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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ResourcesVirginia has a pleathora of environmental education resources, partners, and programs. Check out a few of our favorites below. |
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CONNECT WITH eePRO
eePRO is an international online community by the North American Association for Environmental Education to connect environmental education (EE) professionals around the world. Anyone can join eePRO, and by joining, you gain access to job opportunities, webinars, online courses, discussion forums, and many more resources, and you can share your own news and content with others.
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) actively engages in and supports evidence-based research across the complex field of environmental education. Working with outstanding partners, NAAEE has led the way on several important initiatives that advance our understanding of how best to practice and communicate about EE. You can find a variety of tools including:
- eeRESEARCH provides free access to the combined research collections of both C&NN and NAAEE in one, user-friendly online portal. Browse articles, summaries, and syntheses, or refine your search to fit your interests.
- eeWORKS: NAAEE, Stanford University, and other respected partners are working to connect powerful anecdotes to empirical evidence about the many benefits of EE and initiate widespread communication about the value of EE.
- My EE Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA): Designed to help you be more strategic and efficient in designing programs and evaluations, MEERA builds on best practices to walk you through a step-by-step evaluation process that is both comprehensive and easy to understand.
- The Research & Evaluation group on eePRO is helping EE researchers connect and collaborate. Find and share resources and new opportunities, and dive into the latest in EE research on the discussion board!
- Environmental Education Research Bulletins: The environmental education research bulletins synthesize and summarize recently reported research from journals focused on issues pertaining to environmental educators.
EE Funding
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eePRO is an online community to connect environmental education (EE) professionals from around the world to each other and to the most effective professional development resources available in our field. Anyone can join eePRO, and by joining, you gain access to job opportunities, webinars, online courses, workshops, and a variety of resources. You can also post resources, events, jobs, and other happenings that you want others to know about.
Virginia Water Educators This directory was assembled to strengthen and build the network of highly-trained educators throughout Virginia who support formal classroom teachers conducting successful Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. This online directory is the work of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. |
Other Resources
Virginia Environmental Literacy Plan Template
This new template is designed to allow each school division in Virginia to create their own Environmental Literacy Plan scaffolded from Pre K- High School. Each school division can choose their own overarching Environmental Literacy Goals, a Multidisciplinary Investigative Issue for each grade level, SOL correlations for the investigations, and preferred partners to help implement the investigations.
Please share this wonderful resource with the schools and school divisions with which you work.
View the document here or download this fillable PDF.
Visit Bay Backpack
Bay Backpack is an online resource that supports hands-on environmental learning. By providing educators with information about funding opportunities, field studies, and curriculum guides and lesson plans related to the Chesapeake Bay, Bay Backpack helps educators find the tools they need to give their students Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, or MWEEs.