Links to Upcoming Events in Environmental Education
RAP Camp 
Teachers and students spend a week at Camp Esther Applegate, on Lake of the Woods near Klamath Falls, Oregon, learning about careers in natural resources and how to manage the diverse resources that make up an ecosystem.
Watershed Weeks - Oregon
Features a series of "family-oriented water celebration, education, & stewardship activities" throughout the state.  75 free & low-cost activities range from watershed paddle tours & nature walks to art projects & beach clean-ups.


Environmental Education Sites
Aprovecho Research Center "Aprovecho", meaning "I make best use of" in Spanish, this research center is dedicated to researching and disseminating information on appropriate and alternative technologies for simple living, includes an internship program.

Environmental Education Network
Environmental resources for teachers and students.

Environmental Education Website
Information and materials for high school and college teachers about sustainable development and the global environment.

National Wildlife Federation
International School Grounds Day information, learn how to make your school yard into important wildlife habitat.

PLT National Home Page 
Describes the PLT network, missions & goals, with in depth descriptions of available curriculum.

Science & Math Consortium for Northwest Schools (SMCNWS)
Provides easy access resources for teachers to enhance their ability to teach math & science.

SEEK: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge 
Minnesota's Interactive Directory of EE resources.

World Forestry Center: Portland, OR
Information about the museum, demonstration forest, and educational programs available.

E The Environmental Magazine 
A non-profit "clearinghouse" of information, news and resources on environmental issues and topics.

Environmental Education Association of Oregon 
A non-profit organization which provides support services and resources to environmental educators in Oregon.

Environmental Health Sciences Center 
Community outreach and education program through Oregon State University.

EPA - Groundwater Kids Page
Resources for kids to learn more about drinking water. Many great links for teachers to learn about water.

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 
Check out the information and learning tools available for teachers and students.

PLT Secondary Education Workshops 
Information about local training workshops for the new secondary modules from PLT:   Focus on Risk, Municipal Solid Waste, Focus on Forests and Forest Ecology, Forests of the World.

Second Nature 
Helps education professionals link to the interdisciplinary principles of environmental sustainability to their teaching.

Welcome to EE Link 
Environmental Education resources on the Internet.



Related Forestry Sites
Branching Out 
Forest stewardship activity guide. Middle school environmental education lessons.

Forestry Education Calendar  
Provides dates and locations for educator workshops and events statewide.

Forestry Learning Opportunities for Workers (FLOW) 
Find out information about forestry, forest products, and forestry jobs.

Forest Resource Environmental Education Network (FREEN) 
Inside look at forests & the forest industry, ecosystems & practices including lessons for teachers and children of all ages.

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics 
Includes games, the "Forest Dictionary" & interactive kids page "The Secret Forest".

Oregon Department of Forestry 
This is an award winning web page! Current fire updates, publications, maps, lots of photos. Don't miss Smokey Bear's home page or Oregon's registry of Big Trees.

Oregon Forest Institute for Teachers 
Describes the newly created summer institute for teachers.

Oregon Forestry Resources Institute (OFRI) 
Home page includes information about their educational resources, forest information, local forest tours and events.

OSU Forestry Media Center 
Many books, videos, and other learning materials available.

Siuslaw National Forest
The Siuslaw National Forest is a very diverse and productive region extending from Tillamook to Coos Bay along the Oregon coast.
Temperate Forest Foundation
Teacher's Tours - complete with lesson plans; library, including copies of Eco-Link publication.

U.S. Forest Service Conservation Education 
Maps, pictures and information about our national parks and public lands.

USDA, PNW Research Station 
Links to complete USDA recent publications, also links to USDA research sites, programs and labs.

Winema National Forest 
"Special Projects" home page with links to Camp Esther Applegate on Lake of the Woods in the Oregon Cascades, plus great information for teachers and high school students!

World Forestry Center 
Specialized links to their pages with information about the museum, forestry education, "Kid's page", the forest store, World Forest Institute, Forests of the World and Tree Farms.

WWW Virtual Library: Forestry Resources 
A huge library of journals, newsletters, electronic links and other resources to increase your forestry knowledge.

OSU Extension, Wood Products 
List of resources for educators and descriptions of common products from trees.

Pacific Northwest Conifers Homepage 
Learn to use a dichotomous key for identifying conifers, find your way to the "mystery tree".

Sierra Club Home Page 
Public interest organization promoting conservation of resources. Literature and packing trips info.

USDA Forest Service 
Resource Center - WFW - Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants.  Also contains Teacher's Materials for the classroom.



General Educational Sites
American Museum of Paper making 
Take a virtual tour through the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, Georgia. Learn about the history of paper and see the tools used to make it.

Earth & Sea Investigators Network
(temporarily missing)
Scientific Inquiry Resources and Connections
, great links to teacher workshops, OR Dept. of Education documents & other on-line resources, check it out!!

Peterson Online 
An excellent Internet resource featuring birds. This is a great place for educators, administrators and students to use the interactive pages to learn more about birds and their environment.

Geographic Information Systems 
An annotated bibliography of references and web sites relating to GIS and K-12 education.

Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds 
The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds is Oregon's cooperative effort to restore salmon runs, improve water quality, and achieve healthy watersheds and strong communities throughout the state.

Federal Resources for Educational Exellence
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find.  The result of that work is the FREE website.

Oregon Wetlands Newsletter 
Published by ODFW on behalf of the "Oregon Wetlands Joint Venture" (partnerships for wetlands conservation).

Schoolnet Digital Collections Agricultural Page 
Young Canadians produced these collections about life in Canada. Quizzes, games and other fun learning tools included.

SMILE Program 
Oregon State University's "Science and Math Investigative Learning Experience" program.

SMILE (Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement) 
Information about how to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Math with the use of the phenomenological approach.

United States Geological Survey Map lesson 
Online package to help students understand and use maps.

Geography, "World Data" using GIS 
Provides information about the use of GIS in K-12 schools, public or college libraries, museums, nature centers and other sites for educating the public.

 


Oregon Natural Resource Education Program, College of Forestry, Oregon State University
051 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5713
Phone: (541) 737-2128, (800) 554-6987,Fax: (541) 737-9037, E-mail: ofep@oregonstate.edu

 
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