We have reorganized several sections of the website to make it easier for you to find the teaching materials you need.
From our main Teaching Resources section you can access teaching modules developed by the Council and a variety of classroom materials ranging from links to all-around great sites for kids to practice exams and programs connecting classrooms around the world. Also included on that page: AP labs and activities the Council developed with a group of experienced environmental science teachers, in collaboration with the College Board.
In The Teacher Exchange we post labs, class notes, and teaching ideas contributed by science teachers. We invite you to share your own labs and resources. Contribute your own questions to our Environmental Science Testbank and generate classroom-ready exams.
Local, state, and federal organizations can be valuable sources of information. Use our Local Resources links to search for the plants and animals in your neck of the woods. Looking for state-specific resources or handouts on parks, museums and natural resource agencies? Interested in a fieldtrip? Directly access all the natural resource organizations in each state with our clickable map:
Once you've found the appropriate contacts, our pages offer students advice on Asking for Information and a writing a Sample Business Letter. To help them with writing reports, the reference classic, The Elements of Style, is now available online. For a useful citiation guide, send them to the University of Wisconsin Writer's Handbook.
Our archive of teaching resources was developed, in part, by a grant from the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. We welcome your feedback on our materials. To suggest a website, submit a lab, or get help locating resources, email us.
TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL? The Council's latest textbook review examines the energy-related information in middle level classroom resources. For the full report see: Surveys & Textbook Reviews
LESSONS FROM THE COUNCIL
Resources for Environmental Literacy We teamed up with NSTA to create five professional development modules demonstrating how to incorporate environmental issues into Earth, life, and physical sciences. [more]
In our latest role-playing module, students learn to critically evaluate the risks and tradeoffs inherent in environmental decision-making. [more]
Environmental History Modules Developed with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, our lessons help students understand that the environmental issues of today have their roots in the past. [more]
AP Environmental Science Labs Inquiry-based labs developed by experienced APES teachers.[more]
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