Curricula and Resources for Environmental Educators Top 10 EE Curricula in 2007 Missouri specific curricula What you should know if you want to work with Classroom teachers   The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation - Top 10 EE Curricula in 2007 Name Grade Description Cost Where to find it Child's Place in the Environment K-6 6 guides integrating science, English-language arts and literature $65 per guide, separate $50 to $300 for optional workshop www.acornnaturalists.com Audubon Adventures 3-6 classroom kit, wildlife, habitats, science, language arts $35, self-guiding, no training required www.audubon.org.educate/aa Habitat Ecol. Learning Prgm 4-6 6 modules - how nature works, rain forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, temperate forests ~$60 - $100 per module, training optional (800) 937-5131 (Bronx Zoo) Habitats Nat. Scope Kit K-8 wildlife habitats, stand alone or grouped activities, school or home ~$40 for kit, $10 modules, no training req. http://www.nwf.org/ wildlifeuniversity/ curriculum.cfm IEEIA 6-12 teaches students how to investigate and evaluate science-related issues ~$25 teachers edition, $13 student ed. training optional (217) 356-8391 Living Lightly in the City and on the Planet K-12 4 ee volumes covering environmental issues from a local level to a global level $24 per guidebook www.acornnaturalists.com Project Learning Tree (PLT) K-12 focus on forest, extensive, multi-layered curriculum $30 max, training required Missouri PLT Project WET K-12 focus on water, extensive, multi-layered curriculum $50 max, training required Project WILD K-12 focus on wildlife, extensive, multi-layered curriculum $30 max, training required WILD Windows on the Wild 5-8 modules on biodiversity basics, issues and debate ~$9 - $50 per module, no training required www.acornnaturalists.com Missouri specific curricula and resources Aquatic Resource Education Forestry Educational Resources Learning Outdoor Schools - hands-on, place-based, aligned with GLEs Mississippi River Field Trips and Career Awareness Project St. Louis DNR Office Outreach - hands on programs on macroinvertebrates, water cycle, pollution, wastewater for residents of Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren counties Missouri Envirothon - the envirothon is a national, hands on, problem solving competition for high school age students State--Peggy Lemons, 573-893-5188 ext 3 Northwest&emdash;Travis Dinsdale, St. Joseph Area Office, 816-232-6555 ext. 6; Teona Harris, Clinton County Office, 816-539-3741 ext. 3 Kansas City--Bill Bohnert, Jackson County Office, 816-228-1161 ext. 3 Northeast--Lena Sharp, Monroe County Office, 660-327-4117 ext 3; Audrey Rayle, Lewis County Office, 573-767-5276 ext 3 St. Louis&emdash;Mary Burt/Theresa Dunlap, St. Charles County Office, 636-922-2833 ext. 3 Central&emdash; Linda Young, Cooper County Office, 660-882-6347 ext. 3;Tina Hovendick, Benton County Office, 660-547-2353 ext. 3 Southwest&emdash;Michelle Lee, Christian County Office, 417-581-2719 ext. 3; Fred Feldmann, 417-966-7289 Southeast-- Rachel Griffin, Ripley County Office, 573-996-3619 ext. 3; Wilma Carlyon, St. Francois County Office, 573-756-6488 ext. 3 What you should know if you want to work with Classroom teachers Missouri ShowMe Standards - these are the general expectations of Missouri students. They set the overall goals for student learning, but are quite broad. Missouri Grade Level Expectations or GLEs - these are what students are tested on in the Missouri Assessment Program or MAP. For many teachers and all administrators, student scores on the MAP are critically important because they are currently the only measure used to assess student progress for the No Child Left Behind act of 2001. The potential for a curriculum, field trip or activity to improve scores on the MAP are one of the first things a teacher would consider in determining whether to include something new in her or his lessons. Therefore, the more explicitly your material connects to the GLEs, the more likely a teacher is to use it. No Child Left Behind is the federal law requiring all schools to demonstrate adequate yearly progress for all categories of students in school or district. Failure to demonstrate progress on standardized tests like the MAP may be cause for a school to be sanctioned, or even, if it fails to improve for a long period, be taken over or closed.

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