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• - A collection of curricula, lesson plans, activities, and tutorials sponsored by the USEPA.
  
• - Information about and sample materials from an interactive, interdisciplinary wildlife conservation and environmental education curriculum. Supported by U.S. natural resource agencies, designed for U.S. K-12 use.
  
• - Activity-based, curriculum-aligned environmental education program focusing on energy conservation, waste reduction, and water conservation. Includes news, events, resources, and energy saving tips.
  
• - This site describes the work of a non-profit filmmaking collective dedicated to making environmental issues engaging and relevant, especially to youth.
  
• - Education about the water cycle, water treatment and sewage. Offers curriculum resources for geography, science, math, and history.
  
• - A science teaching resource for upper primary students, emphasizing sustainable agriculture. Focus is on 'Downsanup Downs', a farm in the grain belt of Western Australia. From the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture.
  
• - Advanced Placement Environmental Sciences site at Kingston High School, New York, includes information on labs, field trips, and other class content.
  
• - A UK educational charity that aims to inform and encourage debate about the countryside. Offers "Brings the Countryside into the Classroom" teaching materials for primary and secondary schools and in-service teacher training sessions.
  
• - On-line educational modules from the NASA Classroom of the Future.
  
• - Material designed to provide Texas educators with the background, activities and resources to teach the subject of air quality in the classroom.
  
• - An educational project exploring and learning about soil, water resources, ecosystems, and the landscape. Free expedition packs (traversing England's Lower Kennet Valley) are available together with teacher's notes. Target audience is 8-11 year-olds.
  
• - An innovative, critical thinking, conservation and environmental education curriculum based on the classic writings of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold.
  
• - Activity guides and other materials from the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. Topics include ecology, wildlife and water.
  
• - Eelgrass habitat centered curricula emphasizing vocabulary with a student activity and self-test. Grades 7 - 10.
  
• - Aims to develop environmental education resources using the River Tweed (UK) as a focus. Website has curriculum outlines relevant to both the Scottish and English curricula, events, things to do, and relevant internet links.
  
• - Teacher resources and topical essays on a wide range of topics in American environmental history.
  
• - Teaches kids about acid mine drainage and other environmental topics through a series of hands-on experiments.
  
• - An educational project for students, grades 6 - 12, that uses online real time data to guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of ground level ozone.
  
• - Pennsylvania-specific forest education program developed for 5th-10th grade teachers to meet PA's academic standards for environment and ecology.
  
• - Guides to conducting class activities and projects in ecological restoration, teacher summer institutes, woodland restoration curriculum for teachers, newsletter, and other curriculum resources. From UW-Madison Arboretum.