Environmental Education Resources Directory

Global issues

Curriculum materials

• Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
  Great Explorations in Math and Science
  A collection of eight activities for grades seven through 10 that help students explore this current topic. Includes activities such as building a model of the atmosphere, comparing the amounts of carbon dioxide in car exhaust and analyzing articles with different viewpoints. Cost is $11, plus $1.50 shipping. Quantity discounts available. Call for order form.

• Educational Services Catalog
  National Geographic Society
  This annual catalog lists dozens of books, films, videos, learning kits, maps, games and software suitable for teaching pre-kindergarten through 12, and adult science, math, geography, social studies and language arts. A wide variety of topics are covered, including specific biomes, ecosystems and migratory species. Catalog is free from NGS; prices for products vary. Films and videos can be previewed and rented for educational uses.

• Rain Forests: Tropical Treasures
  National Wildlife Federation
  This activity guide is one unit in the NatureScope series designed to help K-8 educators incorporate science and environmental education into their teaching. The guide includes background information, hands-on activities, ready-to-copy activity sheets, a glossary and a bibliography. It also includes a list of places to visit to see rain forest exhibits. Contact NWF to order. The unit is $7.95, plus shipping; or the entire 18-volume set is available for $99.

• Connections
  Population Reference Bureau
  A teaching kit to help students understand the links between population and the environment in the context of sustainable development. Includes a student resource book, teacher's guide, world population data sheet and world environment data sheet. The complete kit is $13. Additional copies of the student resource book are $8 each, and data sheets are $3 each. Orders under $50 must be prepaid with a $1 or 3 percent (whichever is greater) shipping fee.

• Teacher's Guide to World Resources 1992-93
  World Resources Institute
  This 130-page handbook for high school science, geography and social studies teachers is a companion to the World Resources 1992-93 book. The book contains the latest information on essential economic, population and natural resource conditions and trends for 153 countries. The teacher's guide contains step-by-step lesson plans, reproducible handouts, transparency masters and reading lists for teaching about sustainable development, watershed pollution, deforestation, biodiversity, population growth, poverty and pollution. The teacher's guide is $5.95, and the reference book is $19.95. A 20 percent discount is available to secondary faculty. Other materials are also available; contact WRI for a free publications catalog.

Publications

• Sea Level Rise
  UCAR Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies
  One in a series of publications on climate and globals change for public education produced by NOAA and UCAR. The reports are written by knowledgeable scientists and science writers. Contact UCAR for a copy.

• Catalog of Population Teaching Materials
  Zero Population Growth
  This catalog lists a variety of curriculum materials -- lesson plans, videos, computer software and fact sheets -- which address population dynamics, resource consumption and environmental impacts. All materials are classroom-tested and rigorously evaluated and are suitable for inter-disciplinary and cooperative learning. Teaching guides, glossaries, bibliographies and copy masters are included. Catalog is free from ZPG and includes an order form. Quantity discounts are available.

Slide shows/films

• Fragile Earth
  NASA CORE
  Slide set focuses on the conditions that affect Earth's crust, waters and atmosphere. Photos and satellite images illustrate how nature and people have changed Earth. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution. Submit a written request to NASA CORE on school letterhead for a catalog and order form. Cost is $8.50, plus $2 shipping.

Videos

• Mission to Planet Earth
  NASA CORE
  This videotape features presentations by scientists describing ongoing NASA research, along with activities for classroom use. Submit a written request to NASA CORE on school letterhead for a catalog and order form; copies are $21 each, plus $3.50 for shipping.

• Spaceship Earth: A Global Geography
  South Carolina Educational Television
  This set of 10 30-minute programs uses satellite images from space and from the ground to explore and explain the interaction of Earth's dynamic human and physical systems. Each segment can be used independently. An instructor's guide and a viewer's guide are also available. Each tape in the series costs $39.95, plus $2.50 shipping; the entire set may be purchased for $300, plus $10 shipping. The instructor's guide and the viewer's guide are available for $5 per copy. Contact SCETV for additional information and an order form.

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Updated 10/7/98