Data/Research Orgs:
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ndas.cwla.org
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Child Welfare League of America- National Data Analysis
System. The most comprehensive collection of national child
welfare and related data covering a wide array of topics that
reflect services to children and families.
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www.childtrends.org
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Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that
studies children at every stage of development. Our mission is to
improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and
analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and
actions affect children, including policy makers, program
providers, foundations, and the media.
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www.kidscountnetwork.org
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Kids Count Network- easy access to the resources of all 53
member organizations in the Network. Network members share
the common goal of using data to advance change on behalf of
kids and families.
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Education: k-12 see learning sites below as well...
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See Forest Education page as well....lots there...
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www.free.ed.gov
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Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) makes it
easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal
government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and
learning resources are included from dozens of US federal
agencies. New sites are added regularly. ***
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www.ecoliteracy.org
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Center for Ecoliteracy, an independent non profit, is dedicated
to education for sustainable living, providing tools, ideas, and
support for combining hands-on experience in the natural world
with curricular innovation in K–12 education. ***
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www.thegateway.org
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Gateway to Educational Materials select from over 50,000
educational resources. Enter a keyword and click Go. Reinforce
core content with learning resources from NASA, PBS, National
Science Foundation and over 700 other contributing education
content providers
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riley.nal.usda.gov
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US Department of Agriculture's collection of materials for
teachers, parents and students on agriculture, health, nutrition,
and science.
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www.ecoiq.com
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EcoIQ.com exists to support and promote a transition to
sustainability. Provides media and educational products and
services, and focuses on the strategies, tactics and tools
needed by leaders, educators, and advocates working for
sustainability.
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www.edutopia.org
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Edutopia: What Works in Public Education. Go Green Database,
a directory you can be search by topic, grade level, cost, or
location (see panel to right) and supplement with your
contributions and comments. ***
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www.facingthefuture.org
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Facing the Future provides curriculum resources, teacher
workshops, and service learning opportunities used by teachers,
schools, and districts in all 50 states and over 60 countries.
Climate change. Population growth. Poverty. Environmental
degradation. Conflict. Global health crises.
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www.ceeonline.org
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Center for Environmental Education works with K-12 schools
to address climate change issues and to cultivate healthy
lifestyles. Promotes the greening of schools. The Curriculum
Library, a feature of the Blueprint for a Green School, hosts a
searchable collection of reviewed curriculum.
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www.need.org
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National Energy Education Development Project's mission is to
promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating
effective networks of students, educators, business,
government and community leaders to design and deliver
objective, multi-sided energy education programs. Resource
Catalog of curriculum materials and kits.
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www.nef1.org
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National Energy Foundation is a non-profit educational
organization dedicated to the development, dissemination, and
implementation of supplementary educational materials,
programs, and courses.
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www.epa.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Projects,
art and experiments to involve kids and students with
environmental protection.
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www.amwaterhydroschool.org
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Hydro School, an Interactive Online Community that engages
students in understanding the important role water plays in
their everyday lives and encourages mindful stewardship of the
planet's most essential and precious resource.'
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www.fws.gov
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US Fish and Wildlife Service: Kids Corner. Materials to assist
with teaching and learning about endangered species. High
School.
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ga.water.usgs.gov
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US Geological Survey: Water Science for Schools. Information
on many aspects of water, including an interactive center where
you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. High
School and up.
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passporttoknowledge.com
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Passport to Knowledge is a series of interactive learning
experiences using telecommunications to connect students and
teachers directly with our planet's leading researchers. Its
mission is to excite students about every kind of science, share
with them content more current than found in textbooks, and
inspire them to become lifelong learners- not up to date.
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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NASA Earth Observatory-interactive experiments that can be
used to teach all ages about the art and science of space-based
remote sensing. The experiments focus on how NASA uses
remote sensing to study how and why the Earth changes.
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gcmd.nasa.gov
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NASA's Global Change Master Directory Learning Center-
data and information about global environmental change.
Curriculum Support: Parameter Definition background
information, classroom activities, lesson plans. Interactive
Programs: Parameter Definition
web-based, stand alone. Exhibit Materials: Parameter
Definition
museum exhibits, science center exhibits.
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www.fieldtripearth.org
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Field Trip Earth is a global resource for teachers, students,
and proponents of wildlife conservation.
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www.orionmagazine.org
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Orion Magazine For Educators- an enthusiasm for connecting
students to nature and the important issues of the day.
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newton.dep.anl.gov
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DOE's Argonne National Laboratory Division of Educational
Programs. Argonne's Ask-A-Scientist program has over 600
questions and answers in their environmental science archive and
provides a means to have questions answered that may not be
easily found on the web or within common references.
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www.americanforests.org
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American Forests' environmental education program provides
students with a real world learning experience while providing
teachers an innovative yet well organized program for teaching
science, math and Geographic Information Systems.
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www.thewildclassroom.com
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Wild Classroom's goal is to provide teachers with quality videos
and information for use in their classrooms. Great site !!!
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