ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PINELANDS

LINKS

Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids

Leave No Trace site: http://www.lnt.org/peak.php

Planting the Seeds of Knowledge: How Environmental Literacy Helps Students Achieve by John Franklin: http://www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004summer/franklin.html

General sites: Education:

Education World: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech055.shtml

Global Response:Kids: http://www.globalresponse.org/kids_teachers.php

www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/

Hydrology Web Sites

Basic Hydrology

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html

U.S. Geological Survey Education Page on Water Science

http://edugreen.teri.res.in/index.asp

EduGreen Website, environmental education for kids

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

Map making program from Microsoft

http://wwwnj.er.usgs.gov

U.S. Geological Survey water resources web site for New Jersey

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/education/

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service Site

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/

New Jersey Geological Surveys teacher’s site

http://www.nj.gov/dep/seeds/

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection education web site

http://www.epa.gov/highschool/water.htm

USEPA high school education web site

HYDROLOGY: Precipitation

http://www.wildwildweather.com/precipitation.htm

Channel 19 Meteorologist Dan Satterfield’s Weather Web Page

http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/precip_maps?partner=copley&zipcode=60544

Makes weather maps for all over the United States

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/LESSONS/precipitation.html

Lesson plan on precipitation

http://www.earthwatch.com/FCST_CTR/heavy_precip.html

Earth Watch Rainfall Forecaster

http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/precipitation.html

Lesson plan on precipitation

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/NJ.html

New Jersey Climatic Summary

http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/njclimoverview.html

New Jersey State Climatologist Office with links to NJ weather data

http://www.ems.psu.edu/%7Efraser/Bad/BadClouds.html

Warns about use of metaphor in describing cloud formation

HYDROLOGY: Evaporation

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/LESSONS/evaporation.html

Evaporation lesson plan

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8i.html

Physical Geography online text-evaporation and transpiration

http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/evaporation.html

Evaporation lesson plan

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wevapcon/wevapcon.htm

Description and illustrations of evaporation and condensation

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/quick/whatsevaporation.html

Lesson plan on evaporation for preschool and early elementary school

http://sln.fi.edu/qanda/amy1/amy1.html

Science fair project on evaporation at Franklin Institute

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/evaporation.html&edu=elem

UCAR site for Earth Science Education. This page is only evaporation.

HYDROLOGY: Transpiration

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Transpiration.html

Discussion of transpiration

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8i.html

Physical Geography online text-evaporation and transpiration

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/plants/transpirationrev1.shtml

English web site on evaporation for children

http://www.madsci.org/experiments/archive/887562625.Bi.html

Experiment demonstrating transpiration

http://www.accessexcellence.org/MTC/96PT/Share/brown.html

Experiment demonstrating transpiration written by a high school studen

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/X/Xylem.html#The_Pathway_of_Water

Technical description of transpiration

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/quick/transpiration.html

Lesson plan on transpiration for late elementary and middle school

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life10.html

Lesson plan and experiment on transpiration & photosynthesis

HYDROLOGY:Streams

http://gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/hydro2.htm

College notes on stream morphology

http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_24_82.html

Grade school information and work sheets

http://www.helpforhomeschoolers.com/Article19.htm

Lower elementary school experience on stream erosion

HYDROLOGY: Wetlands

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/classwet/classwet.htm

U.S. Geological Survey on Wetland Classification

www.wes.army.mil/el/wetlands/pdfs/wlman87.pdf

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on wetland delineation

http://wetlands.fws.gov/

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Wetlands

http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

USEPA on wetlands

http://www.ramsar.org/

RAMSAR convention-international agency on wetlands

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/ecowetlands.htm

Gander Academy (Newfoundland) web site on wetlands

HYDROLOGY:Groundwater

http://nj.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey/Water Resources web site

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:hOK14oCizb4J:www.ngwa.org/pdf/states/nj.pdf+%22ground+water%22+%2B%22New+Jersey%22&hl=en

National Ground Water Association web site on NJ groundwater

http://nj.usgs.gov/nawqa/linj/wri4241.html

Water quality of the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer

HYDROLOGY:Water & Health

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html

USEPA children’s web site with classroom activities

http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/healthtips/safetywater.html

Red Cross tips for water safety

http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/health/

IWMI web site on water & health

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/jackson/jtl_p4.html

Jackson Township Landfill Contamination

http://toxics.usgs.gov/sites/gall_page.html

U.S. Geological Survey Galloway Township Groundwater Contamination Site

http://www.tr-teach.org/resources/health/dtml/background.html

Dover Township contamination web site

http://cfpub.epa.gov/superrods/rodinfo.cfm?mRod=02005511995ROD261

USEPA website on Piney Hollow Road Contamination Site (Winslow Twp.)

ENTOMOLOGY: (click here to go to Jamie's web page)

Forest Education:

Project learning tree: http://www.plt.org/

UK site: http://www.foresteducation.org.uk/

Forest Education foundation: http://www.foresteducation.org.uk/

Tree link (Pennsylvania): http://www.treelink.org/linx/?navSubCatRef=51

National Arbor day foundation: http://www.arborday.org/kids/teachingyouth.cfm

Georgia Pacific (lumber company) 4-5^th grade education program: http://www.gp.com/EducationalinNature/

Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest Education Center: http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/kahrs/h/education.html

Frost Valley YMCA camp Forest Education resources (Catskill mts, NY): http://www.frostvalley.org/programs/environ_ed/forestedresources.htm

FORESTRY: DENDROLOGY (Tree ID) sites:

Dr. Dendro (keys, species description, etc.): http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/doctor/doctor.cfm

National Arbor Day foundation on-line tree guide: http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeID.cfm

FORESTRY: DENDROCHRONOLOGY (Tree rings):

Ultimate tree ring site: http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/principles.htm

NOAA education outreach site: Paleoclimatology: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/education.html

Dating volcanic eruptions form tree rings: http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/volcanoes_lesson5_1.htm

Global change from tree rings:
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/globalchange_time.htm

More tree ring links: http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/af/cys_tree.htm

FORESTRY: Forestry Supplies:

Forestry Suppliers: http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/

Ben Meadows: http://www.benmeadows.com/

WILDLIFE

This is the NJ Fish and Wildlife website, the education page:

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/educatn.htm

teacher resources-an excellent gateway website:

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/

Alliance for NJ Environmental Educators:

http://www.anjee.net/

The EIRC (Educational and Informational Resource Center) website-good

teacher resources; NJ Teachers for Biodiversity, Teaching and Learning

w/Monarchs, Migration Global Connections, etc.

http://www.eirc.org/

Shorebird Sisters Program: (USFWS)

http://www.fws.gov/r7enved/sssp.html

Marine Activities, Resources and Education (MARE)

http://www.jcnerr.org/education/mare.htm

Values:

Illinois extension: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/strat-index.html

Illinois extension: Main page: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5399

Caring Kids series: http://www.caringkids.com/main.html

I CARE resource manual (K-12) UNESCO:

http://www.uensd.org/USOE_Pages/Char_ed/char_ed_old/pubs/icare/main_pg.html

How Do Children Learn Values?

http://www.canadianparents.com/articles/feature20g.htm

Character Education:

Character Education: What Counselor Educators Need To Know:

http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed475389.html

Organizations That Provide Character Education Materials:

http://www.uensd.org/USOE_Pages/Char_ed/resc/orgsprov.html

Character education: little kids: http://www.uensd.org/USOE_Pages/Char_ed/lessonplans/bettycha.htm

Character education :

http://www.goodcharacter.com/

A Guide to Moral Decision Making: Chris MacDonald, Ph.D.(Revised March 15, 2002):

http://www.ethicsweb.ca/guide/

Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character: Boston University: http://www.bu.edu/education/caec/