Adopt-a-Watershed
Curriculum Units and Equipment Kits- descriptions of Teacher's
Guides, Classroom Kits, and Field Study Kits available for purchase
which support curriculum covering watershed and environmental
topics for K-12.
Tree
Clues - line drawings and brief descriptions of identifying
features of trees, including tree shape, branching pattern, bark
and leaf arrangement and shape. Provided by the Illinois Department
of Natural Resources, which also offers Illinois
Trees, which is a well-organized page with photos of leaves
and nuts of several hardwood trees.
The Great Plant
Escape - Detective Le Plant and his friends, Bud and Sprout
are solving mysteries. Through interactive exercises, games, and
quizzes a great deal of information about plants and soil is presented.
Plant
Identification - publication includes glossary with many illustrations
of plant parts and plant types. University of Florida Extension,
Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS).
A Year
in the Life of a Pine Tree - by Harold C. Fritts, Professor
Emeritus of Dendrochonology, University of Arizona. This is in
pdf format, richly illustrated with photos, graphs, and charts.
The
World of Trees - a complex site with a great deal of information,
experiments, games, and graphics.
Water Science
for Schools - the U.S. Geological Survey provides a great
deal of information, photos, maps, data; it is all clearly presented
for sharing with students.
Backyard
Conservation - how to conserve and improve natural resources
on the land around your home, by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
Biology - includes links to comprehensive sites which provide information
and educational activities for teachers and students, from The
Educator's Reference Desk.
The
Call of the Wild - Wildlife Biology Member's Manual, Book
1, University of Minnesota. Coverage of habitat, birds, and mammals
is broad enough to be useful beyond the Great Lakes region. Creative
exercises provided.
Hole
Homes - activities and background for teaching habitat concepts
for 1-6 grades, emphasis on grasslands.
Trees
for Many Reasons - reading fables such as The Lorax, Dr Seuss
or The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono, help students examine
the importance of conserving natural resources.
Wildlife
Terms - provided by Extension Forestry, North Carolina State
University. Near the bottom of the page are many links to pages
of information on specific types of wildlife.