Hi Susan! I attended your APES institute in Monterey a couple years ago and came away with so many helpful lessons and strategies. I feel like a top-notch APES teacher, yet I have a very low success rate of students passing the test (less than 20% get a 3 or higher). I'm curious what other schools are getting... and opening a discussion topic around effective test-prep strategies. Anyone???

I received a classroom set of "Liquid Gold: California's Water" though this program and used it in my classes this year. The "Student Edition" informational booklet was SO well organized with historical summaries and opposing sides of issues. It also comes with the "Student Workbook" that has about 14 pages of worksheets. I felt that part was a pit overkill (in terms of wasted paper), because the questions could have been consolidated into about 4 pages. Still, it was beautifully laid out and easy for students to follow. I Highly Recommend this!

The Breathing Earth simulation Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. Please remember that this is just a simulation.

I LOVE Water Education. Here are just a few of my favorite sites:

Good.is - Your Daily Dose of Water(awesome infographic)
http://awesome.good.is.s3.amazonaws.com/transparency/web/1204/your-daily-dose-of-water/flash.html

EPA - Water Sense
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/

California Delta Water Education
http://www.caldeltawater.org/

California Department of Water Resources
http://www.water.ca.gov/
- Data Exchange Center
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/water_supply.html

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Projects
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/2011_accomp_rpt/major_projects/bay-delta/index.html

Water Education Foundation
http://www.watereducation.org/

Food & Water Watch
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/

National Geographic - The Hidden Water We Use
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/embedded-water/

The Habitable Planet -> Play the Game!
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=4?pop=yes?pop=yes&pid=2272#

NASA - Invasive Species
http://www.sims.scienceinstruction.org/invasive/index.html

Project WILD
http://www.projectwild.org/

National Geographic
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/ecosystem/?ar_a=1

The JASON Project
(used to be free... apparently expensive now)

How many of you LOVE monkeys? :-)

Ok, that's a little freaky...