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Website (teacher) directed at teachers with powerpoints/lecture ouitlines, video links ...Great starting place in that it isn't overwhelming. Also has pages for bio, chem and a&p

This is from the national earth science teachers association, and has a bunch of resources, data, and ways to teach the earth sciences. (Including weather, climate, and geology)

Clue into Climate: A Digital Media-Based Curriculum Unit on Climate Change was created with input from San Francisco Bay Area teachers and advisors. The curriculum unit is comprised of four content strands, each of which includes 5-7 media resources related to the strand topic. Each strand also contains a strand guide and assessment, a background article and 4-5 lesson plans that provide information and activities to support the use of the media with students. Additionally, the curriculum unit provides a student workbook and a climate education resource guide.

Extensive teacher/course website.

My favorite teacher websites to beg, borrow, steal from? MY WEBSITE (check out review links): http://nhs-nvusd-ca.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1316679699106 Bodas -- http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/bbodas/welcome_to_ap_environmental_scie.htm And lots more APES teacher's websites! http://www.lcusd.org/lchs/mewoldsen/APES/APESTeachersWebsites.htm And this Virtual Ballooning website lesson (gave you the lab handout): http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/balloon_atmostrata.html

Chevron presents "Energyville", an interactive energy game developed by The Economist Group. The game challenges players to power a virtual city through 2030 and keep the economic, environmental and security impacts low in the choices they make. There is a lot of information to explore in the game. It's great for students, teachers or anyone who's interested in learning more about the complexities of energy management and how energy affects our cities and our lives. If anyone ever tries this..please post updates!

Library of downloadable case studies on environmental issues. Includes teacher notes and keys. Free. You can also search case study by specific topic.

The Hiking Leadership Training (HLT) is designed to train teachers and youth workers how to plan, organize, and lead fun and safe hikes with youth.  Novice and experienced hikers will gain new leadership and facilitation skills.  Some of the topics covered during the training include: fun games for the trail, leave no trace, the natural history of open spaces, risk management, meal planning, navigation, and more.

This is a great movie talking about the industry growth and manipulation tactics behind climate change denial, including the Homeland Institute (the one that sent the booklet around to teachers last year). Can be streamed from Amazon, as well as purchased. Really great for bias and encouraging critical evaluation (and against the subverting of environmental science as a topic).

Welcome to EcoLibrary! Students in my classes and workshops - ranging from college age to kindergarten - learn best when we use a lot of photographs and other rich teaching materials. EcoLibrary allows students and teachers to freely use materials that support learning about ecology, conservation biology, and the environment. EcoLibrary currently contains several hundred annotated photographs that illustrate key concepts in these fields, and as the site grows we will add maps, sounds, panoramas, and interactive exercises.

The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC), administered by the California Department of Education, is a communication network supporting the environmental literacy of California's students by providing teachers with access to high quality environmental education resources.

Simulations and accompanying activities

Enormous amount of instructional material for teachers and students. Compiled by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory The Winogradsky Column is an excellent activity, specifically for grades 5 - 12, to demonstrate the growth of microorganisms. As a result of this activity, students will: learn about the metabolic diversity of prokaryotes, applying terms such as phototroph, chemotroph, autotroph, and heterotroph.

APES website...one long list with colored links..uses Miller as text.

This is my students all time favorite lab. Students don't understand the full economic or scientific impact of the mining industry until they have gone through this simulation. It's sort of like a geologic monopoly game. It is based in part on the ROA activity and similar activities in various earth science books.

For many of us, envisioning the profound effects of climate change is hard to do without relatable examples. By illustrating specific aspects of climate change research, Pelto provokes viewers to question, wonder, and want to know more. In this exercise, you will select a scientific graph that addresses an important real-world issue, create an illustrated graph from that original, and craft an effective artist's statement that connects the two. Once you're done, keep an eye out for other ways you can merge science with art. The possibilities are endless!