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This site contains a number of links to school projects and lessons.

CLEAN Air Partners -  Lessons on air quality, climate change.  http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/environment/envteacher/

 Sign up for the Air Alert from Clean Air Partners

National Sustainability Education Standards

Education for Sustainability Listserv for K-12 Educators Launched!
      
The U.S. Partnership has launched the first national listserv for k-12 educators focused specifically on the topic of education for sustainability. Educators involved in teaching students in any subject in the k-12 arena are encouraged to join. The goal of the Sustaink12 listserv is for educators to communicate and collaborate on strategies to integrate education for sustainability into the teaching and operations of k-12 schools. To join the listserv either go to https://listserver.itd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=sustaink12 and join; or send an email message to "sustaink12-request@umich.edu" with the word "subscribe" in the Subject line of your message.

 

Introducing JASON's New Ecology Curriculum
The preview site for The JASON Project's new ecology curriculum unit is live! Get an early look at Operation: Resilient Planet and its multimedia components, standards alignments and more. Download a full-color, 32-page curriculum sampler and follow Dr. Sylvia Earle, the renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, as she leads JASON Argonauts on a mission to help restore Chesapeake Bay! Operation: Resilient Planet will be available in summer 2008, both in print and online. Go to jason.org, log in, and register—it's free!

 

EBSCO offers free environmental database (PDF file)
(American Libraries Direct)
EBSCO Publishing is using its expertise to make it easier for others to go green. It is making GreenFILE, a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns, freely available. GreenFILE allows anyone on the Web to access information on such topics as global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution....EBSCO Publishing, Feb. 26

http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/thisTopic-dbTopic-984.pdf

http://www.greeninfoonline.com

http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=30&topicID=872

 

GLOBIO's e-newsletter makes keeping up-to-date on GLOBIO and the educational resources we are developing for children, parents, and educators easy - and easier to share! If you would like to stay up-to-date on what GLOBIO is doing to help kids learn about science, biodiversity and the world around them, please use the sign up link here.

 

Think Chesapeake Bay

MPT presents Bay video  and lessons.

Bayville logoBayville Online Field Trip!
Thinkport's newest online field trip, Bayville has launched. In this online experience, students become virtual research assistants for a video production company looking for significant stories about the science of the Chesapeake Bay.

 Growing Native
Every October, thousands of Growing Native volunteers collect native hardwood tree seeds, such as acorns and walnuts. These seeds are donated to state nurseries, which grow them into seedlings. In the spring, volunteers plant seedlings grown from seeds collected two to three years prior along the banks of rivers and streams in their communities.



Awesome lessons about Environmental History and Forests!

Titles of the 9 Modules: If Trees
Could Talk

Theme Think Earth DayCheck out these classroom resources to engage your students in studying about Earth Day ...

 

 

 

School & Classroom Projects

The Amphibian Project
- multiple sources of amphibian curricula; conceptual and hands-on projects for all grades

 


Recycle Cell Phones

Planning a Low Impact Car Wash Fundraiser

Fundraising- phones, DVDs, inkjet cartridges

DNR's  School
Check-Up Guide
 
 Get your free copy of the new guide with lessons on energy, waste, and water assessments for your school!

 Project Wild Links to MD VSC

 

BALTIMORE OUTWARD BOUND
Established in 1986 as the first urban-based Outward Bound program in the United States, the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center focuses its programs on the youth and communities of Baltimore and the state of Maryland.

 

The Gale Science Resource Center 

a one-stop resource for all science needs.
Maryland library card needed.

LINKS TO SCHOOL SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL PAGES
Note: Some school systems use the State curriculum and do not list it separately. Contact the Science or Environmental Science Coordinator in that system for more detailed information. Environmental Education Centers are listed under "Organizations".

Allegany Co. Public Schools
Baltimore Co. Public Schools
Calvert Co. Public Schools
Carroll Co. Public Schools

Caroline Co. Public Schools
Charles Co. Public Schools
Frederick Co. Public Schools
Garrett Co. Public Schools
Harford Co. Public Schools
Howard Co. Public Schools
Kent Co. Public Schools

Montgomery Co. Public Schools
Prince George's Co. Public Schools
Talbot Co. Public Schools
Washington Co. Public Schools

National Renewable Energy Lab (USDoE)
Solar Sprint/Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Competition for Middle School

National Atlas WebSite
U.S. Department of the Interior

Create maps and layer them with data from agriculture, geology, hydrology, topography, biology, more.

National Park Service Curriculum Materials

School Energy Audits
Available from DNR 
The new Environmental audit series is available on line. Topics include: schoolyard habitat and site design, waste, water, and energy. Click here.

NASA LandSat lesson plans

Environmental News Network

Chessie- Chesapeake Bay Program Student and teacher background information, data, projects

Environmental Education Resources

EE-Link

Environmental Literacy Council

Geographic Information Systems
Accessing the right data is the key to getting the most value out of your GIS enterprise. ArcData and Geography Network offer search tools, services, and software.


NASA's Experiencing the Environment

President's Environmental Youth Awards


Contact Information
Rebecca Bell, Environmental Education Specialist
Division of Instruction
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 

410-767-0330

Fax:  410-333-2050
Email:  rbell@msde.state.md.us
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