General Resources
The Puget Sound Action Team published a free teaching guide for Reading Puget Sound's Health 2000. The booklet is free and includes follow-up classroom activities for educators who want to help their students understand the Puget Sound Health Report and other scientific reports. The guide can be requested as a hard copy by calling 1-800-54-SOUND or downloaded from the website above.
CLEARING Magazine , a bi-monthly publication,
serves as an environmental education resource and activity guide for K-12 teachers and non-formal
educators in the US and Canada. Readers will find information on events, resources and activities
in the Pacific Northwest and Canada as well as direction for teaching environment-based lessons
across the curriculum that will help your students meet local and national education standards.
Green Teacher written by and for educators serves to enhance environmental and global education across the curriculum at all grade levels. This quarterly magazine provides thought provoking articles in light of environmental and global problems, success stories, activities for various grade levels, and evaluations of a variety of resources.
Watersheds, Wetlands, Forests, Streams (1998, 42 pp.) Handbook for teachers on using natural areas as places to learn. Includes ideas for student projects, examples of projects done in several schools, and general guidelines for making an outdoor learning experience work. The book sells for $3.00. Contact Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve; 123 West Main Street; Hillsboro, OR 97123; (503) 681-6206; FAX: (503) 681-6277
Currents of Change: KGW-TV (Channel 8 in the Portland, OR area) aired a special program in early April titled, "Willamette River: Currents of Change". The first part was a documentary on the Willamette Basin and the second part a town hall meeting discussing issues facing the Willamette Basin, including growth and water quality. You can order videotape copies for $7.95/tape by sending a check or money order to: VME, PO Box 81120, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 or for credit card orders call: (800) 337-3273. The product code number is 34.
Sourcebook for Watershed Education provides details on creating or enhancing programmatic support for watershed education and problem solving. It includes information on developing program vision and goals, obtaining community support and participation, program review and assessment, and sharing your story with others. Developed by Global Rivers Environmental Education Network, 206 South Fifth Avenue, Suite 150, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, (313) 761-8142.
The Streamkeeper's Field Guide: Watershed Inventory & Stream Monitoring Methods This comprehensive guide gives detailed instructions on watershed inventories & stream monitoring methods. To order visit the website above, email:aasf@streamkeeper.org, write: Adopt A Stream Foundation, 600 128th Street SE, Everett, WA 98208 or call: (206)-316-8592.
The Streamkeeper This video starrring Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is an upbeat training tool for teachers, community groups and students of all ages who want to learn more about watersheds & how to take effective action to protect them. To order visit the website above, email:aasf@streamkeeper.org, write: Adopt A Stream Foundation, 600 128th Street SE, Everett, WA 98208 or call: (206)-316-8592.
The Magnificent Journey This is the life story of Onco, a chinook salmon from Idaho and who encounters many difficulties through his life including habitat loss and fish passage problems. The book includes a poster of salmon and steelhead and is free of charge from the Bonneville Power Administration, either by downloading it from the website above, writing the Bonneville Power Administration's Public Involvement Office, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208 or by calling (800) 622 4520.
Responsible Angling: The Oregon Angler
Education Manual is available through the Angler Education Program of the Oregon Department Fish & Wildlife, in cooperation with Oregon State University Extension Service. This manual teaches children and adults angler ethics, angling techniques, fish identification and an understanding about where fish live. For more information regarding this manual visit the website above, write Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife P.O. Box 59, Portland, Oregon 97207 or by call (503) 229-5400.
Storm Drain Marking Program This program is a two part educational series designed to create awareness of the ecological hazards of dumping household chemicals into storm drains. The first part of the project involves painting a fish above storm drains. The second part involves distributing a brochure to homes in the area where storm drains have been marked. The brochure explains proper disposal of materials that pose potential hazards to fish and water quality. For more information, visit http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/TextDocs/PhoneHQ.html"> to locate the Oregon Department Fish & Wildlife office in your area or contact ODFW's Office of Public Affairs P.O. Box 59, Portland, Oregon 97207 or call (503) 872 5268.
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