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50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth (video pack) | Churchill Media
Resource type: Video - Book/Magazine
Topics: Stewardship - Water - Wildlife - Energy
Based on the best-selling book "50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth", these CBS Schoolbreak Specials provide examples of activities that kids from around the country are doing to help the environment. The video pack comes with two videos; Part 1: Water and Resources- 21 minutes, Part 2: Greenlife, Wildlife, Energy and Air- 27 minutes; and the book. Hosted by television stars Sara Gilbert and Brian Green, with earth quizzes and tips from other celebrities. Primarily for grade three and up.
Produced 1992
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A Community Guide to Environmental Health | Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Health - Environmental Health
From toilets to toxics, from watershed management to waste management, from raising crops to rising temperatures, how we use natural resources affects our health and well-being.
This highly illustrated guide helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their environmental health. In small villages and large cities, A Community Guide to Environmental Health can provide the tools, knowledge, and inspiration to begin transforming the crisis in environmental health.
This book contains activities to stimulate critical thinking and discussion, inspirational stories, and instructions for simple health technologies such as water purification methods, safe toilets, and non-toxic cleaning products. 23 chapters cover topics including:
With dozens of activities to stimulate critical thinking and discussion, instructions for simple health technologies such as safe toilets, safe cleaning methods, and water purification methods, and hundreds of drawings to make the messages clear, A Community Guide to Environmental Health will be useful for people just beginning to address environmental health threats, as well as people with many years experience in the field.
Web Site: http://www.hesperian.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HB&Product_Code
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A Guide to Larval Fishes of the Upper Mississippi River | L. E. Holland-Bartels, S. K. Littlejohn, M. L. Huston
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Fish - Education
Many of the people responsible for studying and managing fishery resources on the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) are unfamiliar with larval fish identification and ecology. This guide includes the larval fish most common to the river and provides quick, accessible information for easy use in the field. It is useful for identifying and studying larval fish in both the UMR and similar river systems.
Web Site: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/publications/F7
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A Natural Sense of Wonder: Connecting Kids with Nature Through the Seasons | Rick Van Noy
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Natural Sciences - Outdoor Recreation
Van Noy, an English professor and father, chronicles his efforts to turn his children's attention from their television and computer screens to the outdoors. In a series of essays organized mostly by season, he describes a host of outdoor adventures including swimming, hiking, gardening, and fishing with his family.
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: University of Georgia Press (June 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0820331031
ISBN-13: 978-0820331034
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Activity Book: Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun | by Michael J. Caduto (Storey Publishing: North Adams, Mass.)
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Energy
Activities for children (ages 8-13) that will ignite their interest in using the sun and wind to create and play with renewable energy.
Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun gives kids, teachers and parents 22 exciting projects and experiments that focus on using the power of the sun and wind to produce and play with renewable energy. Children ages 8 to 13 will have fun while increasing their knowledge of environmental science and learning how to fight global climate change.
Projects range from the quick and simple-like the Pie Plate Wind-Maker-to the thrillingly large-scale, like Pedal Power, in which kids use a bicycle to charge a 12-voltbattery for powering electronic devices. Exciting illustrations, beautiful photographs, games and fun-fact sidebars entertain and spark curiosity. Children will be inspired by the Green Giants-real kids from around the world who are leading the way with renewable energy initiatives and other environmental projects.
224 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8. Full-color photographs & illustrations, activities, background information, resources.
2011
Watch the video trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-yNs0FkiAA
For more information visit http://p-e-a-c-e.3dcartstores.com/Catch-the-Wind-Harness-the-Sun--Hardcover_p_38.html
Web Site: http://p-e-a-c-e.3dcartstores.com/Books-by-Michael-J-Caduto_c_1.html
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All About Minnesota's Forests and Trees: A Primer | MN DNR - Division of Forestry
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Forests/Trees - History - Biodiversity - Ecosystems
Packed with photos and other graphics, this award-winning 58-page reference book is intended for educators, natural resources professionals and other citizens who are interested in one of Minnesota's most valuable resources.
The book is organized as a "Primer," which means every topic and new word builds on a topic or word introduced earlier.
Chapters cover:
* Basics about trees and forests
* Forest ecology
* Human interactions with forests including logging, historic fires, forest management, invasive species, and more.
Appendices are provided to give the reader more in-depth information.
5th-grade reading level
Web Site: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/education/primer/index.html
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Alu Man the Can | Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
Resource type: Video - Book/Magazine
Topics: Recycling - Waste Prevention
The puppet, Alu Man the Can, goes in search of where he belongs and learns about recycling of newspaper, glass, and metal. Introduces recycling-related concepts to preschool and early elementary students.
Produced: 1987
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Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation | Sharon Gamson Danks
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Sustainable Development - Landscape - Garden
The most comprehensive guide to designing and building green schoolyards.
In Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation (New Village Press), author Sharon Danks broadens our notion of what a well-designed schoolyard should be, taking readers on a journey from traditional, ordinary grassy fields and asphalt, to explore what's being created in the growing movement toward "green" schoolgrounds in the United States and around the world. This book documents exciting examples from more than 150 schools in 11 countries, illustrating a vast range of possibilities in outdoor classrooms for learning and play.
More than 500 vivid color photographs showcase some of the world's most innovative green schoolyards including: edible gardens with fruit trees, vegetables, chickens, honeybees, and outdoor cooking facilities; wildlife habitats with prairie grasses and ponds, or forest and desert ecosystems; schoolyard watershed models, rainwater catchment systems, and waste-water treatment wetlands; renewable energy systems that power landscape features or the whole school; waste-as-a-resource projects that give new life to old materials in beautiful ways; K-12 curriculum connections for a wide range of disciplines from science and math to art and social studies; creative play opportunities that diversify schoolground recreational options and encourage children to run, hop, skip, jump, balance, slide, and twirl, as well as explore the natural world first hand.
The book grounds these examples in a practical framework that illustrates simple landscape design choices all schools can use to make their schoolyards more comfortable, enjoyable, and sustainble. And it describes a participatory design process that schools can use to engage their communities in transforming their own asphalt into ecosystems.
Details
ISBN 978-0-9766054-8-5
Publication Date November 2010
Pages: 288
Includes Index; Bibliography; Appendices
Illustrations 500 color photographs
Dimensions 8.5 x 9.8 in.
Publisher New Village Press
Distributor Consortium
For more information or to order a copy visit http://www.asphalt2ecosystems.org/
Web Site: http://www.asphalt2ecosystems.org
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Avian Index | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Resource type: Web Site - Curriculum - Course/Workshop - Book/Magazine
Topics: Birds
Teachers, ornithologists, or enthusiasts will find useful resources from the recently updated online Avian Index, from Environment for the Americas. Publications, activities, curriculum, books, speaker's lists, and more, are now in this easy-to-search database. You can also search by State - Minnesota has numerous resources.
Web Site: http://www.birdiq.com/learn/Resource_Dir/index.php
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Best Practices for Field Days: A Program Planning Guidebook for Organizers, Presenters, Teachers and Volunteers | Meyer, N.J., Blair, R.B., Carlson, S.P., Bilotta, J.P., Montgomery, K.L., Ostlie, K.M., Prax, V.J., & Rager, A.R.B.
Resource type: Book/Magazine - CD - Course/Workshop
Topics: Teaching - Education - Outdoor Recreation - Science
Health fairs, agricultural days, conservation days, outdoor education days, environmental days and water festivals are all examples of field days - community events that bring together professionals, volunteers, teachers, and schoolchildren for a day of learning about their environment. The "Best Practices for Field Days: A Program Planning Guidebook for Organizers, Presenters, Teachers and Volunteers" provides the research-based strategies and tips to teach and organize effective events. As a companion to the guidebook, custom workshops give you the know-how and inspiration to make your field day great.
The guidebook and workshops for the people who organize and teach at field days and water festivals. These resources empower you to improve your field day in the following ways:
- Helping students learn and retain important concepts;
- Planning a comfortable and memorable setting;
- Ensuring your day runs safely and smoothly;
- Creating more useful evaluations;
- Marketing your event;
- Connecting your program to academic standards.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu/environed/
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Big River Newsletter
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Rivers
This is a monthly newsletter for people who live, work or play on the Upper Mississippi River.
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Bog Hopper Newsletter | Science Museum of Minnesota
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Science - Global Studies - Environmental Sciences
Subscribe to the Science Museum of Minnesota's Bog Hopper
newsletter. Published three times per year, this 16-page
newsletter highlights professional development opportunities,
resources, student competitions, museum events, CD-ROM and
book reviews, and science activities and information for
interested educators and their students.
Web Site: http://www.sci.mus.mn.us
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Book: Minnesota Bug Hunt | Text by Bruce Giebink, Photography by Bill Johnson
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Animals - Wildlife
Join Bruce the Bug Guy on a hunt for the most interesting insects in Minnesota-through the forest, across the prairie, and even in your own backyard.
Insects are everywhere and easy to find -- if you know where to look. Minnesota Bug Hunt puts you on the trail for insects big and small, fierce and friendly. Explore habitats as near your own backyard and as focused as an oak tree or as populated as a swath of forest, and use your senses to discover the bugs who share our world. See those bright flowers? If they're goldenrod, you might find a Locust Borer Beetle feeding there. Listen carefully in a patch of prairie for the rasping of a male Broad-winged Katydid as he "sings" to find a mate.
Bruce Giebink introduces you to creatures familiar, like an earwig or firefly, and fascinating, like the Cecropia Moth or the Acorn Weevil. He shares fun facts about where they live and what they eat and how they protect themselves. Astonishingly detailed photos by Bill Johnson bring beetles and bumblebees, dragonflies and water bugs up close and personal so you can marvel at their unique body parts and vibrant colors.
Step outside with your eyes wide open and a net or magnifying glass in hand to discover these insects and many more on your own Minnesota bug hunt.
Entomologist Bruce Giebink -- better known as Bruce the Bug Guy -- offers activities for children of all ages through his entertainment company the Bug Zone.
Award-winning photographer Bill Johnson's work is featured in the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America and in his Horticulture Magazine column, "Insect ID."
Available from the Minnesota Historical Society Press
April 2013
32 pages, color photos
ISBN: 978-0-87351-865-9
Web Site: http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=3507
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Book: Early Childhood Activities for a Greener Earth | Patty Born Selly
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Outdoor Recreation - Environmental Health - Education
As many early childhood professionals make efforts to improve the environmental health and safety of their setting, they also want to educate children about the impact and value of these greener choices. Early Childhood Activities for a Greener Earth helps teachers connect environmental issues with their daily curriculum in a sensitive, developmentally appropriate manner.
This resource includes background information on environmental topics-including waste reduction and recycling, improving air quality, weather and climate change, and energy and toxicity reduction-and one hundred lessons and activities that will excite children, engage families, and encourage communities to be green.
Published by: Redleaf Press, 2012
272 pages
ISBN-10: 1605541192
ISBN-13: 978-1605541198
About the Author
Patty Born Selly is the founder of Small Wonders, an educational consulting company that provides teacher training and support for science and nature education initiatives. Patty also is an adjunct faculty member at Hamline University and Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, where she teaches classes on nature and environmental education, as well as science education, to early childhood and elementary school teachers.
For more information contact:
Patty Born Selly
Founder, Small Wonders
612.501.5179
Patty@SmallWondersMN.com
http://www.smallwondersmn.com
Web Site: http://www.smallwondersmn.com
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Book: Pediatric Environmental Health | National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Environmental Health - Health - Climatology
Pediatric Environmental Health is an extremely valuable publication in the field of pediatric environmental health for pediatric health care providers and those in public health. Several of NEEF's tools and resources for pediatric health care providers are referenced in this publication, including the Pediatric Environmental History Initiative, Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers, and Children and Nature Initiative.
The 3rd edition of Pediatric Environmental Health is the landmark AAP guide to the identification, prevention, and treatment of pediatric environmental health problems. Developed by the AAP Council on Environmental Health and edited by Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Sophie J. Balk, MD, the 3rd edition has been completely revised and expanded, featuring 59 chapters - more than 900 pages - addressing topics such as birth defects, global climate change, plasticizers, the precautionary principle, and more. From asbestos to radiation, ultraviolet rays, pesticides, asthma, lead, tobacco, and child care and school environments, this new edition includes current information on an exhaustive range of environmental health issues.
The publication is available in print or eBook at the AAP online bookstore at https://www.nfaap.org/netforum/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=nf.aap.org&webcode=aapbks_productdetail&key=76BAE074-B6DD-433D-B9DB-D28DE809A13B.
934 pages
2011
ISBN 13: 978-1-58110-313-7
For more information about the American Academy of Pediatrics visit http://www.aap.org.
About the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems. Together, we generate lasting positive change.
NEEF partners with professionals in health, education, media, business and public land management to promote daily actions for helping people protect and enjoy the environment. Through our primary programs - Classroom Earth, National Public Lands Day, National Environmental Education Week, Business and Environment, Earth Gauge and Health & Environment - we offer Americans knowledge to live by. To learn more, call (202) 833-2933 or visit www.neefusa.org.
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Book: The Nature Principle | Richard Louv
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Natural Sciences - Health - Outdoor Recreation - Environmental Health
Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child in the Woods, urges us to change our vision of the future, suggesting that if we reconceive environmentalism and sustainability, they will evolve into a larger movement that will touch every part of society.
This New Nature Movement taps into the restorative powers of the natural world to boost mental acuity and creativity; promote health and wellness; build smarter and more sustainable businesses, communities, and economies; and ultimately strengthen human bonds. Supported by groundbreaking research, anecdotal evidence, and compelling personal stories, Louv offers renewed optimism while challenging us to rethink the way we live.
As he says in his introduction, The Nature Principle is "about the power of living in nature -- not with it, but in it. We are entering the most creative period in history. The twenty-first century will be the century of human restoration in the natural world."
Richard Louv makes a convincing case that through a nature-balanced existence -- driven by sound economic, social, and environmental solutions -- the human race can and will thrive. This timely, inspiring, and important work will give readers renewed hope while challenging them to rethink the way we live.
352 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books; 2011
Language: English
ISBN-10: 161620141X
ISBN-13: 978-1616201418
For more information visit http://richardlouv.com/books/nature-principle/
Web Site: http://richardlouv.com/books/nature-principle/
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Campus ecology: a guide to assessing environmental quality & creating strategies for change | Smith, April A.
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Earth - Eco-systems - Environmental Studies
Deals with energy issues, solid waste, purchasing, wastewater, medical waste, air quality, hazardous waste, and water.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Campus Environment 2008: A National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education | National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Sustainability - Green Living
Trends and New Developments in College and University Leadership, Academics and Operations 2nd edition
How well are American colleges doing at greening their campuses? How environmentally literate are today's college students? What is the biggest obstacle to expanding green activities on campus such as energy conservation, sustainable landscaping, and environmental curricula? Which campuses are recognized for their exemplary commitment to sustainable practices?
Campus Environment 2008 reveals the answers-the survey results will surprise you. This comprehensive study by National Wildlife Federation and Princeton Survey Research Associates International reviews trends and new developments in environmental performance and sustainability at 1,068 institutions. It recognizes colleges and universities for exemplary efforts and awards academic letter grades (A through D) for collective, national performance on environmental literacy, energy, water, transportation, landscaping, waste reduction and more. The report analyzes collective trends in the areas of management, operations, and academics.
With 27 percent (more than one quarter) of U.S. colleges (presidents, administrators, and facilities managers) responding, the 2008 survey is the nation's largest study to date created to gauge trends and new developments in campus sustainability. It was also the first study of its kind when conducted in 2001.
For more information and a link to the full report, visit http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology/campusreportcard.cfm.
Web Site: http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology/docs/CampusReportFinal.pdf
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Care and Management of Captive Raptors | by Lori Arnet, M.S. and Mark Martell, M.S.
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Wildlife - Zoology
This book is primarily written for the beginning bird handler who might be thinking of working with raptors in an educational setting such as nature centers, zoos, and parks. It may also be useful to the people who already have birds for educational purposes as well as falconers and researchers who are in need of a source of information on successful techniques for keeping raptors in captivity. The book's chapters include: Permits, Selecting a Bird, Diet, Housing, Equipment, Training, Transporting Raptors, Maintenance Care, Medical Care, and Your Bird Escaped! A very useful Appendix section on Federal and State Office contacts, Food Suppliers, Handling and Training Suppliers, Maintenance and Medical Suppliers, as well as a glossary and Index.
Web Site: http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu
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Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators | David Sobel
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education
Public discussions of global climate change and other threats to the planet are making children more aware of environmental issues. As increasing numbers of kids come to school wishing to take action, educators want to know how to teach in a way that fosters a love of nature and an understanding of the complexity and seriousness of these issues.
In Childhood and Nature, noted educator David Sobel makes the case that meaningful connections with the natural world don't begin in the rainforest or arctic, but in our own backyards and communities. Based on his observations of recurrent play themes around the world, Sobel articulates seven design principles that can guide teachers in structuring learning experiences for children. Place-based education projects that make effective use of the principles are detailed throughout the book. And while engaged in these projects, students learn language arts, math, science, social studies, as well as essential problem-solving and social skills through involvement with nature and their communities.
The pressures of test preparation, standards, and curriculum frameworks often reduce the study of nature and the environment to a set of facts and general concepts. However, as Childhood and Nature demonstrates, linking curriculum with an engagement in the real world not only provides students with the thinking skills needed for whatever test comes their way, but also helps them grow into responsible citizens and stewards of the earth.
ISBN: 978-157110-741-1
Web Site: http://www.stenhouse.com/0741.asp
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Climate Change Education: A Primer for Zoos and Aquariums (eBook) | Climate Literacy Zoo Education Network
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Climatology - Communications
Science reveals that Earth's climate is changing dramatically due to human actions. We are already seeing devastating impacts of climate change, such as the melting of polar ice, which is happening faster than even the most dire predictions. Yet, efforts to educate people about climate change and mobilize actions to mitigate it have not been too successful. Despite strong scientific consensus, some people do not believe climate change is happening or if they do, they feel disempowered to make a difference. Why?
Climate Change Education: A Primer for Zoos and Aquariums by the Climate Literacy Zoo Education Network, reveals what some of the best minds know about climate change science, electronic media, psychology, learning sciences, communication, and interpretation. The book explores the links between these fields and provides valuable insights to everyone, especially zoos and aquariums, but also for museums and similar cultural institutions.
ISBN-13: 9780913934081
Publisher: Chicago Zoological Society
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Sold by: LULU PRESS
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB
For more information visit http://clizen.org/e-book.html
Web Site: http://clizen.org/e-book.html
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Collection of books & videos supporting sustainability | University of Minnesota SE Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Video
Topics: Sustainability
Here is a helpful resource for teachers and students provided by the University of Minnesota SE Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (Experiment in Rural Cooperation).
The ERC Collection is a unique gathering of books, videos & reports supporting rural development & sustainability.
Materials are housed at the SELCO/SELS offices in Rochester.
Using a Minnesota public library card, you can easily request items through the SELCO online catalog or MnLINK at libraries and school media centers, and they may be sent to your local library for pick-up.
The Experiment in Rural Cooperation (ERC) collection is a unique gathering of materials supporting rural development. ERC -The University of Minnesota Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership - works with residents in southeastern Minnesota to create and sustain healthy ecosystems, strong local economies and vibrant, self-reliant communities. ERC is committed to building partnerships that connect the residents of southeastern Minnesota to local assets and the research and educational resources of the University of Minnesota. The collection includes ERC project reports and books by Minnesota authors.
Web Site: http://www.regionalpartnerships.umn.edu/public/ERCLibraryCollectionBrochure.pdf
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Composting in the Classroom: Scientific Inquiry for High School Students | Nancy Trautmann and Marianne Krasny
Resource type: Guide - Web Site - Learning Kit - Book/Magazine
Topics: Compost
This is a comprehensive guide for teachers interested in guiding composting research projects by high school students. Downloadable in pdf format.
The goal of Composting in the Classroom is to provide high school science teachers with the background needed to engage students in research focusing on composting.
There are a number of reasons why composting research lends itself well to the classroom setting. First, composting of yard wastes and food scraps presents a partial solution to the solid waste crisis; thus, composting research addresses practical problems of concern to students and their communities. Second, nearly all the equipment and materials are inexpensive and readily available. With proper maintenance to prevent odor and insect problems, composting systems can be set up in the classroom, as well as outdoors in the school yard. Finally, many experiments can be conducted within two weeks or less, although long-term composting research projects are also possible.
Composting in the Classroom begins with an overview of composting science (Chapter 1). Chapters 2 and 3 provide instructions on how to build and add the right mix of ingredients to compost systems. Chapter 4 outlines how to monitor the composting process, and Chapter 5 describes how to measure the attributes of the finished compost. Once students have made and tested their compost, they might want to use it in plant growth experiments (Chapter 6). Several important points about conducting research are included in Chapter 6 as well as in Chapter 7. This last chapter is a discussion of how to help students design meaningful research projects focusing on composting.
Web Site: http://compost.css.cornell.edu/CIC.html
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Conservation Minnesota Magazine | Conservation Minnesota
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Lake - Land - Conservation - Culture
Trying to reach Minnesotans who don't typically track state conservation or environmental policies, the non-profit organization Conservation Minnesota launched an interactive on-line magazine. It seeks to enable citizens themselves to "tell the Minnesota story," and provides opportunities for readers to submit copy and video.
The goal is to tie the everyday environmental and outdoor concerns of Minnesotans to local and state public policy decisions. All of us enjoy and benefit from our state's clean air and water, healthy habitat, and beautiful landscapes. That long lazy family weekend at the cabin up north. A childhood spent exploring the woods. The fall deer hunting tradition. A canoe or kayaking trip down a treasured river. There's something special about Minnesota - and each of us has our own Minnesota story to tell. That's why we've launched this magazine.
Welcome to a quarterly magazine that you can help write. Our online edition is an interactive place for you to watch videos of people telling their Minnesota stories and for you to share yours. Check out the "click 'n' swoosh" web interface that makes on-line reading of this magazine a pleasure.
Web Site: http://www.conservationminnesota.org/magazine/
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DNR's Educational Resources on Birds | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Poster - Learning Kit - Curriculum
Topics: Birds
With over 400 bird species in Minnesota, including those that have migrated back from their winter homes, summer is a great time to get outside and view our feathered neighbors. Want to learn how to attract birds to your yard? The DNR has developed many books that can help you including: Wild About Birds, Landscaping for Wildlife and Woodworking for Wildlife (visit http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/books/index.html).
We also have resources for educators, from a loon activity trunk to bird related curriculum through Project WILD. Even large business owners can help birds by participating in the Lights Out program. Consider heading out to a free Wildlife Management Area or Scientific and Natural Area and explore some new places. For those who are really into birds, DNR needs your help observing breeding birds and loons.
Get Kids Outdoors Tip
Bird watching is a fun and easy thing to do with kids. You can find many birds right outside your front door with little or no equipment needed. Learn more about the basics of bird watching at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists/birding/index.html. Before you head out learn a few bird calls too. Often you hear a bird but never see it! Check out this really cool interactive Minnesota bird sounds poster at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/julaug10/bird_songs_interactive.html.
Nature Note
Did you know there is a bird that nests and roosts (sleeps) in brick chimneys? Chimney Swifts have just returned to Minnesota from South America. Watch at dusk for fast darting dark colored birds diving into chimneys, unlike bats that would be flying out. Find out more at http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/chimney_swift/lifehistory
Happy birding!
For more information on DNR education programs and resources visit www.mndnr.gov/education or www.seek.state.mn.us
Web Site: http://mndnr.gov/education
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Do it Green! Magazine | Do It Green! Minnesota
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide - Web Site
Topics: Education - Energy - Environmental Health - Stewardship
Do It Green! Magazine is a 100-page guidebook for Minnesotans on living green and sustainbly. Do It Green! Minnesota produces this annual magazine that includes over 150 articles, resources and Minnesota GREEN PAGES Directory. It is printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled, chlorine-free paper with soy ink. This guide will take you through easy to challenging steps to becoming greener.
Articles, tips, and resources for living greener are organized under the following topics:
The magazine is available for $8.
Versions of this guide and information is also available in Spanish and Hmong.
Where to find Do It Green! Magazine
Public Libraries: Do It Green! Magazine is available at the following Public Libraries: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Hennepin County, Dakota County, Scott County, & Washington County.
Schools: St. Paul, Minneapolis and suburban public school libraries have Do It Green! Magazine available for students/teachers to check out.
Retail Locations: Printed copies of Do It Green! Magazine are available at over 75 retail locations! To find a retailer near you visit http://www.doitgreen.org/getguide. Be sure to call ahead to make sure they have them in stock.
If you would like a copy of previous editions (2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), please contact us at info@doitgreen.org.
Web Site: http://www.doitgreen.org/getguide
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Do It Green! Minnesota | Staff and volunteers
Resource type: Organization - Web Site - Book/Magazine - Course/Workshop
Topics: Sustainability - Green Living
The purpose of Do It Green! Minnesota (formerly The Twin Cities Green Guide) is to educate Minnesotans about green and sustainable living and promote building healthy, local communities through:
* The printed guidebook Do It Green! Magazine and web site www.doitgreen.org
* Community workshops and skillshares
* Creating a model eco home for educational tours
Do It Green! Minnesota will ensure that people of all incomes will have access to our publication and activities, and we will serve as a model for other cities and states nation-wide.
Web Site: http://www.doitgreen.org
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Do It Green! Minnesota's Resource Center | Do It Green! Minnesota
Resource type: EE Site - Learning Kit - Book/Magazine - Video
Topics: Green Living - Sustainability - Stewardship - Environmental Health
The Do It Green! Resource Center is located inside the Midtown Global Market on the southwest corner of the market behind the Produce Exchange just west of the Lake Street entrance.
The Resource Center has hundreds of books, videos and educational kits that are available for check out for up to three weeks. They can be picked up during our staffed hours and dropped off during Midtown Global Market hours.
You must be a member to check out resources. Memberships start at only $30!
Staffed hours are:
Wednesdays 11-1pm
Fridays 2-5pm
Sundays 11-1pm
Examples of our resources include:
More Fun Less Stuff Starter Kit
An Inconvenient Truth on DVD
Teaching Kids to Love the Earth
Climate Solutions: A Citizens' Guide
The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook
Divorce Your Car!
The Green Consumer
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Green Remodeling Guidebook
The Complete Guide to Eco Friendly Design
Deep Ecology
The Blue Thumb Guide to Rain Gardens
Food, Inc. DVD
Make Your Own Non Toxic Cleaner Kit
For more information visit http://www.doitgreen.org
Web Site: http://www.doitgreen.org/
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Douglas Wood
Resource type: Speaker - Performance/Art - Book/Magazine - CD
Topics: Stewardship - General Ecology - Sustainability - Wildlife
Author, illustrator, musician, composer, naturalist, wilderness guide.....it is hard to pin a label on Douglas Wood. Many know him best from his classic children's books like Old Turtle and Grandad's Prayers of the Earth; others from CDs or concerts or keynote presentations around the country. What connects it all is a passion to communicate in words and music the wonder and mystery to be found in the natural world and in the human story.
Douglas Wood speaks and/or performs at a variety of events including schools, concerts, workshops, conferences, etc. His talks songs and stories are designed to empower people to pursue their dreams and goals.
Two of his most popular School Programs are EarthSongs, EarthStories and A Writer's Path: Motivation, Perspiration, Inspiration.
EarthSongs, EarthStories is a program of songs and stories, laughter and painless learning. Doug has performed it from coast to coast for tens of thousands of listeners of all ages. From a Native American legend of how mosquitoes came to be (complete with unexpected audience participation) to songs about frogs and fleas, the signs of rain and outhouses, to the quiet pondering of our place in the universe, this program takes an audience on a gentle journey. Along the way Doug "transports his listeners back into the fabric of Nature" and "reminds us of our unity with all of life." This is Doug's most popular program for general school assemblies (K-6), and it is also a perfect adjunct to any environmental education unit or event.
A Writer's Path: Motivation, Perspiration, Inspiration
The path begins with a young boy who was the poorest reader in his class and who hated school. It winds through the woods and waters of the North, through a growing love affair with nature, and finally with books as well. Doug recounts authors and experiences that had a profound effect on his life and career, and describes the long and difficult journey towards becoming a published author. As with any good journey there are highs and lows, doubts to overcome and dreams to realize. An excellent presentation for reading, writing, and literacy programs, teachers and students alike. Questions from an audience or class are always encouraged.
Douglas Wood also has written a number of acclaimed books as well as produced music CD's - both for children and adults.
For more information, please visit http://www.douglaswood.com.
Web Site: http://www.douglaswood.com
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E! The Environmental Magazine
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Environmental Sciences - General Ecology - Human Communities
E! The Environmental Magazine - a nonprofit "clearinghouse" of information, news and resources on environmental issues and topics. Covering everything environmental from rainforests to recycling and from the "personal to the political," E emphasizes what you can do to make a difference.
They also offer OurPlanet, a FREE weekly newsletter. To sign up for this, go to http://www.emagazine.com/news/archives.php?current
Web Site: http://www.emagazine.com
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Ecodemia: campus environmental stewardship at the turn of the 21st Century | Keniry, Julian National Wildlife Federation
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Environmental Studies
Documents what students and faculty can do on campus to be more environmental.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Environmental Coloring Sheets | Staff
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine
Topics: Recycling - Fish - Frogs - Stewardship
Get your color crayons or pencils ready! The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency offers free environmental coloring sheets that you can download. These coloring sheets can help you learn about your environment and what you can do to keep it clean. The coloring sheets are available in the following areas:
~Keep Your Neighborhood Clean
~Frogs!
~Fish!
~Creature of the Month!
~Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
The site allows you to click on the drawings to get a full-sized coloring sheet that you can print out and color!
Web Site: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/coloring.html
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Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence | National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Pamphlet - Guide
Topics: Education - Curriculum - Communications - Teaching
Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence is a set of recommendations for developing and selecting environmental education materials. These guidelines aim to help developers of activity guides, lesson plans, and other instructional materials produce high quality products and to provide educators with a tool to evaluate the wide array of available environmental education materials.
Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence points out six key characteristics of high quality environmental education materials. For each of these characteristics, there are listed some guidelines for environmental education materials to follow. Finally, each guideline in accompanied by several indicators listed under the heading "What to Look For." These indicators suggest ways of gauging whether the materials being evaluated or developed follow the guidelines. The Guidelines for Excellence offer a way of judging the relative merit of different materials, a standard to aim for in developing new materials, and a set of ideas about what well-rounded environmental education curriculum might look like.
In an effort to assure that these Guidelines for Excellence do reflect a widely shared understanding of environmental education, they were developed by a "writing team" comprised of environmental education professionals from a variety of backgrounds and organizational affiliations. This team took on the challenge of turning ideas about quality into usable guidelines. In addition, drafts of these guidelines were circulated widely to over 1,000 practitioners and scholars in the field (e.g., teachers, educational administrators, environmental scientists, and curriculum developers), and their comments were incorporated into successive revisions of the document.
This book represents another in a series of documents published by NAAEE as part of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education.
ISBN 1-884008-41-0
Web Site: http://naaee.org/npeee/materials_guidelines/guidelines.pdf
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Environmental Science: A Global Concern | William P Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham, & Barbara Woodworth Saigo
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Environmental Sciences - Global Studies - Human Communities - Stewardship
Environmental Science, Ninth Edition, is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one- or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level.
The goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date, introductory global view of essential themes in environmental science along with emphasis on details and case studies that will help students process and retain the general principles. Because most students who will use this book are freshman or sophomore non-science majors, the authors make the text readable and accessible without technical jargon or a presumption of prior science background. At the same time, enough data and depth are presented to make this book suitable for many upper-division classes and a valuable resource for students who will keep it in their personal libraries after their formal studies are completed.
About the Authors
William Cunningham is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Minnesota where he taught for 36 years in the Departments of Botany and Genetics and Cell Biology as well as the Conservation Biology Program, the Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability, the Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, and the McArthur Program in Global Change.
Mary Ann Cunningham teaches geography and geographic information systems (GIS), and environmental studies at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Her research involves using GIS to assess landscape-level problems in conservation and biodiversity.
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Environmental stewardship...the future is now | Altmayer, Frank
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Pollution
Deals with electroplating, metal finishing, equipment, waste, and pollution control.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Exploring Science Writing: An Environmental Focus | Michigan Sea Grant and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Programs
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Exotic Species - Eco-systems - Environmental Sciences - Environmental Studies
More than ever before, today's high school students must be prepared for a complex world where science plays a role in every sphere. Those who can understand and write science-based stories for the general public will continue to be in demand by newspapers, magazines, and media organizations. Exploring Science Writing: An Environmental Focus gives students and teachers an exciting place to start.
This 74-page reader introduces students to crucial issues facing the Great Lakes and oceans. The spiral-bound reader was developed in collaboration with more than 100 teachers. It features easy-to-teach writing principles, teaching notes, and teacher-developed activities to enhance high-school language arts, science, and interdisciplinary curriculums.
Web Site: http://seagrant.umn.edu/publications/S10
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Fixin' Fish: A Guide to Handling, Buying, Preserving and Preparing Fish | Jeffrey Gunderson
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Fish - Food Chain - Home Economics
Shows you how to get the best from your catch by handling it properly to keep it fresh and preparing it well. Recipes and ideas for cooking, pickling, and smoking all kinds of fish. Explanations of fish parasites and how to remove them are included.
Web Site: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/publications/C1
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Focus on the Waters | Environmental Communications
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Organization
Topics: Eco-systems - Exotic Species - Education - Lake
Focus on the Water, Minnesota's Lakeside Magazine, is a glossy, eight-issue per year publication which covers natural resource conservation and appreciation issues for over 26,000 readers. These affluent, highly educated readers are waterfront owners and others concerned with water stewardship and related issues -- property taxation, water quality, natural resource protection, environmentally sustainable development, legislative activity, lake association activism and lighter, life-style concerns such as land and aquascaping, gardening, wildlife and recreation.
For more information contact us by
Phone: 800-450-5253
enviroco@mlecmn.net
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Fostering Sustainable Behavior: Community-Based Social Marketing | Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine
Topics: Sustainability
A useful and action-oriented 77-page book "Fostering Sustainable Behavior" by Environmental psychologist Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D. can be downloaded for free at http://www.cbsm.com/public/images/FosteringSustainableBehavior.pdf.
From the preface of the book:
"Community-based social marketing draws heavily on research in social psychology which indicates that initiatives to promote behavior change are often most effective when they are carried out at the community level and involve direct contact with people. The emergence of community-based social marketing over the last several years can be traced to a growing understanding that programs which rely heavily or exclusively on media advertising can be effective in creating public awareness and understanding of issues related to sustainability, but are limited in their ability to foster behavior change.
This guide will provide you with the information you need to incorporate community-based social marketing techniques into the programs you design. After reading this online book, you will have a new set of tools at your disposal which you can use to create effective community programs to foster sustainable behavior."
McKenzie-Mohr's comprehensive web site above also offers a wide variety of other resources related to community-based social marketing, including large searchable databases of articles, case studies, strategies, and discussion forums. It's worth a visit for those interested in working to foster sustainable behaviors, such as those involved in conservation, energy efficiency, transportation, waste reduction, and water efficiency!
Please note that new users of the site may need to register and create a user profile before receiving access to all of the resources included on the site.
For more information visit http://www.cbsm.com/
Web Site: http://www.cbsm.com/
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Getting Started: A Guide to Bringing Environmental Education into your Classroom | National Consortium for Environmental Education and Training (NCEET)
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine - Higher Education - Curriculum
Topics: Curriculum - Education - Teaching
This publication was prepared in 1994 by the National Consortium for EE and Training (NCEET), led by the University of Michigan, in collaboration with the National EE and Training Foundation. It was developed to introduce teachers to EE and to suggest different approaches to bringing EE into their classroom. The publication discusses how to network with environmental educators and how to obtain financial support for EE programs. It includes examples of experiences teachers have had in bringing EE into their classrooms, and contains suggestions on where to look for instructional materials, workshops, courses, and in-service opportunities.
Web Site: http://eelink.umich.edu
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Glossary of the Great Lakes: A Minnesota Perspective
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Lake - Water
The concept for the glossary grew out of public confusion about the multitude of local, state, federal and international regulations, initiatives, and programs related to managing the Great Lakes natural environment. The purpose of the glossary is to provide a quick and easy reference to environmental programs related to the Great Lakes, including organizations, regulations, initiatives, terms and even acronyms. It was developed primarily from the Minnesota perspective, and does not include all programs from other Great Lakes states or provinces (although it does include many of them).
Web Site: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/publications/G1
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Grandparents Minnesota Style: Places to Go & Wisdom to Share | By Mike Link & Kate Crowley
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Outdoor Recreation
Grandparents love spending time with their grandchildren and this book has great trips, adventures and outings that will result in memorable, fun and enlightening experiences for all. Authors Mike Link and Kate Crowley have selected unique Minnesota places that are great opportunities for grandparents to share their stories and wisdom.
Features:
6" x 9" | softcover
ISBN:978-1-59193-148-5
Web Site: http://www.adventurepublications.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jqgmfrd0
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Green Teacher
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Education - Curriculum - Environmental Sciences - Global Studies
Green Teacher Magazine
The Green Teacher Magazine helps youth educators enhance environmental and global education inside and outside of schools. Our magazine is published four times a year and has fifty pages full of ideas and activities.
Each issue contains:
Green Teacher Books
Green Teacher also offers a series of Teaching Green books - The Elementary Years, The Middle Years, and The High School Years.
These books are a resource for anyone working with young people, whether in schools or in non-formal educational settings. They offer teaching strategies that promote learning about natural systems and foster critical thinking about environmental issues. They contain new approaches to learning, strategies for learning to live sustainably, and numerous activities that promote interdisciplinary learning.
For more details or to order copies, visit http://www.greenteacher.com/
Web Site: http://www.greenteacher.com
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Headwaters Coloring Book Now Available | Pat Oldum, artist. Dr. A. Elwell, editor
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Food Chain,Eco-systems - Rivers,General Ecology - Eco-systems - General Ecology
Headwaters Coloring Book Now Available
Following almost a year of development, The Mississippi River Headwaters Coloring Book is available for $5.00 each at Headwaters Science Center bookstore in Bemidji. With drawings by HSC artist/volunteer Pat Oldham and text by Center director Laddie Elwell, the 32-page coloring book is designed for 8th grade to adult level. The artwork and text provides a "biological tour" of the Mississippi Headwaters Ecosystem, including both plants and animals and descriptions of major natural communities. Trophic levels and ecosystem function are treated briefly. There are glossary and reference sections. For information on ordering this unique book, write to HSC, 413 Beltrami Ave., Bemidji, MN 56601 or call (218) 444-44472. Email oishsc@northernnet.com
Web Site: http://www.HSCBemidji.org
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Hiking Minnesota with Kids | Mary Bauer
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Outdoor Recreation
Family fun begins here! Grab this book and head outdoors for great hikes that are fun, easy and entertaining. Mary Bauer has assembled terrific hikes with accompanying scavenger hunts that kids will love. This special package will so engage the kids, they won't even realize they're doing something healthy.
Special Bonus and Features:
Inside the back cover: your child's own booklet for them to check off their finds and a magnifying ruler for those up-close and personal looks at insects, leaves or butterflies.
~ 21 great Minnesota hikes the whole family will love
~ trivia questions and scavenger hunts for each and a booklet for recording the finds
~ all the details that parents want including directions, trail specifics, tips on where to eat and stay and what else to do in the area
144 pages
5-1/2" x 8-1/2"
softcover
Web Site: http://www.adventurepublications.net
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How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields | Tom Schwartz
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Stewardship - Sustainability
Mother Nature has a terrible dilemma. Supreme Queen Bee, Queen Bluefire, no longer wants the responsibility of getting all the flowers to grow. Her bees want to play and have fun. They no longer want to work to pollinate the flowers. Oh dear, what's Mother Nature to do?
And that's only the beginning of her troubles. Can she get the beavers to irrigate the fields and save them from rampaging bears? Can she get the earthworms to fertilize the soil?
Let us hope so or otherwise the flowers won't bloom and blossom.
ISBN: 1-57545-102-6
Reading level: Ages 7-11
Page count: 160
Publication date: February 2006
Note: There is a Teacher's classroom guide in book.
In print, the book is available in a large-format trade paperback (ISBN-13:9781575451022), a trim-size trade paperback (ISBN-13:9781575451428) and a Teacher's Classroom special edition (ISBN-13:9781575451039). In digital, the book is available on ready-to-play Playaway audio devices as well as in ebook and audio for your school library and public library through multiple media partners."
About Tom Schwartz:
Retired USAF Lt. Col., Tom Schwartz has written an environmental story for elementary school children, which was published by Reagent Press (website http://www.reagentpress.com/tomschwartz.htm). Tom Schwartz was born in December 1930, in Brooklyn, NY where he attended Public Schools including the Manhattan H S of Aviation Trades. In 1951 he enlisted in the Navy and won a "Fleet" appointment to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Upon graduation, he served in the US Air Force where he spent most of his 27 years in the Research and Development area. After retiring from the Air Force as a Lt. Col., he worked for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as a Program Manager. He now resides in Melbourne, Florida, where he continues to work for CSC part time, and enjoys writing nature stories for children. He is a guest speaker at the elementary schools in central Florida, and has been to over 60 schools speaking to 2nd through 5th grade students. The book, "How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields of Earth and Mars," is included in the elementary school's Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader Program.
Web Site: http://www.reagentpress.com/tomschwartz.htm
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How We Know What We Know about Our Changing Climate | Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Climatology - Global Studies - Environmental Sciences
Two leading environmental authors, Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, have come together to produce a new book for middle school-age children that explains climate science. How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate (Dawn Publications, March 2008) presents clear science and outstanding photos of the evidence from flowers, butterflies, frogs, trees, glaciers, ice cores, and much more, gathered by leading scientists all over the world.
When the weather changes daily, how do we really know that Earth's climate is changing? Here is the science behind the headlines - evidence from flowers, butterflies, birds, frogs, trees, glaciers and much more, gathered by scientists from all over the world, sometimes with assistance from young "citizen-scientists." And here is what young people, and their families and teachers, can do to learn about climate change and take action. Climate change is a critical and timely topic of deep concern, here told in an age-appropriate manner, with clarity and hope. Kids can make a difference!
ISBN 978-1-58469-103-7
Please note that Dawn Publications also offers an excellent companion Teacher's Guide designed to help teachers and students explore global warming through engaging lessons and classroom activities.
Web Site: http://www.dawnpub.com/shopping_cart/INDEX.CFM?ProductID=135&do=detail
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I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature | Jennifer Ward
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Natural Sciences - Outdoor Recreation
Organized by season, and appropriate for urban, suburban and rural settings, I Love Dirt! presents a year's worth of activities to help further children's understanding of the natural world by promoting exploration, stimulating the imagination, and creating a sense of wonder.
Paperback
144 pages
Publisher: Trumpeter (May 13, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590305353
ISBN-13: 978-1590305355
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Interpretation By Design: Graphic Design Basics for Heritage Interpreters | Paul Caputo, Shea Lewis, and Lisa Brochu
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Communications
Interpreters and educators use exhibits, brochures, signs, websites, site publications, and other visual media to tell their stories. Written for those who have little or no training in graphic design but find themselves responsible for creating or overseeing the production of nonpersonal media, Interpretation By Design focuses on using basic principles of both graphic design and interpretation in nonpersonal media.
Written by NAI Art Director Paul Caputo, Parkin Archeological State Park (Arkansas) Superintendent Shea Lewis, and NAI Associate Director Lisa Brochu, this book addresses how to make decisions about type, color, and composition, as well as why an interpretive approach may be more effective for communicating with your audience.
Order yours at www.interpnet.com/store.
Publication Year: 2008
ISBN-10: 1-879931-25-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-879931-25-1
Web Site: http://www.interpnet.com/store
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Kids in Discovery (KIDS) Student Books | Project WET
Resource type: Curriculum - Booklet - Book/Magazine
Topics: Water - Environmental Sciences
These colorful, 16 page activity booklets are written and illustrated for eight through twelve-year-olds. Creative and hands-on investigations, demonstrations, science experiments, educational games and stories to stimulate understanding of booklet's topic. These informative, inexpensive booklets make excellent handouts to complement school curriculums, the Reference and Activity Guides, or stand alone as a fun introduction to water knowledge. Example topics include water cycle, wetlands, fishing, water conservation, oceans, rivers, ground water, and water quality.
Web Site: http://store.projectwet.org/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=8ae65f0bd869
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Last Child in the Woods | Richard Louv
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Conservation - Culture - Wildlife - Humanities
In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation-he calls it nature-deficit-to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.
Last Child in the Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults. More than just raising an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions and simple ways to heal the broken bond-and they are right in our own backyard.
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Lateral Leadership: Getting it Done When You Are Not the Boss | Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Leadership
This book is a guide to improving collaboration to get things done when you are not in charge, no matter what the task or situation. Gleaned from years experience as negotiators, mediators, and consultants the authors have provided a framework consisting of purpose, thinking, learning, engagement, and feedback.
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Leadership: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition | Peter G. Northouse
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Leadership
Leadership, 2nd edition describes and analyzes a wide variety of theoretical approaches to leadership with a focus on how each theory can be used to employed to improve leadership in real-world organizations.
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Leopold Education Project Facilitator Training Workshop | Leopold Education Project - Pheasants Forever
Resource type: Teacher Training - Curriculum - Course/Workshop - Book/Magazine
Topics: Conservation,Stewardship - Land,General Ecology - Stewardship - General Ecology
Leopold Education Project (LEP) staff conduct two-day facilitator training workshops throughout the U.S. Workshop participants investigate Aldo Leopold's land ethic and are encouraged to discuss and examine Leopold's philosophy as it relates to their lives. Teaching strategies are provided to assist participants in fostering a land ethic among their students and among other educators. Instruction in the use of curriculum materials and facilitation is also provided. Graduate credit is available at most workshops.
Web Site: http://www.lep.org
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Mammal Tracks and Scat: Life-Size Tracking Guide | Lynn Levine
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Animals
Mammal Tracks and Scat: Life-Size Tracking Guide, by Lynn Levine, a Vermont consulting forester and environmental educator, is a book written for the beginner tracker. This year-round, waterproof guide, contains life-size illustrations of both tracks and scat (Yes, scat!) and is organized with an original key to help the tracker determine the species of animal, and become a detective gathering evidence to discover the "story" at the scene of the mystery.
Web Site: http://heartwoodpress.com/
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Marco the Molecule: Water Adventure and Activity Book | By Rick Reynolds, Engaging Press
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Booklet
Topics: Water
Join Marco the Molecule for his 4 BILLION year-long adventure! As a water molecule, life is almost never dull.
Marco is a humble water molecule who stars in this unique story and activity book. Despite some suspenseful moments, Marco has a blast exploring the water cycle. Along the way, he and his young readers also learn how essential he and his water molecule friends are for life on Earth. Created by veteran educator Rick Reynolds, author of The EverGreen Twins Activity Book, the captivating story is followed by engaging activities designed to reinforce key concepts.
Fully illustrated and filled with humor to engage all ages, the 7 parts of his water adventure story are followed by a variety of enjoyable activities designed to reinforce key terms and concepts such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, runoff, and erosion.
Published in 2012;
57 pages
For more information visit http://www.engagingpress.com/marco-the-molecule/
Author/Illustrator Rick Reynolds, M.S.Ed. will be happy to answer your inquiries personally. Ask about discounts for 2 or more books.
Web Site: http://www.engagingpress.com/marco-the-molecule/
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Marine Science Careers: A Sea Grant Guide to Ocean Opportunities | University of New Hampshire Sea Grant
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Environmental Sciences - Science - Engineering - Water
This guide is designed for high school students interested
in the marine sciences. It describes the job possibilities and
probabilities in this field for today and the years to come.
The guide focuses on four major career areas: marine
biology, oceanography, ocean engineering and closely-related
fields--as well as careers that involve both the oceans and
the Great Lakes. It contains question-and-answer profiles
and photos of 38 marine scientists and other professionals
from around the country.
Web Site: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/publications/S7
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Materials and the Environment: Wood as a Global Resource | Bowyer, J.; Jacobson, K.; Laursen, S.
Resource type: Video - Book/Magazine - Learning Kit
Topics: Forests/Trees - Sustainable Development - Business - Environmental Health
An excellent package for stimulating and focusing group discussion about the role of wood products in responsible environmentalism. The 15-minute video presents material which is essential to understanding the global social, economic, and ecological aspects of natural resource conservation and development. It explains global implications of using wood or wood substitutes to support rapidly expanding populations, and looks at the global economic and ecological consequences of various options. The Leader's Guide contains an elaboration of the video content, a questionnaire to help participants examine their own environmental perceptions and misconceptions, and a question-and-answer section providing answers to some commonly asked questions on the topics presented in the video. Additional information is provided for these seeking more in depth knowledge on fire ecology and forest landscapes.
Web Site: http://www.forestinfo.org/teaching_unit/materials-and-the-env
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Mentoring: A Practical Guide | Gordon F. Shea
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Leadership - Humanities - Sociology - Human Communities
Shea describes the art of mentoring from various perspectives and includes chapters on mentors, mentees, various behaviors of success, and cultural considerations.
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Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom | Al Withers, Program Director
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine - Learning Kit
Topics: Education - Agriculture - Curriculum - Stewardship
The Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom program provides materials, programs and other opportunities, especially to K-12 youth and educators, in helping to develop an understanding and awareness of agriculture and its importance to Minnesota, the nation and the world.
The mission of Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) education program is to promote understanding and awareness of the importance of agriculture. The program offers many free teacher resources via the MN Department of Agriculture website.
The third edition of the Food for Thought Minnesota Mapping Curriculum is now available; it was produced in collaboration with the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education.
AgMag and AgMag Jr are available to download along with a teacher guide for grades 4-6.
Preview segments of the Fields of Energy DVD about ethanol, cellulose, and biodiesel.
Web Site: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/kids.aspx
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Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Resource type: Speaker - Book/Magazine
Topics: Economics - Eco-systems
Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III or other attorneys
are available to speak on environmental issues including legal
environmental enforcement issues. Also available: "Eco Sense,"
an Economic Environmental Learning Kit for either K-6 or 7-12 grade students.
Minnesota Attorney General's Office
102 State Capital
Saint Paul, MN 55155
612-296-6196
Contact Lee Paddock for information about speakers or Lisa Hertzberg for printed materials.
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Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine | Minnesota DNR
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Wildlife - Conservation - Water
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer presents Minnesotans with some of the state's finest nature writers, photographers, artists, and conservationists. Their work reflects our commitment to sharing and protecting the rich and diverse fabric of the state's wild places. Since publication of the first issue in 1940, our mission has always been to advocate conservation and careful use of Minnesota's natural resources in the hope that they will continue to sustain, delight, and inspire future generations.
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer goes to more than 150,000 Minnesotans. Supported entirely by readers' contributions, it is truly the people's magazine of Minnesota's woods, waters, and wildlife.
Every issue of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer features a Young Naturalists story for students. Beautiful color photographs and artwork illustrate stories that cover a variety of topics related to Minnesota's natural world. Downloadable teachers guides for every Young Naturalists story help teachers bring a wide range of educational disciplines to each lesson.
Bulk classroom sets can be purchased at $9.00 per student for a one-year subscription (six issues). To setup a bulk order, please contact David Lent at 651-259-5347 or david.lent@state.mn.us
Find free teachers guides at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists
Teachers, students, and parents can individually subscribe to reader-supported Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/subscribe_online.html
Web Site: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer
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Minnesota Fish Consumption Advisory May 1996 | Minnesota Department of Health Division of Environmental Health Health Risk Assessment Unit
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Health - Food Chain - Rivers
List of health-bases advice for eating fish from over 600 lakes and 75 river locations in Minnesota . Result of annual testing program of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. See also "Fish Consumption Advisory Order Form" from the Minnesota Department of Health.
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Minnesota Roadsides Newsletter | Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN/DOT)
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Transportation - Landscape - Resource Management - Wetlands
Minnesota Roadsides is a quarterly newsletter devoted to:
(1) advocating wise stewardship in managing Minnesota roadsides,
(2) promoting integrated roadside vegetation management practices;
(3) recognizing individuals or teams of people who have made significant contributions in improving roadsides;
(4) providing an exchange of educational information on roadside research and practical management techniques.
Other topics include urban forestry, roadsides for wildlife,
wildlife habitat, prairie restoration, roadside landscaping,
and volunteer programs.
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Bemidji Sheet | R. A. Erickson, R. H. Rust, G. F. Harms
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
Covers an area of about 5.9 million acres in northwestern Minnesota, from 47
to 48 degrees N latitude and from 94 degrees W longitude to Minnesota's
western border (area extends from Lake Winnibigoshish to Grand Forks and
includes part or all of 13 counties). Provides essential information for
broad planning, such as locating processing plants in areas suitable for
various crops; determining areas' potential for various types of farming,
forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and paper
mills in areas of greatest potential supply; and locating feasible routes for
utility lines and highways. (More detailed soil surveys should be used for
specific planning of individual farms, cities, recreation areas, tax
equalization and road building. 24 tables describe features of soil
landscapes in the Bemidji Sheet's geomorphic areas. 14 b/w, 10 color photos.
Discusses development of landforms in the area as well as the
area's climate, agriculture, forestry, recreation and hydrology. A separate
color map shows the Bemidji Sheet's geomorphic areas and soil landscapes.
For regional planners, development agencies, government personnel, businesses
and industries, engineers, and junior high, high school and college science
teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Brainerd Sheet | H.F. Arneman; R.A. Erickson; G.F. Harms; L.D. Hanson; R.H. Rust; H.E. Wright, Jr.
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers an area of about 5,111,000 acres in west central Minnesota, from 46 to 47 degrees N latitude and from 94 degrees W longitude to Minnesota's western border (extends from Brainerd to Fargo and includes all or part of 13 counties). Provides essential info for broad planning, such as determining areas suitable for various crops to enable processors to locate plants in areas of greatest potential; determining areas' potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; locating sources of sand and gravel; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and lumber mills in areas of greatest supply; and locating feasible routes for utility lines and highways. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 19 tables describe features of soil landscapes in the Brainerd Sheet's geomorphic areas. Discusses climate of the area. 10 color, 4 b/w photos. A separate color map shows the area's geomorphic regions and soil landscapes.
For engineers, regional planners, development agencies, government personnel, businesses and industries, and junior high, high school and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Duluth Sheet | R.A. Erickson, R.H. Rust, G.F. Harms, L.D. Hanson, H.E. Wright, Jr.
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers an area of about 3.8 million acres in northeastern
Minnesota, from 46 to 47 degrees N latitude and from 92 to 94 degrees W
longitude, including the area east of 92 degrees longitude between Lake
Superior and 47 degrees N longitude (includes part or all of 10 counties).
Provides essential information for broad planning, such as locating
processing plants in areas suitable for various crops; determining areas'
potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining
areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; locating sources of
peat, sand and gravel; locating pulp or paper mills in areas of greatest
potential supply; and locating feasible routes for utility lines and
highways. (More detailed soil surveys should be used for specific planning of
farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building.) 23
tables describe features of soil landscape units in the geomorphic regions
within the Duluth Sheet. 6 b/w, 10 color photos. Discusses develop
ment of the area's landforms as well as its climate, forestry, agriculture,
recreation and water resources. Separate color map shows the area's
geomorphic areas and soil landscapes. For regional planners, development
agencies, government personnel, civil engineers, businesses and industries,
and junior high, high school and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Hibbing Sheet | R.A. Erickson; G.F. Harms; R.H. Rust; H.E. Wright, Jr.; T.C. Winter
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
Covers an area of about 4 million acres in northeastern Minnesota, ranging
from 47 to 48 degrees N latitude and from 92 to 94 degrees W longitude
(includes all or part of 5 counties). Provides essential information for
broad planning, such as determining areas suitable for various crops to enable processors to locate plants in areas of greatest potential;
determining an area's potential for various types of farming, forestry or
recreation; locating sources of sand and gravel; preparing wildlife density
maps; locating pulp and lumber mills in areas of greatest potential supply; and
locating feasible routes for utility lines and highways. (More detailed soil
surveys should be used for specific planning of individual farms, cities,
recreation areas, tax equalization and road building.) 19 tables describe
features of soil landscapes in the Hibbing Sheet's geomorphic areas.
Discusses development of landforms, climate, forestry and recreation of the
area. 16 color photos. Separate color map shows the Hibbing
Sheet's geomorphic areas and soil landscapes. For engineers, planners,
development agencies, government personnel, businesses and industries, and
junior high, high school and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--International Falls-Two Harbors Sheets | R.A. Erickson; J.C. Harries; R.H. Rust; R.L. Skarie; H.E. Wright, Jr.; E.L. Kuehnast
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers two areas in northeastern Minnesota. The International Falls sheet covers about 2,053,000 acres, extending from 48 degrees N latitude to the Canada-Minnesota border and between 92 and 94 degrees W longitude (includes northern St. Louis County and the central and northeastern portions of Koochiching County). The Two Harbors sheet covers about 3,063,000 acres, extending from the Canada-Minnesota border south to 47 degrees N latitude and Lake Superior and between 92 degrees W longitude and Lake Superior (includes all of Lake and Cook counties and the easternmost portion of St. Louis County). Provides essential info for broad planning, such as determining areas suitable for various crops to enable processors to locate plants in areas of greatest potential; determining areas' potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; locating sources of sand and gravel; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and lumber mills in areas of greatest supply; and locating feasible routes for utility lines and highways. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 16 tables describe features of soil landscapes in the geomorphic areas
within the International Falls and Two Harbors sheets. Discusses development
of the areas' landforms as well as their climate, forestry and recreation.
10 color, 13 b/w photos. Includes 2 separate color maps that show the
geomorphic regions and soil landscapes within the International Falls and Two
Harbors sheets. For engineers, regional planners, development agencies,
government personnel, businesses and industries, and junior high
, senior high and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--New Ulm Sheet | G.F. Harms; R.H. Rust; L.D. Hanson; J.F. Cummins; H.E. Wright, Jr.; E.L. Kuehnast
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers southwestern Minnesota, an area that ranges from the Iowa border to 45 degrees N latitude and from 94 degrees W longitude to Minnesota's border with South Dakota. Provides essential info for broad planning, such as providing soils information related to the suitability for various crops and locating processing plants and agricultural service industries; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; locating sources of sand and gravel; and identifying soil conditions for highway and utility line routes. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 17 tables describe features of soil landscapes in the New Ulm Sheet's
geomorphic areas. Discusses development of landforms, agriculture and
climate of the area. 10 color, 9 b/w photos. A separate color map shows the
New Ulm Sheet's geomorphic areas and soil landscapes. For planners,
development agencies, engineers, government personnel, businesses and
industries, and junior high, high school and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Roseau Sheet | R.A. Erickson, A.S. Robertson, D.D. Barron, G.F. Harms, R.L. Skarie, R.H. Rust
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers about 6.2 million acres of northwestern Minnesota,
from 48 to 49 degrees N latitude and from 94 degrees W longitude to the Red
River on Minnesota's western border (includes all or part of 9 counties).
Provides essential information for broad planning, such as locating
processing plants in areas suited to various crops; determining the potential
for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that
would benefit from drainage or irrigation; locating sources of sand gravel; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and lumber
mills in areas of greatest potential supply; and locating feasible routes for
utility lines and highways. (More detailed soil surveys should be used for
specific planning of individual farms, cities, recreation areas, tax
equalization and road building.) 7 tables describe features of soil
landscapes in the Roseau Sheet's geomorphic regions. Discusses development
of landforms, climate, agriculture, forestry and recreation of the area. 14 b/w, 10 color photos. Separate color map shows geomorphic areas and
soil landscapes for the Roseau Sheet. For planners, development agencies,
government personnel, engineers, businesses and industries, and junior high,
high school and college science teachers.
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--St. Cloud Sheet | R.A. Erickson; R.H. Rust; J.C. Harris; L.D. Hanson; H.E. Wright, Jr.; C.L. Matsch
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers an area of about 5,568,000 acres in west central Minnesota, from 45 to 46 degrees N latitude and from 90 degrees W longitude to Minnesota's border with the Dakotas. Provides essential info for broad planning, such locating processing plants in areas suitable for various crops; determining an area's potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and paper mills in areas of greatest potential supply; and locating feasible routes for utility lines, highways. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 22 tables describe features of soil landscape units in the geomorphic regions within the St. Cloud Sheet. Discusses development of landforms, climate, agriculture, woodland and recreation of the area. 10 color, 10 b/w photos. Separate color map shows the St. Cloud Sheet's
geomorphic areas and soil landscapes. For regional planners, development
agencies, government personnel, engineers, businesses and industries, and
junior high, high school and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--St. Paul Sheet | G.F. Harms; R.H. Rust; J.E. Cummins; H.E. Wright, Jr.; C. Matsch
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers an area of about 6,633,300 acres in southeastern Minnesota, from the Iowa-Minnesota border to 45 degrees N latitude and from the Minnesota-Wisconsin border to 94 degrees W longitude (includes all or part of 24 counties). Provides essential info for broad planning, such as determining areas suitable for various crops to enable processors to locate plants; determining potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; preparing wildlife density maps; locating lumber mills within areas of greatest potential supply; and locating feasible routes for utility lines and highways. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 21 tables describe features of soil landscapes in the St. Paul Sheet's
geomorphic areas. Discusses development of the area's landforms as well as
its climate, woodland and recreation. 17 color photos. Separate color map
shows the St. Paul Sheet's geomorphic areas and soil landscapes. For
regional planners, development agencies, government personnel, engineers,
businesses and industries, and junior high, high school and college science
teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Soil Atlas--Stillwater Sheet | G. F. Harms, L. D. Hanson, R. H. Rust J.F. Cummins, H.E. Wright, Jr.
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geology - Business - Resource Management - Land
This soil atlas covers an area of about 2.7 million acres in east central Minnesota, from 45 to 46 degrees N latitude and from 94 degrees W longitude to Minnesota's eastern border on the St. Croix River. Area includes part or all of 13 counties. Provides essential info for broad planning, such locating processing plants in areas suitable for various crops; determining an area's potential for various types of farming, forestry or recreation; determining areas that would benefit from drainage or irrigation; preparing wildlife density maps; locating pulp and paper mills in areas of greatest potential supply; locating feasible routes for utility lines, highways; and serving as a reference for science teachers. More detailed surveys should be used for specific planning of farms, cities, recreation areas, tax equalization and road building. 10 tables describe features of soil landscapes in the Stillwater Sheet's
geomorphic regions. 11 color, 11 b/w photos. Discusses geomorphic regions
of the Stillwater Sheet and the area's climate, agriculture, woodland and
recreation. Separate color map shows the area's geomorphic areas and soil
landscapes. For regional planners, development agencies, government
personnel, engineers, businesses and industries, and junior high, high school
and college science teachers.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Stormwater Manual
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Water
The Minnesota Stormwater Steering Committee is proud to present the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. As a group of public and private stakeholders, the Stormwater Steering Committee is charged to inform, advise and coordinate stormwater management efforts across the state. One of the key efforts of this group was to write and maintain a comprehensive stormwater-management manual that specifically addresses Minnesota stormwater issues.
The Minnesota Stormwater Manual is a valuable tool for stormwater managers; it helps professionals and newcomers manage stormwater in a way that conserves, enhances, and restores high-quality water in our lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater, ensuring a high quality of life for all Minnesotans.
The manual is a dynamic document. User comments will guide the Stormwater Steering Committee's twice-yearly revisions. Major revisions will take place every two years. In either case, the most recent version will be posted on the web page. Be sure to check version numbers on printed or downloaded chapters against those below to insure that you're working with the most recent version. Minnesota Stormwater Manual users who register their e-mail address on site will be kept informed of updates to the manual.
Users are encouraged to use the electronic version of the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. If you're interested in a paper copy of the Minnesota Stormwater Manual, please send a request from the web site. We're sorry, but no printing of the Manual is currently planned and no printing would occur unless there is sufficient demand to justify it.
Web Site: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/stormwater-manual.html
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Minnesota Trees | David M. Rathke
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Forests - Botany - Landscape - Natural Sciences
This book allows the user to identify over 100 species of native and introduced trees found in Minnesota. Includes detailed descriptions and line drawings for identifying tree year-round. Provides step-by-step identification keys and short-cut guides, interesting information on each species and projects to help users to enjoy learning about trees. An excellent reference for homeowners, woodland owners, teachers, botany and natural science students, 4-H'ers, nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. Spiralbound softcover.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Resource Center
Resource type: Book/Magazine - DVD - Research - Slides
Topics: Habitat - Wildlife - Education - Resource Management
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is one of a handful of urban refuges nationwide and reflects the commitment of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop an informed and involved citizenry that will support fish and wildlife conservation through environmental education, scientific research, and recreation. In the heart of the Twin Cities metro area, the Resource Center at Minnesota Valley provides professional assistance and accessible workspace in a scenic bluff-top location.
The Resource Center collection reflects the management of Minnesota Valley NWR, the National Wildlife Refuge system, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service commitment to environmental education. Resources include books and periodicals, videos and photographs, displays and educational trunks, environmental education curriculum, and management documents. Services are offered at no charge to regional personnel and partners, educators, and the public during regular visitor hours.
Web Site: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/MinnesotaValley/
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Minnesota's Consumer Handbook to Reducing Waste | Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Source Reduction - Waste Prevention - Recycling
This handy booklet is easy to understand and use. With its easy to follow suggestions for reducing waste, you are able to implement the actions immediately without great sacrifice or effort. "Reduce, reuse, recycle, and respond" is its theme.
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Mississippi Headwaters Guide Book: Guide to the natural, cultural, scenic, scientific & recreational values of the Mississippi River's first | Mississippi Headwaters Board; illustrations & photos by Peter L. Card III
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Rivers - Environmental Health - Stewardship - History
This Guide Book to the first 400 miles of the Mississippi River surveys the natural, cultural, scenic, scientific and recreational values of the Mississippi Headwaters in northern Minnesota. The Guide Book describes the natural topography, vegetation, water quality and animal life associated with the river. It also describes how people have lived with the river, beginning with the nomadic people who visited here 10,000 years ago, and the various Native cultures who first populated the headwaters, and concluding with how people use the river now and what current threats exist.
Like the river it describes, the Guide Book is beautiful. It tells the story of the river's natural and human history using original drawings, photographs and color maps of the river and its shorelands.
The Guide Book is available from the Mississippi Headwaters Board or is available from your regional public library.
Web Site: http://mississippiheadwaters.org/
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Mississippi Headwaters Management Plan and Model Ordinance: Rules and principles guiding protection of the first 400 miles of the Mississip | Mississippi Headwaters Board
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Resource Management - Sustainable Development - Rivers - Stewardship
The Management Plan describes the organization, mission and authority of the Mississippi Headwaters Board, an eight-county joint powers board, established by Minnesota Statutes in 1980 to protect the natural, cultural, scenic, scientific and recreational values of the first 400 miles of the Mississippi River. The Plan includes a copy of the Model Ordinance adopted by all eight member counties and a set of maps outlining the Board's corridor jurisdiction.
Web Site: http://mississippiheadwaters.org/
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Mississippi Waters | Mississippi Headwaters Board
Resource type: Video - Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Rivers - Environmental Studies - History - Geology
Mississippi Waters is a 30-minute video survey (with accompanying Study Guide) of the nature, geology and culture of the Mississippi Headwaters. The story is told through scenic footage of wildlife and the river, and historic art, photographs and drawings, Ojibwe storytelling and music. It introduces the different concepts of land ownership of white and native cultures and makes the case for continuing stewardship of the lands and waters of the Mississippi River. Produced by the Mississippi Headwaters Board in 1991, the video is only available through your local or regional library system. Copies of the Study Guide are available from the Mississippi Headwaters Board, however, they do not contain lesson plans or curriculum materials.
Web Site: http://mississippiheadwaters.org/
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Mr. Pish Learning Series | by K. S. Brooks
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Geography - Animals
Postcards from Mr. Pish: A Cross-Country Journal Volume 1 & 2 and Mr. Pish's Woodland Adventure comprise the three books in this educational series by author K. S. Brooks.
Mr. Pish's goal is to get kids excited about going outside and learning about the world around them. Mr. Pish's books are used in elementary school classrooms across the United States and even in Europe to teach kids about North American geography, history, and ecology.
Join Mr. Pish on one of his great adventures and have fun learning without realizing that's what you're doing!
Postcards from Mr. Pish Volume 1 & 2 follows the adorable Jack Russell Terrier, Mr. Pish, as he embarks on an adventure, traveling from his home in Washington State, up into Canada, and all the way to the East Coast. The books feature full-color photographs from all over Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, Alexandria, Moorhead and more.
"We had a wonderful time exploring Minnesota. We discovered so many unique venues," author K. S. Brooks explained. "A Viking ship, a runestone, and trumpeter swans, to name a few: those are the types of things that Mr. Pish wants to share with his readers."
Mr. Pish hit the road back in January 2011 to research his new books and to promote outdoor learning and literacy. When he was done, he'd brought his tour tallies up to 41 States, Washington DC, and 7 Provinces of Canada. This caught the attention of FIDO Friendly Magazine who selected Mr. Pish as one of the top 50 in the world of dogs for their celebratory 50th issue (July/August 2011). Just last month, his second book, Mr. Pish's Woodland Adventure, was named to the Top 150 Books of 2011 by Conversations Book Club. "There is the perfect marriage of words and pictures that will keep your attention," says book club President, C.A. Webb.
More information about all of Mr. Pish's educational books and author K. S. Brooks is available at http://www.MrPish.com.
Web Site: http://www.MrPish.com
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Native Orchids of Minnesota | Welby R. Smith
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide
Topics: Botany - Natural Sciences
Native Orchids of Minnesota is both a guide and a resource for the serious naturalist, the weekend botanist, and the connoisseur of natural beauty.
Though often considered exotic and rare, orchids actually can be found across climates and continents - and Minnesota is no exception. The state is home to forty-nine wild orchids, occurring in every county. With a little patience, a modicum of outdoor experience, and this handy book, any Minnesotan can discover the common species of orchids in the wild.
Native Orchids of Minnesota features detailed drawings and color photographs that make reliable identification practical even for beginners. In-depth discussions of habitats and natural history for each species reveal intricate ecological relationships and seldom-seen aspects of orchid biology. The book includes distribution maps for each species of wild orchid found in Minnesota as well as maps showing generalized distribution throughout North America. It also contains a phenology chart depicting the range of flowering dates and a comprehensive glossary of terms.
Publication Date: April 23, 2012
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press (April 23, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816678235
ISBN-13: 978-0816678235
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.9 x 9 inches
About the Author
Welby R. Smith is the state botanist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in St. Paul. He is the author of Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota and a contributor to Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna, both published by Minnesota.
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Natural Wonders: A guide to early childhood for environmental educators | Minnesota Early Childhood Environmental Education Consortium with funding from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Ass
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Teaching
Available Free Online:
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/classrm_e.cfm
Environmental education organizations and other informal education venues have recently recognized the need to provide specialized programming for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families. Likewise, record numbers of parents, daycare providers and early childhood educators have begun seeking out nature centers, zoos and museums as places to help their not-yet school-aged children learn, grow and develop an appreciation of and love for nature. On the surface, it's a match made in heaven. However, unlike teachers in the formal school system who specialize in certain age groups, informal educators have to be ready and able to provide dynamic, interesting, relevant and appropriate programs for all ages—from preschool to senior citizens—often at a moment's notice.
While this kind of versatility is necessary, it can lead to one-size-fits-all programming that leaves preschoolers behind. But the more we learn about the brain and how experience affects growth and development, the more we see the need to specialize our approach to educating young children. Thanks to educators and researchers like Rousseau, Piaget, Froebel and Montessori, we've known for decades that children are not just smaller versions of adults, nor are preschoolers smaller versions of school-aged children. From years of research and practice, we know that very young children—infants, toddlers and preschoolers—are fundamentally different than older children and need to be taught in fundamentally different ways.
Since the late 1980s, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has led the way in defining what those ways are. This information has been available to early childhood educators for years, but has not been translated for use in environmental educational settings—until now.
This guide was written especially for naturalists and environmental educators interested in learning more about how and why young children think and act and how they can use this information to design developmentally appropriate programs and activities. However, it is not intended to be a recipe book. You won't find a prescribed method for teaching about maple syruping or pond study. Although we do provide guidelines on what makes a program or activity developmentally appropriate, we recognize that everyone's situation is different and allow for as much flexibility as possible.
How to use this guide
The sections of this guide become progressively more practical and specific—from understanding the basics of how young children think, to evaluating the developmental appropriateness of programs, and everything in between. Each section contains specific topics that explain in greater detail the elements of child development and what it means to facilitate young children's learning.
At the end of each topic, a chart is provided detailing information and examples of most appropriate, somewhat appropriate or least appropriate practices associated with those topics.
We have provided this chart as a gauge educators can use to identify where their teaching methods currently are on the developmentally appropriate continuum and what they can change about their methods to make them more developmentally appropriate. No one is developmentally appropriate 100 percent of the time. But if you challenge yourself to keep progressing along the continuum, you'll find it becomes easier and more rewarding for you and the children.
Practicing developmentally appropriate education is a constant and evolving process. Even veteran early childhood educators must evaluate their practices on a regular basis and adapt them to changing situations and children. The best way to evaluate your programs for developmental appropriateness is by being an active learner yourself: experiment, explore, seek questions and answers, test theories and invent new ways of approaching learning. And don't forget to have fun!
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Nature's Recyclers | Jeanne Gomoll, illustrator
Resource type: Performance/Art - Book/Magazine
Topics: Recycling - Compost - Art - Science
This coloring book, targeting grades K-3, introduces the students to natural recyclers such as lichen, worms, microbes, and mushrooms. It also gives tips on what you can do to help Nature's Recyclers recycle.
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New center promotes microscale chemistry to cut wastes | Ross, Linda
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Science - Curriculum
Covers chemistry, laboratories, waste reduction,and microscale.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Newcomers and the Environment - English as a Second Language EE Textbook | Multi-Cultural Educational Services
Resource type: Curriculum - Book/Magazine - Booklet
Topics: Diversity - Culture - Curriculum - Foreign Language
An ESL environmental education textbook is now available for free to use in your classes or tutoring sessions.
What's unique about this textbook?
Several things are unique. In this book we have profiled the lives of immigrants who work in the field of environmental education and protection. We answer a number of questions about each person. Why did they come to the United States? How did they chose their profession? What information do they want to pass on to other newcomers? These immigrants have come to America and successfully made a new life for themselves, as our students hope to do. They serve as an inspiration, both personally and professionally, to all who use this textbook. Second, from promoting recycling to using hazardous household chemicals safely, from reducing indoor air pollution to responsible hunting and fishing, from using outdoor recreational areas in Minnesota to protecting those areas for future generations, it will help students to understand how to live an environmentally friendly life in Minnesota. How to protect their families and the earth from environmental pollution is covered. The environmental education in this book is not available from other ESL materials. Finally, a multi-lingual glossary is included in the textbook which will help students learn the new environmental vocabulary. All students will benefit from the English definitions, and glossary words are also translated into Bosnian, Hmong, Russian, Spanish, Somali, and Vietnamese.
How will these textbooks benefit my students?
Students respond positively to materials that are tailored for their use. As newcomers to this country, most want to do the right thing, whether it's recycling properly, following hunting and fishing regulations, or keeping their home healthy. However, it's difficult for them to understand materials that are designed for the general public. Because of their limited English skills, students are not able to pick up the phone and easily get their questions answered. This book provides information that they want and need, and also provides links to agencies and other immigrants that students can contact to get additional information.
Will these books appeal to both students and instructors?
Absolutely! Instructors will find these textbooks easy to use, and the material written at a level appropriate for teaching ESL. They contain classroom tested ESL exercises which encourage students to use English and learn the rules of language. Reviewing the content of each lesson
will give students practical information about how to live in the US and be a friend of the environment. Instructors will find the stories interesting and inspiring. Students appreciate real representatives of their community used as role models. The stories about real people keep them interested in the environmental issues discussed, and the exercises help them improve
their English skills.
Should they be used in a classroom setting or can tutors use them?
Whether you are working with a class, or tutoring one-to-one, these textbooks will work well for you. In fact, anyone teaching ESL or environmental education can use these materials. The goal is to get this important environmental information to newcomers in a format that they
can understand.
Which ESL students can use "Newcomers and the Environment"?
The Intermediate Level book is written for students scoring 200 to 210 on the CASAS, or reading at the 2nd or 3rd grade level. The Advanced Level book is written for students scoring 211 and above on the CASAS, or reading at the 4th grade level or higher. Both textbooks were written for adult ESL programs, but are also suitable for younger students.
What topics are covered?
Following is the "Table of Contents":
Chapter 1 - Kou Xiong, Composting and reducing waste
Chapter 2 - Stefanie Pruegel, Recycling
Chapter 3 - Girma Yismaw, Preventing water pollution
Chapter 4 - Laura Au-Yeung, Improving indoor air quality
Chapter 5 - Zahra Niccu Tafarrodi, Preventing health problems from secondhand smoke
Chapter 6 - Nigatu Tadesse, Farming and the safe use of chemicals
Chapter 7 - Vuthy Pril, Fishing and hunting regulations
Chapter 8 - Phoukham (Pooh) Vongkhamdy, Conserving natural resources
Chapter 9 - Khoi Nguyen, Using state parks
Chapter 10 - Minnesota Fishing
Why are the textbooks free?
The Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (MOEA) is committed to funding projects that provide environmental information to groups that are difficult to reach. Immigrants and refugees qualify as a population that cannot easily access this important information. Therefore, through it's education grant program the MOEA has supported the creation and publication of an ESL textbook which conveys this information. The grant also supports the cost of shipping the textbooks to sites that can use the books, for as long as grant funds are available. In return, they want to know that these books will be used with ESL students in K-12 or adult programs, or with others who will benefit from this material.
How many textbooks can I order?
Order enough so that every student in your class, and all students being worked with one-on-one, will have their own book. You are encouraged to order enough to use for the remainder of this school year, and all of next school year. The books can be used with everyone who will benefit from learning English and environmental education.
How soon will I receive the books?
You can expect to receive delivery approximately two weeks from the time the order is received.
Who is the author?
Charles LaRue has been working as an ESL instructor for over 20 years. More than 10,000 copies of his previous ESL textbook, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," were used by ESL programs around the state of Minnesota. He wrote and classroom tested "Newcomers and the Environment."
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Nothing to Do | Douglas Wood
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Art - Natural Sciences
What do you do when there's nothing to do? Here's a book about exploring the delights of unscheduled time. No piano lessons, sports practice, afterschool classes, homework. Instead, bestselling author Douglas Wood gently points children to the magical worlds of the imagination, the mysteries of nature, and the deep satisfaction of finding out things on one's own. The perfect antidote for the overscheduled child, this wise yet playful book revels in the simple joys life has to offer.With brilliant, multifaceted patterned artwork that is the hallmark of Wendy Anderson Halperin, Nothing to Do reflects a wholly original vision of children's creativity.
Author Biography:
Douglas Wood lives in Sartell, Minnesota, where he writes, composes music, and leads nature walks. He is the author of many bestselling books for adults and children, including Old Turtle.
Wendy Anderson Halperin, the award-winning illustrator of many beloved books for children, lives in Michigan.
Pub. Date: May 2006
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Hardcover, 32pp
ISBN-13: 9780525476566
ISBN: 0525476563
Web Site: http://www.douglaswood.com/
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People and the Planet | Zero Population Growth
Resource type: Curriculum - Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Bio-Diversity - Population - Sustainable Development - Global Studies
People and the Planet: Lessons for a Sustainable Future is a curriculum guide for grades 6 - 9. An interdisciplinary, environmental education and global studies guide in one, People and the Planet covers concepts and objectives central to science, social studies, math, and family life education.
Through 30 hands-on (and minds-on) activities and four readings, students explore the interconnections of human population growth, natural resource use, solid waste management, biodiversity, social justice, and community well being.
Web Site: http://www.zpg.org
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Pesky Plants | Thor Kommedahl
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Botany - Wetlands - Forests - Prairies
This 71-page, spiralbound softcover deals with plants that are likely to be found in Minnesota and other north central states (the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio) that can cause skin irritation, blisters or hayfever; can be poisonous when eaten; have bothersome thorny seeds, stems or other parts; or can be troublesome at beaches and lakeshore properties. Provides information on the identification (including botanical line drawings), growth habits and control of more than 40 species of pesky plants as well as how to cope with the consequences of having a run-in with them. For homeowners, campers, fishers, hunters, hikers, joggers, parents, outdoorspersons and anyone else who wants to enjoy nature without being bothered by pesky plants.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Pollution prevention in chemical laboratory instruction | Mann, Kent R.
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Curriculum
Topics: Education - Pollution Prevention - Science - Research
A curriculum manual for higher ed in laboratory waste, pollution prevention, hazardous waste, chemistry, and laboratories.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Prairie Learning Trunk
Resource type: Learning Kit - Book/Magazine - Curriculum - Poster
Topics: Culture - Prairies - Wildlife - Botany
The Prairie Learning Trunk actually consists of 2 large trunks. There are books, posters, animal skulls (including a bison skull), tracks, pelts, prairie curriculum, video, games, pioneer clothes for role playing, puppets, prairie i.d. books, and much more!
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Preventing waste at the source: educating the public | Springer, Tim
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Recycling - Source Reduction
Journal article from Resource Recycling.
Web Site: http://www.mntap.umn.edu
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Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management, and Policy | Thomas V. Cech, University of Northern Colorado
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Higher Education - Curriculum - Course/Workshop
Topics: Water - Wetlands - Environmental Studies - Natural Sciences
Principles of Water Resources presents a long-awaited comprehensive look at our most precious resource. With its broad coverage of the history of water availability and use as well as government development, management and policy of water usage, this text is ideal for students of geography, biology, environmental studies, urban planning, geology, environmental engineering, soils and range sciences, watershed science, public administration, fisheries and wildlife, forestry resources, hydrology, natural resources, and ecology. The author has enlivened the text with interesting sidebars, policy issues, and closer looks at past and present examples of water use.
Table of Contents:
1. A historical perspective of water use and development
2. The Hydrologic Cycle: climate and weather
3. Surface water hydrology
4. Ground water hydrology
5. Municipal & irrigation water development
6. Dams
7. Water allocation law
8. Federal water agencies
9. Local, regional, state, and multi-state water management agencies
10.Water quality
11. Drinking water & wastewater treatment
12. Water and the environment
13. Water wars
14. Water and our future
If you are an instructor, you may request an Evaluation Copy of this textbook. Go to http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471438618,00.html to purchase the textbook or to receive an evaluation copy.
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Project Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: A Party for Moose | Steele County Environmental Services, Steele County 4-H, MN Office of Environmental Assistance
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Source Reduction - Waste Prevention - Recycling - Economics
In a colorful, comic newspaper, children learn about reducing, reusing, and recycling with Moose and his friends. Moose's friends prepare a surprise birthday party for him while practicing SMART (Save Money and Reduce Trash) Shopping. Four activities are also included in the newspaper. Since the comic is in Spanish and English, it is ideal for a language or cross-cultural class. It is just one component of the "SMART Shopping: Education Packet" also found in SEEK.
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Rachel Carson Toolkit | US Fish & Wildlife Service
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine - Video
Topics: Conservation - Education - Environmental Health
May 27, 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, one of the world's foremost leaders in conservation. Her work as an educator, scientist and writer revolutionized America's interest in environmental issues. Whether it was her passion for the oceans and coasts, her inspiration as one of the first female scientists and government leaders, or her overall footprint on the history of conservation, her legacy is certainly one to be honored and celebrated.
The US Fish & Wildlife Service offers an extensive website dedicated to Rachel Carson's educational efforts ~ Rachel Carson: A Conservation Legacy ~ located at http://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/.
One noteable resource is the Rachel Carson Educational Tooklit
What is the toolkit?
The toolkit provides guidance on developing special events and outdoor activities to celebrate Carson's work as a conservationist, connect children with nature, and inform the public about how we can all build on Carson's legacy.
The toolkit includes hands-on activities and environmental education programs you can share with local youth groups and ideas for hosting a special event. Toolkit contents are arranged in broad categories, so you're sure to find something that meets your interests.
The Toolkit contains:
We encourage you to take advantage of the toolkit for ideas on how you can participate in our nationwide celebration of Rachel Carson, a pioneering public servant and employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Your efforts can foster a sense of environmental stewardship in the next generation of conservationists.
If you have any questions on the toolkit or would like additional information, please contact Valerie_Fellows@fws.gov or visit http://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/toolkit/index.html
Web Site: http://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/toolkit/index.html
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Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) | Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM)
Resource type: Organization - Web Site - CD - Book/Magazine
Topics: Recycling - Waste Management - Compost - Waste Prevention
The Recycling Association of Minnesota is committed to promoting resource conservation through waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting and purchasing practices using the most cost effective and environmentally sound methods available in Minnesota.
We do this by holding conferences, convening educational forums, creating networking opportunities, disseminating timely information, and initiating cooperative dialogue among our diverse membership. RAM also provides outreach activities to the public through the America Recycles Day campaign, our web site, our partners websites, recycled product educational kits, our educational resource center and other means.
RAM has more than 200 members from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. RAM is the Minnesota affiliate of the National Recycling Coalition and the state organizer for America Recycles Day. RAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Web Site: http://www.recycleminnesota.org
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, a multi-language Textbook/Workbook | Charles LaRue
Resource type: Curriculum - Book/Magazine
Topics: Recycling - Diversity - Conservation - Source Reduction
There are three editions of this english-as-a-second-language (ESL) environmental education textbook/workbook. Each of these three textbooks/workbooks is translated into six languages. They are:
Edition A: Hmong, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Chinese
Edition B: Spanish, Russian, Bosnian, Somali, Farsi, Arabic
Edition C (a combination of the most used languages from Editions A and B): Spanish, Bosnian, Vietnamese, Russian, Somali, Hmong
These three textbooks/workbooks were written with two complementary goals in mind.
1. Create a textbook which both teachers and tutors could use to teach immigrants how to speak, read and write English. With this in mind, the book was set up so that each chapter includes between 3 and 5 ESL exercises. This gives students lots of opportunity to practice both written and spoken English .
2. Communicate information about reducing, reusing and recycling to immigrants with limited English skills, so that they would be more willing and able to participate in local recycling and waste reduction programs.
For reasons of clarity we have used over 100 different photographs to illustrate vocabulary words where appropriate, and translated key vocabulary words into 12 different languages.
We have written a Tutor Guide to explain how to use the ESL exercises effectively, and to help you get the most from "Reduce Reuse Recycle" as an ESL textbook. For your convenience, we have also included an answer key at the back of the guide.
We encourage you to write additional exercises based on the level of competency of your students. We would rather you used the book and changed the exercises, than to pass on the use of the book because it is either above or below the level of your students. There is so much data contained in the text that is helpful and necessary for newcomers to learn.
For more information or to download free copies of these books, go to http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/living-green/living-green-educators/ee-resources-for-multi-cultural-education.html
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Report Assessing EE in the United States and the Implementation of the National Environmental Education Act of 1990 | National EE Advisory Council
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Teaching
This report was prepared by the National EE Advisory Council as directed by the U.S. Congress under the National Environmental Education Act. The report discusses why EE is critical to our daily lives by helping to protect human health, advance quality education, and promote sustainable development. The report also indicates that although citizens are concerned about the environment and the demand for EE in our schools and communities is high, the public presently lacks sufficient knowledge and skills to implement the kinds of solutions needed to address today's environmental challenges. To address the many challenges facing the EE field, the report makes specific recommendations for state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and others.
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Restoration in the Barrens | Joe Riederer
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Prairies - Eco-systems - Human Communities - General Ecology
Orphaned at the age of thirteen, Corey Nelson is sent to live in rural Central Wisconsin. Corey's foster parents, Ben and Ellen Raine, introduce him to "The Barrens," a large wildlife area near their farmhouse. The Barrens quickly becomes Corey's refuge whenever things grow difficult. This vast area of prairie grass and scrub oak serves as a link to his late father, a botany professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Fitting in at school is difficult for Corey, and a poorly timed kiss doesn't help matters. It's not cool to know more about native plants than sports, but being cool is the least of his troubles. Coming to grips with the death of his parents, uncovering Ben and Ellen's painful past, and dealing with a science teacher with an attitude, are only a few of the problems that await him.
This novel, which weaves grassland ecology around the struggles of a
middle school student, can be a starting point for family and classroom explorations of the native landscapes that are just outside our door.
Joe Riederer has been teaching middle school science in Central Wisconsin for seventeen years and has been working with prairie projects for almost as long.
Web Site: http://www.bigbluestempress.com
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Right Tree Handbook, The | Harold Pellett, Nancy Rose and Mervin Eisel
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Horticulture - Human Communities - Safety
This 3-ring, looseleaf notebook has information that will make possible the selection of trees and large shrubs suitable for planting underneath or near power lines without requiring expensive and disfiguring pruning. Contains 119 fact sheets about cultivars and species that are adapted to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Each fact sheet gives a brief description (including 2 or 3 color photos); discusses site and climate requirements, culture, and disadvantages and limitations to each species' use. For utility companies, arborists, urban foresters, landscape professionals, garden center personnel, and homeowners.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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River Monitors Manual: Helping Minnesota's communities implement the River Watch model of water quality monitoring and river protection. | Mississippi Headwaters Board and River Council of MN
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Curriculum - Teacher Training
Topics: Water - Environmental Sciences - Rivers - Science
The River Monitors Manual produced by the Mississippi Headwaters Board will help citizens understand what keeps a river healthy, acquire the skills to investigate and evaluate the health of a river or stream, provide ideas for taking action to protect a river, and generate information that is valuable and useful to environmental decision makers. The Manual instructs readers the basic concepts of river ecology, the fundamentals of monitoring river water quality, how to interpret results and take actions to protect your river or stream. Using the River Watch monitoring model as a basis, the Manual will also help you choose the level of monitoring that is appropriate for the resources you have available.
Web Site: http://mississippiheadwaters.org/
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Roots and Research in Urban School Gardens (Book) | By: Veronica Gaylie
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Garden - Outdoor Recreation - Natural Sciences
This book explores the urban school garden as a bridge between environmental action and thought. As a small-scale response to global issues around access to food and land, urban school gardens promote practical knowledge of farming as well as help renew cultural ideals of shared space and mutual support for the organic, built environment.
Through a comprehensive history of school garden practice rooted in Eastern industrial cities, to case studies from four Pacific Rim regions, this book examines the practice and culture of the urban school garden as a central symbol for environmental learning.
As poetically described by students, teachers, and community members in both historical and contemporary gardens, the story of the urban school garden inspires a new narrative in connecting learners to the land.
Paperback: 195 pages
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; First printing edition (June 29, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1433115255
ISBN-13: 978-1433115257
For more information visit http://veronicagaylie.com/2011/07/18/roots-and-research-in-urban-school-gardens/
Web Site: http://veronicagaylie.com/2011/07/18/roots-and-research-in-urban-school-gardens/
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Roses for the North: Performance of Shrub and Old Garden Roses at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Kathy Zuzek, Marcia Richards, Steve McNamara, Harold Pellett
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Horticulture - Landscape - Pollution Prevention
With the help of this report, one can select winter-hardy roses that are much less likely to need to be sprayed with pesticides to control diseases or insects. Based on research in USDA Hardiness Zone 4a, this report rates 196 cultivars and species for floral traits, bloom pattern, plant size and habit, disease and insect tolerance, and winter injury. Discusses factors affecting flowering ability, winter survival and susceptibility to disease and insect pests. Section on cultivation discusses and makes recommendations for site selection, buying stock, planting, watering, mulching, fertilizing, pruning, winter protection and pest control. Includes color USDA Hardiness Zone map for USA and Canada, fact sheet on rose diseases, and 1975 Arboretum Review that contains hardiness observations on many roses not included in the recent study. Softcover. Includes 50 color photos, 14 drawings, 6 graphs and 9 tables. For homeowners, amateur rosarians, nursery and garden center personnel, landscape designers, park and public garden personnel, Master Gardeners and educators.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K-8 | Herbert W. Broda
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Outdoor Recreation - Education - Environmental Sciences
Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning shows how the school grounds-regardless of whether your school is in an urban, suburban, or rural setting-can become an enriching extension of the classroom. In this comprehensive handbook, Herb Broda blends theory and practice, providing readers with practical suggestions and teacher-tested activities for using the most powerful audio-visual tool available-the outdoors.
Emphasizing the practical, this innovative book offers teachers step-by-step guidance to help ensure success when they take a class outside. It provides:
At a time when children's natural curiosity about the outdoors is eclipsed by the demands of busy schedules and the ever-present glow of video screens, schools may be the only place where they are encouraged to interact with nature. Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning can help teachers unlock the powerful learning experiences that exist just beyond the classroom door.
ISBN: 978-157110-729-9
Web Site: http://www.stenhouse.com/0729.asp
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Seiche Newsletter | Minnesota Sea Grant
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Booklet
Topics: Environmental Sciences - Education - Exotic Species - Fish
The Seiche is the free quarterly newsletter of the Minnesota
Sea Grant program. It provides information about Sea Grant's
research, extension and education programs related to Lake
Superior and Minnesota's inland waters.
Web Site: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter
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Spigot Science Magazine | Daval Publications, LLC
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Web Site
Topics: Environmental Sciences
Spigot is a free science magazine for kids and classrooms. It is published to help students become more aware of science and to encourage them to pursue study in this field. It started in 2008 and is published online five times per year in September, November, January, March and May. Back copies are available online. A teacher's guide accompanies each issue to enable use in the classroom. Spigot is available as an Adobe PDF file that can be downloaded and printed. Among the many features is a list of questions for discussion in class.
Articles from this publication may be used in schools or homeschooling without permission. Articles may not be distributed for commercial use without the written permission of Daval Publications, LLC.
Web Site: http://www.spigotsciencemag.com
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Spring Waters, Gathering Places | Project WET
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Human Communities - Water
Five short, beautifully illustrated stories chronicle the use of spring waters by the animal world, native culture, civil war, Oklahoma pioneers, and Teddy Roosevelt. Three sections follow with lessons about the water cycle, the creation of springs, and our bodies' dependence on healthy water.
#KIDS-CB-2 paper - 80 pages -illustrations - glossary - references
ISBN 1-888631-05
Web Site: http://store.projectwet.org/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7
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Sustainable Landscaping -- free slideshow & toolkit | US Environmental Protection Agency
Resource type: Web Site - Slides - Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Landscape - Human Communities - Botany - Habitat
Green Landscaping with Native Plants http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/index.html
Among the many excellent resources on this "Green Landscaping with Native Plants" web site by the Environmental Protection Agency is a 62-slide Adobe Acrobat file free for downloading. Subtitled "The Hidden Impacts of Gardens," this colorful slide show presents information on the environmental impacts to air, water, land and biodiversity of traditional landscaping and shows more environmental and economic alternatives such as using native plants in the landscape.
Beautiful landscape photographs and summary text illustrate quantitative environmental impacts, impacts to public health and safety, natural resource consumption, green landscaping principles, ecological value, aesthetics, reducing rainwater runoff, energy, water conservation, fertilizing, integrated pest management, composting, and maintenance.
The slide show is appropriate for community education classes and discussions with business and local government owners of land. Local government personnel may find another resource on this web site, "A Source Book on Natural
Landscaping for Public Officials", more useful due to its greater detail. Prepared in May 1997 by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, this on-line book emphasizes the economic and other benefits for units of government that move away from high-maintenance landscaping. Click on "Toolkit" under "Landscaping
Resources" at http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/index.html.
Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/index.html
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The Art of Focused Conversation | R. Brian Stanfield
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Education - Human Communities - Humanities - Culture
Stanfield describes a process for effective communication between individuals, work teams, and communities. It describes the conversation method and provides 100 sample conversations designed for use in many different situations. It is an invaluable resource for all those working to improve organizational communications.
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The Blue Thumb Guide to Raingardens - book and website | Rice Creek Watershed District
Resource type: Guide - Book/Magazine
Topics: Water - Garden - Landscape
The book The Blue Thumb Guide to Raingardens - Design and Installation for Homeowners in the Upper Midwest is a valuable raingarden reference guide for homeowners and professional designers. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, the book is approachable for beginners, yet contains detailed information for landscape professionals. It contains easy-to-follow instructions on:
The plants profiled in the book are from Zones 3, 4, and 5 in the Midwest.
In addition, the Blue Thumb's Create a Raingarden webpage (http://www.bluethumb.org/raingardens/) is chalked full of resources for raingardens. Resources include:
- Enter your sun exposure, bloom time and color in the Plant Selector to customize your plant list
- Project Cost Calculator
- Rain Gardens A how-to manual for homeowners from the UW-Extension Service
- Native Plant Brochure (pdf)
- MPCA Plants for Stormwater Design
- DNR Landscaping with Native Plants
Blue Thumb is an educational program of the Rice Creek Watershed District.
For more information on the book or web resources visit http://www.bluethumb.org/raingardens
Web Site: http://www.bluethumb.org/raingardens/
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The Bumper Book of Nature: A User's Guide to the Great Outdoors | Author: Stephen Moss
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Outdoor Recreation
You've probably skipped stones or fed ducks, but have you ever listened to a tree's heartbeat? Do you know three ways to figure out direction without a compass? The Bumper Book of Nature is a gloriously designed treasure trove of nature activities, ideas and information to inspire the whole family to switch off the TV and computer and get outside, whether you live in the deepest inner city, by the sea or on a farm.
In his book, author Stephen Moss describes more than 100 fun and free activities to keep kids-and their parents-entertained in their own surroundings. With suggestions like "Go for a walk in a graveyard," "Lie down in long grass and stare at the sky" and "Dig for earthworms," Moss's ideas recall the easy fascinations of our own childhoods.
This collection serves as more than just a fun nature guide; it is a means by which the next generation can learn to love and respect the natural world. So get out there and make a plaster cast of an animal track or take a really close look at an ant colony. Moss's book will inspire parents and children to put their electronics away and start appreciating life's little wonders. -Emma Mueller
About the Author:
Stephen Moss works at the BBC Natural History Unit where he has produced programmes including Springwatch, Autumnwatch and The Nature of Britain. Author of the 'Birdwatch' column in the Guardian, his other books include Birds and Weather, A Bird in the Bush and This Birding Life. He lives in Somerset with his wife and five children.
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Harmony (June 15, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0307589994
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Careers | by Barbara Parks and Jodi Helmer
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Green Living - Business
Green careers include jobs in which environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology are implemented to improve the environment and provide sustainable living. A growing number of people, whether right out of college or already well established in the workforce, are looking to market themselves and their environmental convictions. It is a promising path to a larger paycheck and healthier environment.
The Green Jobs Act of 2007 anticipates a growing labor need for thousands of green-collar workers with $125 million in annual funding for training and research
ISBN-10: 1592578926
ISBN-13: 978-1592578924
About the Authors
Barbara Parks is the founder of Green Career Tracks and specializes in career coaching for people who want to create work opportunities that promote sustainability and social justice.
Jodi Helmer is a freelance writer who specializes in writing about eco-friendly topics. Her work has appeared in Plenty, Yoga Journal, Women's Health and USA Weekend.
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The Dynamic Great Lakes | Barbara Spring
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Lake - Eco-systems
Book Description
The five Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario with their connecting waters are the worlds largest freshwater system; about 20 per cent of all the fresh surface water on this planet. Each lake differs from the other and yet these connected lakes are one flowing system connected to the Atlantic through the St. Lawrence River. Unique ecosystems evolved in these lakes since the last Ice Age but in the last 200 years commercial fishing and the Lamprey Eel wiped out larger fish. Shipping on the Great Lakes from all parts of the world has brought exotic species that threaten to topple food pyramids. Pollution carried through the air and water damages life in and around these lakes. Through knowledge, and the democratic process, The Dynamic Great Lakes encourages us to appreciate and understand these lakes and to get involved in finding answers to their problems.
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/barbaraspring/
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The Environmental Education Collection - A Review of Resources for Educators (Vols. 1, 2 & 3) | North American Association for Environmental Education
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Booklet - Pamphlet - Guide
Topics: Curriculum - Education - Teaching
Do you sometimes feel that you're reinventing the wheel, developing lessons only to find that someone else has published an entire guidebook on the topic?
The Environmental Education Collection - A Review of Resources for
Educators (Vols. 1, 2 & 3) review educational materials to help educators identify resources to meet their needs. Each volume includes a broad range of K-12 educational materials from curriculum guides to videos to CDs. Each entry has undergone extensive review using Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence.
Volumes 1-3 are publications of the National Project for Excellence in
Environmental Education, initiated by the North American Association for Environmental Education and funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1997 and 1998. ISBN 1-884008-55-0, 1-884008-58-5, and 1-884008-70-4, respectively.)
Web Site: http://www.naaee.org/
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The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability | Walter Simpson
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Sustainability - Education
This sustainability anthology explores the meaning of genuine environmental sustainability-in global and local terms-while profiling excellent campus environmental programs. The book offers guidance and inspiration to campus leaders and advocates who promote sustainability within institutions of higher education, and addresses these fundamental questions:
This comprehensive resource is a vital tool that administrators, faculty, staff, students, and concerned citizens can use to help the education community serve a higher purpose.
ISBN: 1-890956-46-5
Web Site: https://www.appa.org//Bookstore/product_browse.cfm?itemnumber=436
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The Handbook for Developing Water Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Guide - Web Site
Topics: Water - Pollution - Eco-systems
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a draft guide to help communities, watershed organizations, and local, state, tribal and federal environmental agencies to develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality standards and protect water resources. The Handbook for Developing Water Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters offers practical tips and a robust framework to help any and all local or regional watershed planning efforts. The Handbook should be particularly useful to those working to improve and restore impaired or threatened waters. EPA intends for the Handbook to supplement the many good watershed planning guides developed by other agencies, universities, and nonprofit organizations.
You can order a free paper copy of the Handbook from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications by contacting NSCEP at (800) 490-9198 or by e-mail at ncepimal@one.net, and request EPA document number EPA-841-B-05-005. You may also download a PDF version of the Handbook for free at www.epa.gov/nps/watershed_handbook.
Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook/#contents
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The Household Detective: The essential handbook | Healthy Child Healthy World
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Health - Safety - Education
The Household Detective: The essential handbook, provides health information and holistic strategies to improve your home environment. By using these tips, cleaning, renovating, and furnishing right, you can best safeguard your home.
For a direct link to this resource visit:
http://healthychild.org/marketplace/hchw_products/the_household_detective/
Web Site: http://healthychild.org/marketplace/hchw_products/
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The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition | James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Leadership
This inspiring book encompasses the Leadership through Action model. It is one of the most practical, informative and useful books on my shelf.
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The Life, Legacy, and Writings of Rachel Carson | Linda Lear
Resource type: Web Site - Book/Magazine
Topics: Environmental Health - Education - Hazardous Waste
Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, grew up simply in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. Her mother bequeathed to her a life-long love of nature and the living world that Rachel expressed first as a writer and later as a student of marine biology.
Rachel Carson wrote four books. The fifth, The Sense of Wonder was published posthumously. All of Carson's books are still in print. You local library will have copies, and so will many independent bookstores and used book stores.
Under the Sea-Wind
New York, Oxford University Press (1941)
ISBN-10: 0140253807
Under the Sea-Wind is Carson's first book and her personal favorite. Under the Sea-Wind takes you beneath the waves with the same kind of intimacy and wonder that made the documentaries Winged Migration and March of the Penguins such masterpieces of nature-immersion. It is the book that first established Carson as perhaps our most prescient and influential observer of the natural world.
The Sea Around Us
New York, Oxford University Press (1951)
ISBN-10: 0195069978
The Sea Around Us is based on geographical evidence and is a study of the processes that formed the earth, the moon, and the oceans. The Sea Around Us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapulted her book to first place on The New York Times best-seller list, where it enjoyed wide attention for thirty-one consecutive weeks.
The Edge of the Sea
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company (1955)
ISBN-10: 0395924960
The Edge of the Sea is a practical guide to identifying the inhabitants of the sea and the marshes, tide pools, and shallows that border it - a world which mirrors the "spectacle of life in all its varied manifestations as it has appeared, evolved, died out."
Silent Spring
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company (2002)
ISBN-10: 0618249060
Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.
The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, photographs by Charles Pratt
New York, Harper & Row (posthumous, 1965)
ISBN-10: 006757520X
Not long before she died in 1964, the noted environmental writer Rachel Carson wrote an essay for Woman's Home Companion magazine called "Helping Your Child to Wonder." In that essay--reprinted here, with photographs of natural subjects by Nick Kelsh--Carson urged parents to take their children to wild places in order to introduce them to the astonishing variety of life that exists all around us: to study birds, listen to the winds, and observe the stars. Too much of the child's subsequent education, she warns, will be devoted to dimming that "clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring" with which children are born; it is the parent's task to be an adult guide who can in turn rediscover the "excitement and mystery of the world we live in." Carson's words are timely, and this beautifully illustrated edition makes a fine gift for new and prospective mothers and fathers.
For more information, please visit http://www.rachelcarson.org/
Web Site: http://www.rachelcarson.org
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The Natural Inquirer | Teri Heyer
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Research
Topics: Forests/Trees - Research - Resource Management
The Natural Inquirer is a middle school science education journal! Scientists report their research in journals, which enable scientists to share information with one another. This journal, The Natural Inquirer, was created so that scientists can share their research with middle school students. Each article tells you about scientific research conducted by scientists in the USDA Forest Service. First students will "meet the scientists" who conduct the research. Then students read special information about science, and then about the environment. Students will also read about a specific research project, written in a way that scientists write when publishing their research in journals. Students become scientists when they do the Discovery FACTivity, learning vocabulary words that help in understanding articles. At the end of each section of Natural Inquirer articles, students will find a few questions to help think about the research.
http://www.naturalinquirer.org/
Web Site: http://www.naturalinquirer.org
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The Rainstick, A Fable | Project WET
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Water - Diversity - Anthropology - Human Communities
A young boy's journey from savanna to rain forest begins with the riddle, "A slender staff touches earth and sky at the same time." Stunning illustrations accompany the boy as he fulfills a quest to bring back the sound of rain to his West African village.
The National Theatre for Children performs The Rainstick, a Fable at schools across the country. Contact 612-341-0882 x 202 or visit www.nationaltheatre.com.
#KIDS-CB-1 paper - 40 pages - illustrations - bibliography
ISBN 1-56044-284-0
Web Site: http://store.projectwet.org/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7
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The Tao of Leadership | John Heider
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Human Communities - Culture - Sociology - Humanities
One of China's best loved books on wisdom , Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, is now transformed into a modern adaptation for anyone who aspires to be a leader in their church, school, family group, or governmental institution.
Mr. Heider's adaptation of this historical work is a valuable resource for the leadership student.
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Trash Talk! & "One Man's Trash..." | EcoPartners & Ketcham Marketing Associates
Resource type: Curriculum - Learning Kit - Book/Magazine
Topics: Waste Management - Recycling - Compost - Source Reduction
Trash Talk! & One Man's Trash are 4-color, customized community newsletters. Both newsletters concentrate on waste management issues and are written to reflect what is going on in a particular community. These newsletters are perfect tools for communities that want to provide their residents with specific information on local events and resources, but don't have the time or resources.
Trash Talk! is targeted at 4-6th graders and can be used as a supplemental teaching aid or as a take home activity. It comes complete with a teachers guide, games activities and specifics on how the kids can get involved within their own
community.
One Man's Trash is targeted at the citizen/consumer. This newsletter features stories about the community and general tips on waste management practices. One Man's Trash focuses on the home as well as the workplace.
Contact: Michelle Ketcham, Ketcham Marketing Associates, 23 Empire Dr., Suite 275, St. Paul, MN 55103, Phone: 612-291-1376, Fax 612-291-2645
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Tree Town Teaching Kit | World Forestry Center
Resource type: Curriculum - Poster - Book/Magazine - Video
Topics: Forests - Wildlife - Resource Management
This is the perfect way to make your units about plants, common animals, and communities come alive. Through the words of Jean Giono your students will learn to love planting trees while the Lorax teaches us about the importance of sustainability and the vital necessity for forest management. Within the eleven books (both children and references) your students will have the opportunity to identify trees, how to plant trees, what trees are best for your community, and how trees are used for wood and paper products. The several hands-on activities give students the chance to touch and view 31 North American wood species through hand lenses.
In addition, included in the kit is Project Learning Trees Environmental Education Activity Guide and Ranger Rick Nature Scope: Trees are Terrific. These creative, educational curriculums are dedicated to inspiring children in understanding and appreciating one of our most precious natural resources, trees. Both curriculums incorporate some of the books and hands-on activities included.
You can surround your students with trees from North America and the world by displaying the four colorful, detailed, laminated posters.
When your class is ready to go out and plant trees, the two videos included in this kit will show exactly how to do it, from choosing the trees species, picking the site, and care. The video, It's Arbor Day Charlie Brown, demonstrates how children can better their community by working together and planting a garden or even a forest.
Web Site: http://www.freenetwork.org/teachers/entries/12.html
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Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota | Welby R. Smith
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Natural Sciences - Education
Practical, comprehensive, and packed with information-the indispensable guide for identifying trees and shrubs in Minnesota.
With more than two hundred tree, shrub, and woody vine species in Minnesota, anyone with an interest in the outdoors has likely encountered an unfamiliar plant and wondered about its name, origin, characteristics, and habitat. In this new identification resource, the state's foremost botanist and endangered species expert Welby R. Smith provides authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date information on the state's native and naturalized woody plant species.
This fully illustrated resource features:
Written for everyone from scientists and environmentalists to teachers and people interested in horticulture and gardening, Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota will engage and educate anyone with a curiosity about the natural world.
Welby R. Smith is a botanist for the Division of Ecological Resources at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He is the author of Orchids of Minnesota (Minnesota, 1993).
640 pages | 1027 color photos, 154 tables, 506 maps | 8 x 10 | October 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8166-4065-2
ISBN-10: 0-8166-4065-3
Web Site: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/smith_trees.html
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Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit | Dr. Chuck Lofy and Dr. Mary Mead Lofy
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Leadership
Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit explains what the concept of vitality means to an organization and provides a practical method for revitalizing an organization.
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Water in your Hands | MN Project WET Coordinator
Resource type: Pamphlet - Booklet - Book/Magazine
Topics: Water - Pollution Prevention - Pollution - Climatology
A comic book story about water resources. Topics addressed by Water in your Hands include water properties, hydrologic cycle, surface water, ground water, water quantity, quality, point and non-point water pollution, water conservation and citizen involvement.
Web Site: http://mndnr.gov/projectwet
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Water Ways: A Minnesota Water Primer and Project WET Companion | A publication produced by the Division of Ecological and Water Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Resource type: Book/Magazine - Curriculum - Web Site
Topics: Water - Education - Environmental Studies
Water Ways is a 150 page book with content on water science basics, Minnesota's rivers, lakes, groundwater, wetlands, life in water, human use of water, challenges to water resources, and water policy. Each chapter includes suggested Project WET Activities, career profiles, classroom activities, field-trip suggestions and resources.
Web Site: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/projectwet/waterways/index.html
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Water, A Gift of Nature: The Story Behind the Scenery | Project WET
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Eco-systems - Water
Spectacular, full-color photographs fill every page. Science, education, and art combine to make readers familiar with the many faces of water: clouds, rain, hail, snow, icebergs, geysers, rainbows, and waterfalls. Interpretive text details the animals and plants that depend on water from wetland beavers to the desert chuckwalla, and from a coral reef to a saguaro cactus.
#WC-3 paper - 48 pages - 8 1⁄2 x 11 - photos
ISBN 0-88714-077-7
Web Site: http://store.projectwet.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_i
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When A Butterfly Sneezes: A Guide for Helping Kids Explore Interconnections in Our World Through Favorite Stories | Linda Booth Sweeney
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Environmental Sciences - Environmental Studies - Eco-systems
Can a butterfly's sneeze actually change the weather thousands of miles away? Our world is full of surprising interdependencies. But how do we help our children understand such complexity - especially when it impacts the events and the world around them?
"When a Butterfly Sneezes" teaches us how. It uses stories to help introduce the basics of systems thinking. This book was written for parents and educators as a guide for helping children gain a richer and deeper understanding of the world around them through their favorite stories. It is a must-have resource for any parent or educator who wants to help children think about interconnections in our world.
Each chapter focuses on a favorite children's picture book--and reveals the systems principle inherent in the story, general points for discussion, illustrations of key concepts, and questions to spark conversation for both younger and older readers.
"When a Butterfly Sneezes" is a first of a kind book on this subject and at this level. It offers parents, teachers and teacher educator's a practical means for introducing systems to young minds.
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Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest: A Comprehensive Field Guide For Amateurs and Professionals | Merel R. Black and Emmet J. Judziewicz
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Bio-Diversity - Wildlife
Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest by Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz sets a new standard for wildflower books. This new book, published by Cornerstone Press and the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Press, covers 1087 species, including essentially every plant species in Wisconsin that might be considered a wildflower. The book includes over 2100 color photographs, and 300 drawings, showing the important characters for identification. Each species is accompanied by a map of Wisconsin showing the counties in which the plant has been found. The text accompanying each species includes common names; the scientific names along with its meaning; an indication of status such as native, introduced, invasive, endangered, etc.; a description of the plant highlighting diagnostic characters; flowering dates; and habitats. An identification framework provides a guide to the traditional plant families, and the larger families include an illustrated guide to the genera or species.
Web Site: http://www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/index.htm
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Woodland Stewardship: A Practical Guide for Midwestern Landowners | M.J. Baughman, A.A. Alm, A.S. Reed, T.G. Eiber, and C.R. Blinn
Resource type: Book/Magazine
Topics: Forests - Resource Management - Business - Wildlife
This is the most complete forest management guide available for the Upper Midwest. It was named the Outstanding Forestry Publication for 1994 by USDA's Extension Service and the National Woodland Ass'n. Has an extraordinary amount of practical information that woodland owners can use to apply good management practices, allowing them to derive maximum returns from their forest land in an environmentally responsible way. Is fully indexed and has many illustrations, charts and tables and much supplemental information. For private woodland owners, forest management consultants, and teachers and students of forestry.
Web Site: http://www.extension.umn.edu
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Zoo Teaching Kits | Lake Superior Zoo
Resource type: Learning Kit - Book/Magazine - Curriculum - Video
Topics: Fish - Wildlife - Education - Curriculum
Rent a complete teaching kit for individual classrooms, various grade levels. Kit includes lesson plans, activities, supplies, artifacts, videos, and more. Choices include: Tigers, Coral Reefs, Wildlife for Sale.
Web Site: http://www.lszoo.org
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