Check out this compilation of lesson plans and resources to use water as a topic for study in your classroom. 

A collection of resources - created for use in the classroom - on environmental education. Check out all of the Surf Reports! 

Using best practices from Community Problem Solving (CmPS) instructional methods, EcoInvestigators is designed to get students in grades 3-5 engaged, excited, and prepared to take on and solve environmental problems in their community and beyond. With funding from International Paper, we have developed this program to help teachers use a variety of rich media resources to teach earth system science, explore global environmental problems and challenge your students to take steps to using data to help solve local environmental problems. This curriculum is in the beta phase and PBS welcomes feedback on the resources and activities provided on the site. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ecoinvestigators/. If you have suggestions or comments, please send them to djblubaugh@pbs.org.

Archive from 3/8/11

Click on a state, find a park, go to photos and multimedia, find a webcam and enjoy!!

I stumbled across this web site. Very interesting articles to check out.

This web site (sponsored by a text-book company) provides links to a variety of resources about teaching methods and science sites. - Click on Science to go directly to those links.

How would you/could you use these slideshow for a lesson? What things would you need to consider before using these materials?

Here is one example of a backward design template. A fill-able Word version will be posted in course documents.

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This collection is meant to be utilized by teachers state-wide. Resources (activity guides, picture books, trade books, videos) can be checked out through a simple request and sent to teachers through the South Central Library System. Books are checked out for a month but are very easy to renew. Resources for all ages.

EEK! is managed by the Wisconsin DNR and supports mostly environmental education and some life and environmental science. The site is an environmental education resource for elementary and middle-school students. Content is written in an accessible format for students and is available in both English and Spanish. This resource could be used to integrate math (population, size), social studies/geography (mapping) and reading.

This resource supports all areas of science and environmental education. ECB is a state agency that supports technology in the classroom. Staff, mostly former teachers, put together "Surf Reports" which are collections of effective web sites on different subject areas. Climate Wisconsin is a new project with short (4 min) videos sharing stories of life in Wisconsin tied to our natural resources. It allows middle and high school students to stop and think "what would happen if the climate changed?" WiStem.org provides a link to another ECB web site that supports Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Free video streaming, lesson plans, and other resources from ECB and PBS. Use this web site to find video resources and lessons to support your big ideas. For all grade levels and all science strands.

Hey you should really read this. It would be great as a part of your mid-term!