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Environment Education Links

General Environmental Education
Nebraska Organizations & Agencies

 

Nebraska Project WILD

Nebraska Project Learning Tree & Project WET

Conservation Education Workshops Map

Conservation Education Workshops Form

Nebraska Master Naturalists

 

Keep Nebraska Beautiful

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

 

Nebraska Public Power District: Energy Education

 

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 

Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership

 

Nebraska Association of Resources Districts

 

Nebraska Wildlife Federation

The Nature Conservancy – Nebraska Chapter

Nebraska Department of Education

                 Science Standards

                 Social Studies Standards

                 Math Standards

                 English Language Arts

                 Physical Education

National Organizations & Agencies

 

North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)

Children & Nature Network

National Project Learning Tree

National Project WET

National Project WILD

 
Education Activities & Resources
Birds & Birding

 

Project BEAK: Bird Education and Awareness for Kids

 

Nebraska Birding Trails

Nebraska Bird Library

Nebraska Birding Guide

All About Birds

 

Audubon Nebraska

Nebraska Ornithologist’s Union

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

USGS Bird Information Center (bird research and data)

 

Environment for the Americas: Bird Education

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

 

Central Flyway Council

Flying WILD

 
Prairies

 

Prairie Plains Resource Institute

 

Prairie Nebraska

Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database

 

Homestead National Monument (Beatrice, NE)

Konza Prairie

Reptiles & Amphibians 

 

Amphibians, Turtles and Reptiles of Nebraska

National Geographic Animals: Amphibians

National Geographic Animals: Reptiles

Science Zone: AmphibiaWeb

Reptiles of Nebraska

 
 
Trees & Forests

 

Nebraska Forest Service

 

US Forest Service

 

Forest History Society - Education

 

American Forest Foundation

 

Project Learning Tree

 

National Arbor Day Foundation

 
 
Water & Water Quality

 

Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

 

UNL Water Center
 

UNL Extension – Water

 

U.S. Geological Service - Water

USGS Water Science School

Izaak Walton League: Creek Freaks

 

Project WET

 

National Drought Mitigation Center

 

EPA Water Homepage

World Water Monitoring Day (a citizen science project with free data)

 

River of Words (a contest for children ages 5-19)

 

Exploring the Environment – Water Quality

Groundwater Foundation

 
 
Wetlands

 

Nebraska’s Wetlands (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)

 

Washington State Department of Ecology – Discover Wetlands Curriculum (PDF)

 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wetlands Homepage

 

Project Green Wing: Ducks Unlimited Education

EPA - Wetland Education for Students and Teachers 

 

Ranger Rick: Wetlands

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