for conservation action, offering public opinion and communications research; outreach program strategies to assist in changing attitudes and behaviors for conservation; information and tools to increase civic involvement in community conservation activities; and more. Re- sources on the website include market surveys, communications strategies, links to useful websites categorized by topic, and much more. Check out The Ocean Planet blog for regular updates about their resources.


http://theoceanproject.org/


Excellence in Earth Science Education


Waste In Place Curriculum Keep America Beautiful’s educa-


tional resources for teachers and students includes this K-6 classroom curriculum supplement, Waste in Place, which helps build critical thinking, processing, and problem-solving skills through hands-on lessons that can be taught individually or in sequence.


Google search for “kab waste in place” Grades 9-12


Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy


Buy, Use, Toss? is an interdisciplinary curriculum unit from Facing the Future that leads students through an exploration of the system of producing and consuming goods. Students learn about the five major steps of the materials economy (Extrac- tion, Production, Distribution, Con- sumption, and Disposal) and are asked to analyze the sustainability of these steps to determine how consumption can benefit people, economies, and environments.


This free unit can be downloaded from the website in sections or in its entirety. For grades 9-12. Printed copy avail- able for $19.95 from Facing the Future, http://www.facingthefuture.org/Cur- riculum/BuyUseToss/tabid/469/Default. aspx. Also available as free download at the same site.


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Field Trip Earth


Field Trip


Earth is an online resource for teachers, students, and proponents of wildlife con- servation that focuses on field- based wildlife conservation research projects around the world. Some of the projects are currently active in the field and are featured promi- nently on the site. Previous projects are archived so that students can continue to access the relevant articles, multimedia, and other materials. Students and visitors can read researchers’ field diary entries, di- rect questions to the researchers, and more. Check out Sea Turtles in North Caro- lina, Climate Change in Manitoba, and more. Be sure to look through the educa- tor resources, discussion groups, and other materials on this website.


http://www.fieldtripearth.org/ www.clearingmagazine.org/online


Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature


©2008 Jon Young and Wilderness Awareness School.


This a book


that needs to be in the possession of everyone who claims to be, or aspires to be, an outdoor educator. This book goes to the heart of developing a sense of kinship with nature and teaching about connecting to the land and to nature. The Coyote’s Guide to Connect-


ing with Nature is clearly the book of a lifetime for authors Jon Young, Ellen Haas and Evan McGown. It calls on ancient wisdom and generations of teaching to lay out a path for anyone with a desire to share nature with others. It offers dozens of activities, stories, songs, and games, guided by the excitement of discovery, real connections with animals and plans, and a sense of belonging through knowing our place on the planet. Coyote’s Guide can be purchased through


the Wilderness Awareness School website at www.wilderness awareness .org .


GIS for Kids The book 20 Minute GIS for Young


Explorers and accompanying materials are for grades 3-5 and use the free ArcGIS Ex- plorer Desktop platform. There are twelve cross-curricular activities with focuses in Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, and Math. The hands-on lessons introduce young learners to geospatial technologies with little to no technology learning curve.


http://gisetc.com/shop/index.php?main_ page=product_info&cPath=4&products_ id=86


Planet Connect Planet Connect, a component of Class-


room Earth, is an online social network where high school students can learn about current environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges, and environ- mental careers.


http://planet-connect.org/ Grades K-8


Math in the Garden


When you


think of all the calculations that are required to cre- ate a functioning vegetable or flower garden - measur- ing area, designing the layout, building compost and calculating nutrients and fertilizers — you can see that a school gar- den is ripe with opportunities for students to develop math skills while in the process of creating their garden. What better way to teach math and other concepts than in a setting that gives abstract thinking a firm rooting in the soil! Math in the Garden takes those oppor- tunities and compiles them in an attractive package that can help you tap into the po- tential for interdisciplinary learning in the schoolyard. Created through a partnership of the University of California Botanical Garden and Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California, Math in the Garden provides dozens of fun, hands-on activi- ties for ages 3 through 13 that are closely tied to national mathematics standards. 160 pages, $29.95. Available online


from Gardening with Kids (http://www. gardeningwithkids.org) or from Acorn Naturalists (http://www.acornnaturalists. com).


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