Environmental Education Links

These links will take you off the CNPS web site.

Education Resources Information Center

• ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
• ERIC Search Engines
• Ask ERIC

Other Links of Interest

• Botanical Word Meanings and Name Derivations -- by Michael Charters
• Flower Power -- activities sheet to go with the CNPS page on Why do plants have flowers?
• Plant Science for Kids -- University of Nebraska Lincoln AgNIC Plant Sciences Page
• Origins of Appreciation - Considering Garden Influences -- an excellent article on gardens for children
• The Gateway to Educational Materials -- powerful search for topics by grade level with plant and botany lesson plans
• Junior Botanist Program -- from the CNPS Marin Chapter
• UCMP Web Lift to Any Taxon
• Center for Environmental Information
• Celebrating Wildflowers Northwest Coloring Book - download or print out the illustrations for coloring
• Scott's Botanical Links -- collection emphasizing botany education and resources for high school and college students
• The Great Plant Escape -- University of Illinois Extension
• What is Photosynthesis? -- Arizona State University Center for the Stufy of Early Events in Photosynthesis includes links to articles of varying degrees of complexity
• Wild By Nature -- Environmental Education for Youth
• California's Gold: Vernal Pools -- by Huell Howser, a 30 minute video travellog shot at Mather Field in Sacramento County
• CREEC Network – The California Regional Environmental Education Community.
• The Cal Alive! Biodiversity Program

General K-12 Education

• Scott Foresman Science -- K-6 science activities
• Discovery Channel School -- lesson plans and homework help but short on plant topics
• PBS Teacher Source -- good science stuff but lacking plant topics
• Teachers Helping Teachers -- by teachers for teachers
• The New York Times Learning Network -- archived lesson plans
• Impact II - The Teachers Network -- teacher designed projects