ENVIRONMENT and ECOLOGY
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Title: Amazing Soil Stories
Format: Materials
Audience: Students/teachers
Length: Series
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Activity comic books on natural resource issues (grades
4-5)
Title: Aquatic Entomology: The Fisherman's and Ecologists Illustrated Guide
to Insects and Their Relatives
Format: Booklet/Field Guide
Audience: Entomologists, anglers, teachers
Length: 450 pp ($65)
Contact: Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
Description: Field Guide to assist with identification of aquatic insects
according to the correct order and class. Book includes detailed color plates
Title: Audubon Directory
Format: Directory
Audience: Members/general
Length: 32 pp
Contact: National Audubon Society - PA
Description: Council and PA Chapter leaders names and phone numbers
Title: Bailey Twins' Outdoor Adventures
Format: Booklet
Audience: Ages 8-11
Length: 40 pp
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Comic book format with stories and activities that help
children better understand ways they can influence their environment
Title: Biodiversity Within French Creek
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General, students
Length: 1 page
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Extracted from the 2001 PA Resources, a one-page article
about biodiversity within the French Creek Watershed
Title: Biological Monitoring Protocol
Format: Video
Audience: General, teachers
Length: Approx. 1 hour ($16)
Contact: Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
Description: Provides step-by-step instructions for collecting samples
of invertebrates, such as insects, in streams. Samples are used to develop "Index
of Biological Intensity" to measure changes in the health of a stream
Title: Catalogue of Recommended Chapter Programs
Format: Materials
Audience: General
Length: 14 pp
Contact: National Audubon Society - PA
Description: Environmental programs about cultures, environmental issues,
fauna, travel
Title: CBF Field Guide to Underwater Grasses
Format: Booklet
Audience: General, teachers
Length: 4 pp
Contact: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Description: Includes a drawing, color photo and key information for
15 species of grass and two species of algae that grow in non-tidal tributaries
to the mouth of the Bay
Title: The Chesapeake Oyster: Multimedia Science Education CD-ROM
Format: CD-ROM
Audience: Teachers
Length: 1 CD - interactive program
Contact: Maryland Sea Grant College
Description: Focuses on biology and significance of the Eastern Oyster,
designed for classroom use
Title: Conservation Directory
Format: Directory
Audience: General
Length: 571 pp
Contact: National Wildlife Federation
Description: More than 2600 conservation organizations and agencies working
on the state, national and international levels to protect our natural environments
Title: Conservation Education Booklets
Format: Materials; teacher's guide
Audience: Students (8-11-years-old)
Length: 16 pp each
Contact: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Description: Series in comic book format leads students on adventures
while learning about: Food and the Land, Water, Plants, Land, Wildlife, Creating
a Liveable Land, and Ecosystem Management
Title: Conservation Plants - Pocket ID Guide to Useful Plants
Format: Book
Audience: General, students, teachers
Length: 72 pp ($4.50 to $3.50 per copy depending on quantity)
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Shows 25 useful grasses and ground covers, explains their
value as hay, pasture, wildlife and waterway habitat
Title: Conservation Trees and Shrubs - Pocket ID Guide to Useful Trees
Format: Book
Audience: General, students, teachers
Length: 184 pp ($7.50 to $6.50 per copy depending on quantity)
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Guide for tree identification, includes color photos, hardiness
information
Title: Does Your House "Hold" Hazardous Materials
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-12)
Length: 12 pp ($1.50)
Contact: Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education
Description: Information and activities to educate students about household
hazardous waste
Title: Earth Needs You - Join the Earth Team
Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 6 pp
Contact: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Description: Describes NRCS volunteer program
Title: Environmental Education Materials for Teachers and Young People
Format: Directory
Audience: Teachers and students (grades K-12)
Length: 29 pp
Contact: Environmental Protection Agency - Region III
Description: Materials on environmental issues organized by public and
private organizations
Title: Environmental Protection Update
Format: Newsletter
Audience: General
Length: Varies
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection UPDATE
Description: Weekly newsletter of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection provides current environmental information highlighting activities
of various organizations and agencies, import Federal Register and Pennsylvania
Bulletin dates, grant/loan application deadlines, and a calendar of upcoming
events
Title: Environmental Research Programs
Format: Field experience
Audience: Children through adults
Length: Day programs
Contact: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Description: Bay educational sessions; group involvement through lectures,
field studies, canoe trips, research cruises, environmental history trails
Title: Exotics in the Chesapeake - Alien Estuary
Format: Video
Audience: Educators, general
Length: 12 minutes
Contact: Maryland Sea Grant College
Description: Introduces the viewer to the world of exotic species
Title: Faces of the Future
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 5 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc., National Association
of Conservation Districts
Description: Children say what they think about their future and the
Earth they will some day inherit
Title: GreenWorks for Pennsylvania: Echoes Through Penn's Woods, Energy
Efficiency, Environmental Careers, Environmental Education, Erie and its Environment,
Gabrielle's Environmental Excellence Adventure, GreenWorks Channel, Highlights,
Highlights of the Third Season, The Recycling Loop: Buy Recycled, Variety Show
Format: Series of videos (available separately or as series)
Audience: General
Length: Approx. 30 minutes per video
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Recordings of GreenWorks television shows, focused on various
environmental issues
Title: How Greenways Work: A Handbook on Ecology
Format: Booklet
Audience: General, Government officials
Length: 50 pp
Contact: National Park Service
Description: A guide and introduction to using greenway corridors in
enhancing the ecological process
Title: Learning about Land: A Guide for Educators
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-12)
Length: Guidebook
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Office of Policy
and Communications
Description: Environmental education packet
Title: Lifestyles for the Earth
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-12)
Length: 36 pp ($1.50)
Contact: Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education
Description: Environmental education packet
Title: Living Lightly in the City
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers
Length: Volume I (grades K-3), Volume II (grades 4-6) $22
Contact: Schlitz Audubon Center
Description: Interdisciplinary curriculum helps urban and suburban students
bridge the gap between the world of nature and their urban-centered environment
Title: Living Lightly on the Planet
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers
Length: Volume I (grades 7-9), Volume II (grades 10-12) $22
Contact: Schlitz Audubon Center
Description: Interdisciplinary curriculum designed to involve and motivate
junior and senior high students in learning about environmental issues through
investigations and critical thinking
Title: The Magic Pipes
Format: Booklet
Audience: Students (grades 4-5)
Length: 32 pp
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Illustrated story and environmental activities
Title: Nature Scope
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-8)
Length: 70 pp
Contact: National Wildlife Federation
Description: Environmental education curriculum includes Wading into
Wetlands and Pollution, Problems and Solutions
Title: One Green Tree
Format: Booklet
Audience: Students (all ages), educators
Length: 16 pp ($.70 to $.60 per copy depending on quantity)
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Tool for teaching children the importance of trees
Title: Pennsylvania Conserving Nature's Diversity
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 27 minutes
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Explains concepts of biodiversity
Title: PA Elementary Energy and Environmental Science Activities Book 1-6
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers
Length: Activity Book
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Office of Policy
and Communications
Description: Environmental education activities for elementary students
Title: Pennsylvania's Vernal Ponds: Race Against Time
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 26 minutes
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Explores these temporary wetlands that emerge in Pennsylvania's
forests in late winter, providing essential habitats.
Title: Pennsylvania's Wild Garden
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 27 minutes
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Join botanists to learn about the variety and value of the
state's plant diversity
Title: Phantom of Fiddler Creek
Format: Booklet
Audience: Students (grades K-3)
Length: 40 pp
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Coloring book and activities to help students understand
their environment
Title: Publications, Slide/Tape, and Video Programs
Format: Directory
Audience: General
Length: 47 pp
Contact: Pennsylvania State University - Publications Distribution Center
Description: Available PSU audio-visual materials and publications
Title: Sammy Soil Saver
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-5)
Length: Three narratives
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Conservation messages presented by the "Sammy Soil
Saver" puppet
Title: Sandy Hill Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Foundation
Format: Field experience
Audience: 12-years-old and up
Length: 1-5 days
Contact: Sandy Hill Outdoor Recreation Environmental Foundation
Description: Environmental camp with variety of outdoor activities; special
emphasis on ecological studies of Chesapeake and surrounding marshes
Title: Soil - We Can't Grow Without It
Format: Slide and tape set
Audience: Students
Length: 15 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Different soil types and animal habitats related to soil
Title: STREAMS (Science Teams in Rural Environments for Aquatic Management
Studies)
Format: Online Materials
Audience: Teachers of rural students (grades 5-8)
Length: 52-plus pp
Contact: Huntingdon Middle School
Description: Interdisciplinary environmental education and water study
curriculum created to assist teachers in integrating local environmental topics
into their classroom curriculum
Title: The Buffalo and the River
Format: Book
Audience: Children
Length: 40 pp
Contact: Blue Crab Press
Description: Dramatic children's story teaching environmental education
Title: The Day They Left the Bay
Format: Book
Audience: Children
Length: 40 pp
Contact: Blue Crab Press
Description: Children's story teaching environmental education; winner
EPA Environmental Education Achievement Award
Title: The Homecoming
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 57 minutes
Contact: Wild Resource Conservation Fund
Description: Bringing river otters back to Pennsylvania's waterways
Title: Virginia Environmental Education Resources Directory
Format: Directory
Audience: Educators but useful for general
Length: 80 pp
Contact: Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Description: Resource listing of environmental education materials; focus
primarily on Virginia