The NCDENR Library houses a model collection of environmental education resources. Whether you are looking for materials appropriate to children or adults, novices or experts, curriculum guides or storybooks, the EE collection has something to offer. Highlights from the environmental education collection are listed below. Contact the librarian directly via e-mail or at (919) 715-4161 for more information on the library's environmental education collection, or, better yet, come visit the library!
BOOKS
Series Titles
Adopt-A-Watershed Program Series
The Alphabet Book Collection by Jerry Pallotta
Animal Trackers Collection by Tessa Paul
Crinkleroot's Collection by Jim Arnosky
Discover Nature Collection
Eric Carle Collection
Eyewitness Books Collection
Keepers Collection by Michael J. Caduto
One Day Series by Jean Craighead George
One Small Square Collection by Donald M. Silver
Ranger Rick for Kids Collection
Ranger Rick's Naturescope Collection
Rivers Curriculum Guide
The Science of Living Things Collection
Usborne Science and Experiments Collection
Field Guides
Golden Guides Collection (Field Guides)
National Audubon Society Field Guides
Peterson Field Guides Collection
Peterson First Guides Collection
CURRICULUM GUIDES
Aquatic WILD, 1992 and 2000 versions
(http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/guide/wild.htm)
Carnivores and Raptors: Preying on Survival
(An Educator's Activity Guide)
Counting on People
(formerly Zero Population now Population Connection http://www.populationconnection.org/)
Eco-Time: Teaching with Industry to Manage the Environment
EM Power (Montreat College)
Enviro-Scope Activity Guide: Grade Level 3 (plant and animal adaptations)
Environmental Education Learning Experiences Activity Guides
For each State Park (http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/guide/eeleguide.htm)
ESTUARY-NET: A Water Quality Monitoring Project
(NC National Estuarine Research Reserve http://www.ncnerr.org/education/workshops/index.html)
The Leopold Education Project: Lessons in a Land Ethic
(http://www.lep.org/)
Population Education Training
(formerly Zero Population now Population Connection http://www.populationconnection.org/)
Project A.I.R.E. (Air Information for Education)
(http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/eog/k12wksp.html)
Project Estuary
(NC National Estuarine Research Reserve http://www.ncnerr.org/education/workshops/index.html)
Project Food, Land, and People
(http://www.foodlandpeople.org/)
Project GLOBE
(http://www.globe.gov/)
Project Learning Tree (http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/guide/plt.htm)
PLT Pre K-8 Spanish Translation
PLT Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste
PLT Introductory Handbook for Secondary Modules
PLT Exploring Environmental Issues: Focusing on Forests
PLT Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk
PLT The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology
Project WET
(http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/guide/wet.htm)
Project WILD, 1992 and 2000 versions
(http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/guide/wild.htm)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Worms (Grades 1-8)
Smoky Mountain Classrooms (2nd grad)
Sound Ideas: Elementary Project Estuary
(NC National Estuarine Research Reserve http://www.ncnerr.org/education/workshops/index.html)
ToxRAP (Toxicology, Risk Assessment & Pollution) Mystery Illness Strikes the Sanchez Household (Middle School Module)
(http://www.eohsi.rutgers.edu/rc/teacherdev/index.html)
(http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/curricula.html)
ToxRAP (Toxicology, Risk Assessment & Pollution) The Case of the Green Feathers (Early Elementary Module)
(http://www.eohsi.rutgers.edu/rc/teacherdev/index.html)
(http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/curricula.html)
ToxRAP (Toxicology, Risk Assessment & Pollution) What Is Wrong with the Johnson Family (Intermediate Elementary Module)
(http://www.eohsi.rutgers.edu/rc/teacherdev/index.html)
(http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/curricula.html)
Waste in Place
(http://www.co.wake.nc.us/keepamer/)
Waste as a Hidden Resource
(http://www.co.wake.nc.us/keepamer/)
JOURNALS
Environmental Education Research
Green Teacher
Journal of Environmental Education
NSTA Reports
Science Scope
Science & Children
The Science Teacher
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