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California State Organizations Instructional Connections

These websites are available to assist with additional resources while teaching the Education and the Environment curriculum. Cal/EPA is not responsible for the contents or reliability of these website links and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. 

California Parks and Recreation

Resources:

• State Parks Alignment to EEI Curriculum Units
• Guide to Environmental Education Programs
• Resources for Schools and Teachers
• Kids in Parks
• Park brochures and informational publications

Website:  http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=735

California Air Resources Board

Resources:

• Information about the Air Quality Program, contact Ed Wong at (916) 322-6925 or (916) 323-6791
• Web pages for kids, students, and teachers , Know Zone
• Fact sheets, brochures, and videos
• Speakers for classroom presentations

Website: http://www.arb.ca.gov/

California Department of Water Resources

Resources:

• Water Resources; order using the on-line Water Facts and Fun Catalog

Website: http://www.dwr.water.ca.gov/

California Department of Pesticide Regulation

Resources:

• Online facts sheets on pesticides and child safety
• Online information and referrals for integrated IPM in schools
• Education resources for keeping pesticides out of waterways online Home2Ocean

Website: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/

California Department of Food and Agriculture

Resources:

• General information on agricultural organizations and statistics on California's agricultural industry, California Agricultural Resource Directory

Website: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/    

California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

Resources:

• Schools page, http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Recycle/#Schools
• http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publications/default.asp?cat=6
• http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/Publications/
• Recycle Rex, http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/RecycleRex/
• Recycling grants
• CGS, http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/kids_geozone/Pages/Index.aspx
• DOGGR: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/kids_teachers/Pages/EducationIndexPage.aspx

California Environmental Protection Agency

Resources:

• http://www.coolcalifornia.org/calculator
• School Toolkit, http://www.coolcalifornia.org/schools

Website: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Resources:

• Curriculum materials for kindergarten through grade twelve educators, Project Learning Tree
• Arbor Day Poster Contest
• Fire prevention programs
• Teacher Tools
• Just for Kids

Website: http://www.fire.ca.gov/

California Department of Education

Resources:

• California Endangered Species Guide, (Item #9779) available from CDE Press at 800-995-4099
• CREEC network, http://www.creec.org/

Website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp

California Coastal Commission

Resources:

• Coastal Cleanup Day and Adopt-A-Beach Program
• Science activity guide for teachers, Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds
• High School Activity Guide to Upper Newport Bay,  Our Wetlands, Our World
• Kindergarten through grade twelve marine debris curriculum,  Save Our Seas
• Kindergarten lessons,  The Earth Has a Fever, and Our Melting Ice Cube
• Kindergarten through grade twelve, Coastal Art and Poetry Contest
• Marine, Coastal and Watershed Resource Directory Educational Video Lending Library
• Coastal Stewardship Pledge

Website: California Coastal Commission

 

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