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Lesson Plan Resources, Courses, Etc:

 American Museum of Natural History
A free, easy-to-navigate online database of the museum's collection of scientific material, including activities, articles, evidence & analysis, and more; for educators,
families, students and anyone interested in teaching or learning about science.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History – Science Resource Center for Teachers
Information on professional development, educational materials available [teaching kits, videos, preserved animal dioramas], teacher fieldtrips, and student programs..

EE (Environmental Education) Link – Flowing Waters
Links for activities and materials dealing with flowing waters.

 











 

 

 Great Lakes Curriculum.
Free lesson plans covering aquatic invasive species.

Great Lakes Science Center (Cleveland)
Website for the GLSC, located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

Green Schools Focus
Instills environmental stewardship and conservation of resources in Montgomery County Public Schools, through system-wide resource conservation training, rebate and incentive programs for saving energy, and leadership in future school energy and environmental design...because good planets are hard to find.

Healthy Water Healthy People
An innovative water quality education program through Project WET; also has more links.

Ohio DNR – Teacher Courses for Graduate Credit or CEU’s Many of the courses below are offered through local conservation districts, with credit available in many areas – just check with your local Soil & Water Conservation District!

Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, & Reading
Links to peer-reviewed instructional resources for pre-K – 12 teachers & higher education faculty members; resources are correlated with Ohio's academic content standards & with applicable national content standards.

Planet H2O
An interactive site for students & teachers promoting water quality educationglobe-wide.

Project Learning Tree

Project WET
Water Education for Teachers

Project WILD
Wildlife Focused Conservation Education for K-12 Teachers & students.

Protecting Water from Non-Point Source Pollution
Site with causes, effects, and solutions to non-point source pollution, as well as educator ideas and links!

RAISE - The Regional Alliance for Informal Science Education
This is an alliance of informal science providers [science centers, nature centers, & museums] in NE Ohio. It was created to provide a vehicle for its member organizations to coordinate their collective education resources to advance the teaching & learning of science, and to promote science literacy within the community at large.

Return of the Cuyahoga
On-line curriculum including comprehensive information for students & educators on the Cuyahoga River & its watershed

U.S. EPA – Drinking Water & Ground Water
This site contains several links for teachers, including lesson plans, games, & vocabulary activities.

U.S. EPA – Educational Resources
Environmental clip art & photos available to easily download - for free!

U.S. EPA – Great Lakes Image Collection (pdf document)
A wide variety of Great Lakes images available for free downloading

U.S. EPA – Teaching Center
Here are numerous teaching links, such as lesson plans, awards, grants, activities, community service projects, and scholarships.

Windows on Waste
An elementary, interdisciplinary environmental studies activity guidebook about solid waste and environmental issues.

WOW – Wonders of Wetlands
Through Project WET; focuses on wetland conservation education.


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