in all domains. These richly illustrated and deeply affecting narratives allow teachers and caregivers to see and to understand the innate curiosity with which children approach the natural world. They reveal that simply going outside engages chil- dren’s senses and initiates meaning-mak- ing, the eternal quest to figure out “what is going on here?”


To order or for more information, call Redleaf Press at 800-423-8309 or check the “sneak peek” section at www.redleafpress.org


Salmon & Steelhead: A Time for Recovery The


Steelhead and Stream Recovery Coalition has recently created and released a movie about the plight


of Steelhead Salmon and how we can protect them. The QuickTime movie is downloadable from the website or available at no charge to marine educators for classroom use and distribution.


http://www.steelheadrecovery.org Grades 4-7


ENERGY: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power And How to Get It


Kathleen Reilly


This innovative resource offers activities that focus on learning about both renewable and nonrenewable energy. Hands-on projects encourage active learning. Students explore the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source, giving valuable insight into the future of energy and its impact on the planet. Activities ranging from constructing a battery to recreating an oil spill and exploring problems associated with the environmental cleanup processes. Activities use common household supplies. For students ages 9-13. #B-18006. Hardcover.


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Grades 3-5


National Geographic Lesson Plans: Bird Baths: Cleaning Up Wildlife After Oil Spills In this lesson, students explore the


causes and effects of events such as oil spills and contaminations. They will then experience first-hand the feel of oil spills, determine an environmental problem that affects their community, and develop an “action plan” to minimize the risk to one form of wildlife. Finally, they will examine ways in which public and private organizations partner to keep the environment, and its wildlife, healthy.


Grade Level: Intermediate elementary


EPA Wastes Website This website from the EPA


The


Blues Go Birding


By Carol L. Malnor and Sandy F. Fuller.


Illustrated by Louise Schroeder. Published by Dawn Publications


As with all of Dawn Publication’s books, the illustrations in The Blues Go Birding are wonderful. The Blues Go Birding Across America is the first in a series that is not just a travelogue, but also a beginning birdwatcher’s manual. The book explores the amazing variety of birds found across North America, and provides plenty of natural history information along with a fun storyline.But it’s the illustra- tions that make this book so powerful. Placing each bird in its habitat and show- ing in details the markings that make them unique, these are the things that create a lasting impression in the minds of young readers.


The Blues Go Birding at Wild Amer-


ica’s Shores continues the adventure by focusing exclusively on shorebirds. For more information on both books


and the entire series, visit Dawn Publica- tions online at http://www.dawnpub.com.


www.clearingmagazine.org/online CLEARING 2010


provides materials for teachers, students, and researchers to develop an increased knowledge of solid waste issues. The resources are divided into four sections: What You Can Do, Resource Conservation, Hazardous Waste, and Nonhazardous Waste. Students can find activities and project ideas to learn more about waste reduction, reuse, and recycling, along with information sources, tools, and data to enable student researchers to collect environmental information for use in projects and reports. The website also offers links to curriculum, activities, games, and other educational materials, along with grant and career information.


http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/index.htm


Water Sourcebooks The EPA offers the downloadable


Water Sourcebooks, with activities for grades K-12 divided into four sections: K-2, 3-5, 5-8, and 9-12. Each section is divided into five chapters: Introduction to Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Water Resources, Ground Water Resources, and Wetlands and Coastal Waters.


This environmental education


program explains the water management cycle using a balanced approach showing, how it affects all aspects of the environment. All activities contain hands-on investigations, fact sheets, reference materials, and a glossary of terms.


http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb/


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