While doing a search for environmental education programs in Texas, I found a couple of websites with great resources on various environmental issues. As educators, it's important for us to have a variety of tools for teaching different topics. Hopefully, this will give you guys some new tools and insights for teaching environmental education!
The EPA is a great source for lesson plans on environmental topics:
http://www.epa.gov/Education/resources.html
EPA's High School Environmental Center:
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
Environmental Science Institute (University of Texas at Austin)
Here is an assortment of lesson plans that you can search by grade or subject:
http://www.esi.utexas.edu/gk12/lessons.php
Energy Education Curriculum Program (State Energy Conservation Office of Texas)
Here are some lesson plans associated with energy
http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/teacher_resources/lessons.html
Here are the corresponding activities
http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/teacher_resources/investigations_activities.html
Other energy education links:
http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/schools/sch-gov_ed-links.php
A sum-up of energy sources:
http://seco.cpa.state.tx.us/energy-sources/
Earth Force After School
EFAS is an innovative, new program that enables young people to identify a local environmental problem and then enact a lasting solution to that problem. The program uses the award-winning Earth Force community action and problem-solving process to create an interactive, after-school experience for youth.
http://www.earthforce.org/section/programs/afterschool
The Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies.
A variety of teaching materials developed by Cary Institute educators, including urban ecology and schoolyard investigations for K-12.
http://www.ecostudies.org/ed_curricula.html
Aqua Venturer
This program tells the story of water, its treatment and use throughout history (40,000 BCE - 2080 CE), and its importance to life on Earth.
http://www.wef.org/PublicInformation/page.aspx?id=141&ekmensel=c57dfa7b_54_0_141_1
I'll add more links as I come across them :)
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