Links for teachers www.livescience.com/environment
LiveScience is an original content site focusing on the innovative and intriguing in Science and Technology. It covers news, views and scientific inquiry with articles by respected science journalists and contributors, LiveScience looks at new discoveries, intellectual adventures and the idiosyncrasies of the world that surrounds us.
www.4teachers.org
Great site for all subject areas. Check out the Tracks for web quests that other teachers have developed and you can access by keyword, such as WATERSHED or WETLANDS. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students
http://eelink.net/pages/EE-Link+Introduction
EE-Link - Environmental Education on the Internet, a resource designed to support students, teachers and professionals that support K-12 environmental education. Browse this site for a wealth of information and links on Environmental Education.
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/opportunities.html
Maryland SeaGrant. Find out about professional development and funding opportunities for educators to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the marine environment, and identify sources of support for student, classroom, laboratory, and field experiences. Occasionally, information about special opportunities to enhance your classroom experience will be available.
http://www.galeschools.com/environment/
Gale schools. Good resource for those looking for background information to help them better understand environmental topics. This resource has lesson plans available in other subject areas, as well.
http://www.fws.gov/educators/educators.html
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For formal and non-formal educators, this website includes curriculum resources and activities, community service projects, professional development opportunities, background information, and contacts and other links. Topics include: birds, fish plants, endangered species and habitat.
http://www.chesbay.org/links/
This site contains many links for finding more information about the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Academic Resources for Teachers (ChART)
The Chesapeake Bay Program launched Chesapeake Academic Resources for Teachers (ChART), a resource designed to help educators provide meaningful watershed educational experiences to their students. ChART provides educators with one place to find Bay-related lesson plans and activities, field studies and professional development opportunities.
http://www.cbf.org
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. This site shares information regarding research and the latest in politics regarding the Bay.
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/about.htm
Great resource for finding Bay facts, data and publications.
http://chesapeake.towson.edu/data/download/countylist.asp
Access satellite images of our county from this site.
http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/
Chesapeake Bay Trust. This is the organization that is responsible for those Bay License plates. The money from those plates supports grants that you and/or your students can write for projects working to improve the watershed.
http://eelink.net/pages/Grants+-+EE+Specific+Resources)
For students and teachers looking for opportunities to participate in environmental award programs for kids. Options range from essay contests to community service projects.
http://www.enviroliteracy.org
For students and teachers looking for information about environmental science. The site provides labs, activities, teaching tips, assessment tools and textbook reviews as well as a search by topic feature. There are also links to online resources such as state and federal govenmental agencies and websites for kids and teachers.
http://www.baywise.umd.edu Information about the Maryland Bay-Wise Program. This site focuses on homeowner education to help reduce pollutants in the local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay by providing information on how to keep a healthy landscape.
Links for students http://www.kidsface.org/
The mission of Kids for A Clean Environment is to provide information on environmental issues to children, to encourage and facilitate youth's involvement with effective environmental action and to recognize those efforts which result in the improvement of nature.
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld
This site from PBS shows videos of topics such as the environment (biomes), recycling, air and water, and the future.
http://www.fws.gov/educators/students.html
For students of all ages. Explore and learn about fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats and how you can help conserve, protect, and enhance them.
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad
The Green Squad is a project of NRDC, the Natural Resources Defense Council, a national environmental group with more than 500,000 members, and the Healthy Schools Network, an organization that works to protect children's environmental health in schools. This site teaches kids about the relationship between their schools and environmental and health issues. The site is designed primarily for students in fifth through eighth grade.
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/students-index.php
For students who are looking for information about the environment. The site provides information about the earth and the ways that man affects it. Systems covered include air, water, land, energy, food, etc. There are links to other websites that provide more in depth information about each topic.
http://www.enaturalist.org
Website for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. Information about the natural world.
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