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Correlations
to Oregon Benchmarks & Standards:
Elementary-Middle School
High School
Teacher Guide for Inquiry at Hinkle Creek DVD -
This guide is intended to accompany the Inquiry at Hinkle Creek DVD. View the Inquiry at Hinkle Creek video on the OFRI website.
National Project Learning Tree support materials and resources
- National PLT Newsletter
- GreenWorks! Grant Program - Do you have an idea for an exciting service-learning or community action project for your students but you don't have enough funds to implement it? Why not apply for one of PLT's GreenWorks! grants
Children's
Booklist - This list of books encompasses
a variety of books you might refer to, those you
might read aloud to your class, or those your
students could read on their own.
Classroom
Earth - Providing environmental education
programs for home or classroom use.
Dawn Publications - A variety of books that
help to share nature with children. "assist
parents and educators to open the minds and hearts
of children to the transforming influence of nature."
Forest
Biology and Dendrology at Virginia Tech -
Information from various forest biology and
dendrology educational sites located at Virginia
Tech.
OSU Extension Forestry and Natural Resources Lending
Library - A variety of materials that are
made available to educators (both formal and
informal). The materials include: Lessons and
Activities, Lesson Kits, and Tools and Materials.
OSU
College of Forestry Notable Notes - Notable Notes are "snapshots" of innovative research in science and
engineering at the College of Forestry, Oregon State University.
Talk
About Trees - Resource for elementary school
teachers, with access to activities and lesson plans.
"The Talk About Trees program
has been in existence for over twenty years, and
began as the Trees Are For People community outreach
project. The goals have always included delivering
a balanced presentation to the next generation about
the protection, management and conservation of trees
as a renewable resource."
Tree
Dictionary - A technical guide to forests
and tree biology.
Stream
Bugs as Biomonitors: Guide to Pacific NW Microinvertebrate
Monitoring and Identification - Resource for
CD-ROM and companion field guide, courtesy of the
Xerces Society.
WISE
-(Web-based Inquiry Science Environment) - "WISE
is a simple yet powerful learning environment.
The curriculum projects are designed to meet standards
and complement your current curriculum; your students
will find them exciting and engaging. A web
browser is all they need to take notes, discuss
theories, and organize their arguments...they can even
work from home! Best of all, everything in WISE is
completely free" - Amy Kay
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