Links to Education Resource Materials

EE-Link: Environmental Education Resources on the Internet http://eelink.net	This is a comprehensive web site for exploring environmental education on the Internet. Contains information for classroom activities and resources, professional development, environmental organizations and more. Check out the links listed under the activities category, "fresh water."
Environmental Health Management Institute (EHMI) http://www.ehmi.org	Founded in 1979, EHMI is a nonpartisan, nonprofit environmental, health, and safety education and research organization working to promote environmental responsibility at home, in the workplace, and in the community through education and relationship building. This site contains information on educational outreach tools, community resources, research initiatives, household wheel, and environmental careers. Products include enviro-wheels, bookcovers, color-in activity books , color-in posters, EHMI Earth Express Publication, video and a multimedia kit. Topics of coverage include water quality, lead poisoning, energy and water conservation, household hazards, recycling, composting, and air quality.
EPA's Environmental Education Center http://www.epa.gov/teachers	This site contains information on curriculum & resource activities, community service projects, workshops/conferences, student jobs, scholarships, awards, grants, and other links.
EPA's Ground Water & Drinking Water Kid's Page http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ kids/index.html	This web site contains games and activities on water for kids in grades K-12.
EPA's Student Center http://www.epa.gov/students	This web site contains information and activities on water, ecosystems, human health, waste & recycling, air, and conservation. The site also provides scholarships, youth awards, and club projects.
Project Learning Tree (PLT) National: http://www.plt.org Wisconsin: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/ org/caer/ce/pltwild/plt.htm	PLT is an environmental education program with for adults working with pre-K-12th grade students. It's mission is to increase students' understanding of our environment; stimulate critical and creative thinking; develop the ability to make informed decisions on environmental issues; and instill the commitment to take responsible action on behalf of the environment. The PLT pre-K-8th Guide offers 100+ hands-on activities that focus on forests, land, air, and water, and are easily adaptable to many settings. PLT also offers Secondary Modules with each focusing on a particular topic like "Focus on Forests," "Risk Management," or "The Built Environment." All guides may be obtained by attending a PLT workshop.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) National: http://www.montana.edu/wwwwet/ Wisconsin: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/ wet/default.asp	WET is an environmental education program for adults working with pre-K-12th grade students. It promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through over 90 water-related, hands-on, fun, and easy to use activities. Activities are appropriate for school, nature centers, camps, and youth group functions. Wisconsin also offers a supplement guide that accompanies the national guide, both of which can be obtained by attending a WET workshop.
Project WILD and Aquatic Wild National: http://www.projectwild.org Wisconsin: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/ caer/ce/pltwild/wild.htm	WILD is a conservation and environmental education program for adults working with pre-K-12th grade students. It emphasizing awareness, appreciation and understanding of wildlife and natural resources. The 150+ hands-on activities focus on wildlife and habitats in the WILD guide. The Aquatic WILD guide contains 40 activities focusing on the aquatic ecosystem. Both guides can be obtained by attending a WILD workshop.
Water Resource Institute-University of Wisconsin http://wri.wisc.edu http://wri.wisc.edu/library	Created in 1964, this is one of 54 Water Resources Research Institutes nationwide. It promotes research, training, and information dissemination to effectively confront regional water and land related resource problems. Research areas encompass groundwater and surface water, water supply and quality, wastewater treatment and disposal, watershed management and nonpoint pollution, pollution cleanup and remediation, and public health. Associated economic, social and political issues are also investigated. The site contains information on water education curricula and web sites, projects, funding opportunities, conferences, a library, and links. The Water Resources Library (WRL) maintains a collection of more than 23,000 cataloged water-related technical reports in the hard copy and fiche, 8,600 cataloged reprints, and 5,500 uncataloged reprints on microfiche; subscribes to more than 30 journals important in water-related research; received more than 130 newsletters from around the country. WRL catalog is available online through the University of Wisconsin Library catalog, MadCat.The WRL's collection can be searched via the Internet. Anyone in the state can check out materials, which will be sent to you via postal service!
Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/	This site was created by USGS specifically for schools. It offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. Topics include earth's water, water basics, water use, groundwater, and more.
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee	WCEE's mission is to promote, develop, disseminate, implement, and evaluate environmental education programs for K-12 teachers and students in Wisconsin. WCEE provides environmental education (EE) outreach courses, extended master degree program for teachers, HS environmental action conference, Wisconsin EE network, and EE resource library. The library, which is for use by elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers in Wisconsin, is located in the Learning Resources Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The resource library holds an up-to-date collection of EE materials including curriculum activity guides, textbooks, children's literature, reference books, periodicals, computer software, videotapes, music tapes, and educational games. There is a large selection of groundwater and water educational resources.
World Resources Institute (WRI) http://www.wri.org/wri/enved	This site offers teacher guides on topics from the atmosphere to watersheds. The lessons focus on the environment and social-economic development. WRI also has videos, transparencies, and slides.