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Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC) Main Page 3790
- Focuses on advancement of environmental technology education through curriculum development, professional development and the nation's community college and high schools.
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North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 3788
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Second Nature 3789
- Links the interdisciplinary principles and resources around environmental sustainability to higher education teaching, campus operations, community involvement and other activities. Through the Second Nature website, you can access: syllabi and reading lists for sustainability courses at colleges and universities in the US; bibliographic references to sustainability; and innovative course projects and teaching techniques.
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Class Resources 3784
- Inludes A-V & Software Links, Student EE Sites, EE-Related Education Sites, and Activities by Topic.
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EE-Link Main Page 3782
- Your Link to Environmental Education Resources on the Internet
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Environmental Links 3786
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Grants & Jobs 3787
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Organizations & Projects 3785
- Includes International Programs, State & Regional, Government Sites, and Associations.
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Professional Resources 3783
- Includes EE Publications, Environmental Publications, Communities, GreenCOM Resource Library, Teacher Education/Professional Development, Higher Education, and EE Perspectives.
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Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project 4003
- Everybody loves hummingbirds, and these tiny feathered dynamos can be used to help students learn about science, math, geography, culture, and virtually any academic discipline. Operation RubyThroat is an award-winning cross-disciplinary project in which participants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). This Web-based project is open to anyone, but K-12 teachers and students especially are invited to participate. The Operation RubyThroat Web site - the most comprehensive one available about hummingbird natural history, banding, and research - is an outreach initiative of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History near York, South Carolina, USA. Operation RubyThroat is affiliated with The GLOBE Program and has received major funding from the National Science Foundation.
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Audubon Center of the North Woods 3919
- An Environmental Education Center in east central Minnesota that provides EE classes for elementary age students throughout the school year. They also provide graduate level courses in EE for teachers throughout the year, in cooperation with Hamline University in St.Paul. The website provides teachers with information about the courses and other opportunities for professional development.
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Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 4004
- Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History near York, South Carolina, is a non-profit organization whose Mission is "to conserve animals, plants, habitats, and other natural components of the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages." The Center is the most active bird banding station in the Carolinas with more than 41,000 birds banded and is a recovery site for the federally endangered Schweinitz's Sunflower. Its Web pages include informative text and photographs of flora and fauna that can be found in most habitats in the eastern U.S. Included are descriptions of the Center's long-term bird banding research projects (including hummingbirds) and "This Week at Hilton Pond," a pictorial account of natural changes through the seasons. Teachers, students, parents, birders, and conservationists will find this Web site to be a rich source of information about all sorts of nature topics.
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