100% Natural Resources
From
our Summer 2000 Bugnet issue
ED
ONLINERalph
Allen EE Library
Located in Missoula at the Montana Natural History Center, this joint MEEA/MNHC
project is included on the MNHC website, along with a directory to EE traveling
trunks.
www.treasurestate.com/mnhc
National
Wetlands Conservation Alliance
http://users.erols.com/wetlandg
Montana
Science Institute
www.mt-science.org
National
Wildlife Federation
www.nwf.org
The Montana Ecosystem
Management Learning Center Program
www.forestry.umt.edu/learning
Teller
Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis
www.tellerwildlife.org
Clearing
Magazine
www.teleport.com/~clearing
The
Birch Creek Center
www.fs.fed.us/r1/b-d
click on Resources for Educators.
Science Made Simple
www.sciencemadesimple.com
Headwaters
News
Environmental, political & community news
of the Rockies www.headwatersnews.org
Wild
Events Calendar
Upcoming events in Montana dealing with wilderness/conservation/environmental
issues, plus a directory of groups that work with such issues.
www.forestry.umt.edu/wi
Geochallenge
Info on this high school event and how participating students
can receive GIS software.
www.esri.com/k-12
Geography
Learning Site
Sponsored by U.S. Department of State
www.geography.state.gov
Satellite
Imagery
View satellite and aerial images covering the U.S.
and some cities in other countries.
www.terraserver.com
Geography
Quiz
Quiz and feedback!
www.questionmark.com/K12
Ask
Doctor Global Change
Q & A about global change info from nine
federal agencies.
www.gcdis.usgcrp.govGeography
Ed Help for Parents
www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/geography/index.htmlAtlas
Online
Interactive atlas of the U.S. by
the U.S. Geologic Survey.
www.atlas.usgs.govGeographic Alliances
Online
More than 30 geographic alliance web sites available
as links on the National Geographic Society Web Site,
along with atlases, geography standards, forums, resources.
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditionsRand
McNally Online
Free outline maps, lesson plans, classroom activities,
consulting services at www.k12online.comYellowstone Update:
The State of the Park
This report takes a hard look at conditions within the park
and its surrounding ecosystem. A very limited number have been
printed, but it is available on line: www.nps.gov/yell/stateofthepark.htmEE
Perspectives
Information about the evolution of EE, diversity
of EE perspectives, and issues influencing the field.
eelink.net/perspectives-overview.htmlTrack
Federal Legislation
Search for text of bills, measures being considered
this week, rollcall votes.
thomas.loc.gov
Congressional
Research Service provides
non-technical reports www.cnie.org/nle/crs_main.html
National
Education Association tracks education bills
www.nea.org
Audubon
Action Center tracks
issues affecting birds and other wildlife congress.nw.dc.us/audubon
Estuary
Online
Students can view similar-age students on a field trip and ask questions of
an estuary's staff. Night sessions occasionally held so that students and parents
can participate together. Sponsored by the North Carolina Estuarine Research
Reserve and features the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve, Zeeke's Island, Masonboro
Island, and Monkey Island.
www.ncnerr.orgNatural Resources Inventory
This database includes land cover and use, soil erosion, prime farmland soils,
wetlands, habitat diversity, and selected conservation practice.
www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/NRI/1997Oceanographic
Activities at Neptune's Web
www.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/neptune.htm*Science
for Curious Kids
Created by Howard Hughes Medical Institute; contains five different pages:
plant parts, classifying animals, air quality, caterpillars & butterflies,
and nature close-up: with their own sets of activities.
www.hhmi.org/coolscienceTerraServer
Digital aerial images of the United States.
terraserver.microsoft.comEDUCATION
RESOURCESInternational
Fly Fishing Center (IFFC)
Livingston, makes available to any non-commercial group in Montana, at no charge,
a wide variety of aquatic and angling education programs. The IFFC's warm water
and cold water habitat rooms utilize large display aquaria and natural murals
to help develop appreciation of fisheries and aquatic resources. Students will
learn about fish habitat, adaptations, identification, breeding, whirling disease,
aquatic invertebrates, water quality and native species. Angling education
programs offer students the chance to try their hand at fly tying and casting.
For more information, call IFFC: 222-9369.1999 State Legislative Scorecard
Highlights legislators' votes on key conservation bills in the 1999 Montana
legislature, including the fast-tracked Coal Tax Trust Fund vote, which could
impact education and conservation. Available from the Montana Conservation
Voters, Box 63, Billings, MT 59103.
Survey
of Adult Attitudes About
the Environment
Report examining what adults know about the environment, the status of concern
about the environment, and levels of support for EE. The National Report Card
On Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors: The Sixth Annual Survey
of Adult Americans is available for $15 by mail; $12 by email; $10 from government;
Derek Young, 202-628-8200, x23 or young@neetf.org
EE
Guidelines and Reviews
EE Materials: Guidelines for Excellence and Review of Resources for Educators
available from NAAEE, 202-884-8912 or www.naaee.org,
or visit the EPA website (free if in stock).Maps for the Classroom
World, hemisphere, and regional maps designed by teachers to be student friendly
and adaptable for class projects. Designed for photocopying. Contact: National
Council for Geographic Education; 16A Leonard Hall; Indiana University of Pennsylvania;
Indiana, PA 15705; 724-357-6290Publications
from NAAEE
Guidelines
for the Initial Preparation of Teachers of Environmental Education
Offers recommendations about basic knowledge and abilities that educators need
to provide high quality environmental education. These recommendations cover
pre-service K-12 teachers education and EE courses, formal, and non-formal
education. The recommendations also apply to those professionals who will serve
as environmental educators part-time and full-time. $8 for NAAEE members; $12
for nonmembers.
Perspectives
in Bioregional Education
For teachers, other educators, and anyone interested in the topics of bioregionalism
and bioregional education. It includes the history and growth of bioregionalism,
core concepts, bioregional education in schools, methods being used in the
classroom, sample activities, and an extensive resource list. $14 NAAEE members;
$20 non-members
Contact: NAAEE, 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW, 8th Floor,
Washington, DC 20009-5708Pennies
for the Planet
"Pennies for the Planet," sponsored by the World
Wildlife Fund, links environmental education with environmental
action. This year, the program highlights the Chihuahuan Desert,
the East African Mangroves and Marine Ecosystems, and the Sumatran
Islands Forests and contains information on the species, habitats,
and environmental challenges facing these ecoregions. The rhinoceros
is this year's featured creature.The program brings the wonders
of wildlife home, too, by suggesting projects for students to
learn and explore about biodiversity in their own backyards.
Kits containing information for youth leaders, educators, and
parents, and copies of the newsletter for kids are available
from World Wildlife Fund.To receive a single kit, send an e-mail
to WWF at Pennies@WWFUS.ORG.
(When you request your kit, please indicate the number of student
newsletters you would like to receive.) or visit www.worldwildlife.org/windows/pennies.
*"Careers
in Ecology"
Brochure highlights careers in ecology, which shows ecologists on the job,
describes the nature and diversity of the field, provides job outlooks, and
preparations for a career. Available from Ecological Society of America, esa.sdsc.edu/highschool.htm*Green
Schools ProjectThis project has three primary purposes: to bring financial
relief to schools; to educate students, teachers, maintenance staff and administrators
about energy efficiency; and to offer a model of energy efficiency in schools
that can be replicated nationally and internationally. Students analyze behavior,
develop strategies to change energy use, project impacts, track actual savings. www.ase.org/greenschools.*The
Selborne ProjectEducation
program of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute that supports middle school teachers
who wish to adopt a hands-on method of teaching and learning. Teachers plan
a six to eight week interdisciplinary unit that uses one square kilometer of
area surrounding the school building as an organizing theme. Students learn
science, mathematics, language arts, and social studies within the square kilometer
by producing maps, field guides, and research papers. Project offers in-service
teacher preparation, transportation, food and lodging, expenses for the summer
workshop, stipends, classroom materials, newsletters, etc. www.rtpi.org/selborne.html
*U.S.
Community Atlas
Teachers and students to work together to create a virtual
vision of a community using texts and maps. Students must investigate their
home area and work together to present it in a series of web pages. They must
decide what constitutes the boundaries of their community, what the community
is like, and how to present that effectively. Their work becomes part of a
searchable database of community presentations. ESRI Schools and Libraries,
Suite 250, 1305 Corporate Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 55121-1204; www.esri.com/communityatlas
*Thank-you
to the Kansas Association for Conservation and EE. The resources marked by
the star were listed in KACEE's Spring 2000 newsletter.
NOTE:
Online addresses change often; the addresses listed here
are usually obtained from other publications. The editors
regret that we cannot check every address before publication.
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