www.naaee.org/
Educator lesson plan information on rainforests http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/education/index.html
SciLinks® (an interactive, web-based service from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=9263569910441033
State Education and Environment Roundtable (Environment as an Integrating Concept) www.seer.org/
University of Wisconsin Extension Environmental Resources Center www.uwex.edu/erc
U.S. EPA=s EE programs www.epa.gov/enviroed/index.html
U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web www.usgs.gov/education/
Washington State Dept. of Ecology Showcase of exceptional EE products www.ecy.wa.gov/forms/showcase
Women In Mining Website includes cookie mining, plate techtonics and other good classroom activities. www.womeninmining.org/
Electronic Naturalist includes “ask the naturalist science related questions” and short and long read versions on various science topics www.enaturalist.org
Comparative Risk Projects in various states (including Ohio’s) www.pepps.fsu.edu/segip/othergov.html
Outdoor Classrooms/Land Labs/Wildlife Gardens
4-H Garden at Michigan State University http://4hgarden.msu.edu/tour/overview.html
Classroom Feeder Watch at Cornell http://birds.cornell.edu/cfw/
Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/current.html
Monarch Watch at University of Kansas www.monarchwatch.org
National Audubon Society - nature center initiative www.audubon.org/educate/
National Wildlife Federation WILD school sites www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/
National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/
North Carolina=s EE Garden www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/garden/gardenbackground.htm
Project WILD - Wild School Sites www.projectwild.org/materials/school_sites.htm
Raptors in the City (includes Cleveland peregrines) http://raptorsinthecity.homestead.com/index.html
National Gardening Association, (includes grants), www.kidsgardening.com
Energy Efficiency/Alternative Energy Sources
Green Energy Ohio www.greenenergyohio.org
Million Solar Roofs www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/
Clearinghouses
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for K-12 math and science www.enc.org
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education www.ericse.org/
Water Quality Monitoring
Give Water A Hand (University of Wisconsin Extension curriculum) www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/
Give Water A Hand (Maumee RAP stormwater educational campaign) www.maumeerap.org/GWAH.html
H20 University (Hach Scientific) www.h2ou.com/index.htm
Little Miami, Inc. citizen river conservation resources www.littlemiami.com/
Ohio Watershed Network - local watershed coordinators http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/
U.S. EPA Surf Your Watershed www.epa.gov/surf
Volunteer water monitoring programs across the U.S. http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf
Ohio EPA Resources
Home page www.epa.state.oh.us
Once Upon a Wellhead, or the Adventures of Dew, Ohio EPA Wellhead Protection Coloring Book, www.epa.state.oh.us/ddagw/pdu/dewcolor.html
Ohio EPA Office of Environmental Education/Ohio Environmental Education Fund www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef/
Public Interest Center www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/
Ohio Resources
EEOhio - The Center for Environmental Education in Ohio - includes directory of Ohio Inter-agency Council for Environmental Education, with EE resources in 22 state and 8 federal agencies in Ohio, and 2002 Directory of Ohio EE Sites and Resources www.environmentaleducationohio.org
Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) www.eeco-online.org
Envirochem on-line compliance manual for Ohio environmental regulations www.ohiochemistry.org
Greenlink (Green Environmental Coalition) www.greenlink.org
Green Teacher Institute at Miami University www.environmentaleducationohio.org
Ohio Department of Natural Resources www.dnr.state.oh.us
Ohio State University Extension fact sheets http://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu/lines
Project EXCITE at Bowling Green State University (Problem-based learning on environmental health science) www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/programs/excite/
Useful Websites W/Data On Local Environmental Conditions in Ohio
U.S. EPA Search Your Community www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm
U.S. EPA Surf Your Watershed www.epa.gov/surf
Ohio Watershed Network - local watershed coordinators http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/
Ohio Ambient Air Quality Data http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/ams/amsmain.html
U.S. Ambient Air Quality Data http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html
Superfund Sites in Ohio www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/oh.htm
Ohio hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities www.epa.state.oh.us/dhwm/map/maptest1.htm
U.S. EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) www.epa.gov/echo
HUD Healthy Communities Environmental Maps (combine HUD housing data with US EPA environmental data) www.hud.gov/offices/cio/emaps/index.cfm
Where to recycle in Ohio www.dnr.state.oh.us/recycling/rates
Toxic Release Inventory data on industry emissions in Ohio http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/tri/tri.html
OSU Extension, county environmental data, Ohio water and ground water resources by county http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/facts.html
Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio geology www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/default.htm
Ohio Department of Development, Ohio county profiles (population, economic base) www.odod.state.oh.us/research/ProductListing.html#5
Terra Server for aerial photos and topographic maps http://terraserver.microsoft.com
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