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 * Environmental Education **
 * Internet Resources for Maryland Schools **

Official Green School and Green Center applications are available on the MAEOE webpage **www.maeoe.org** **.**
Attention all current and future //MD Green Schools// and //Green Centers//: =** PLEASE ADD TO THIS LIST AS YOU FIND MORE RESOURCES AND PTNRS. **=

====The internet is a good resource for your MD Green School projects. The list below is grouped according to the MAEOE requirements in becoming a certified Green School. This is not a complete list of possible projects, but provides some good examples. It was developed by Nicole Martin a dedicated intern at the Ward Museum. This should be considered a working document and we hope volunteers in your community can contribute to the evolution of these resources.====

**Objective 1 Curriculum and Instruction**

 * Professional Development** - This calendar shows PD opportunities from our members across the state - email director@maeoe.org to put your event here or add it to the list at the bottom of this wiki section.

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**__Environmental Issue Instruction__**
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- __[]__ Cornell Lab of Ornithology, //Project Feederwatch//

- __[]__ DNR resources for educators

- __[]__ Earth Force //Protecting Our Watersheds//program guide for educators

- [] Chesapeake Bay Trust Education Tools

- [] Green Flag Schools powerpoints for educators

- [] NOAA Education and Outreach

- [] Rain garden curriculum

- [] Information on renewable resources

- [] List of restoration based activities for educators

- [] Material on wetlands including an education trunk, books, Wetland Charm program, and a Wetlands 101-For Kids! CD

- [] Wetland and Watershed Profesional Development courses for teachers

-__http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/gwahact.html__ Give Water a Hand. Downloadable Action and Leader Guides based on water.

-__http://www.epa.gov/teachers/teachresources.htm__ Teaching resources from the EPA

-__http://www.arlingtonecho.org/images/stories/restoration_projects/rainbarrels/rain_barrel_info.pdf__Information on Rain Barrels from Arlington Echo

-__http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/home.gardens.pdf__ Brochure on advantages of rain gardens


 * __Celebration__**

**Objective 2 Design and Operation of School Building and Grounds** -
The links below need to be sorted into the following categories - Help out if you have time. THANKS - http://www.trees.maryland.gov/school.asp Maryland Plant a Tree Challenge
 * BMP 1 Water Conservation and/or Water Pollution Prevention**
 * BMP 2 Energy Conservation**
 * BMP 3 Solid Waste Reduction**
 * BMP 4 Habitat Restoration**

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council is pleased to sponsor the 2010 Conservation Landscaping Contest. Healthy, beautiful landscapes in the Chesapeake Bay region demonstrate elements of conservation landscaping, and we hope to see many of them documented on contest applications this summer. Applications, complete contest rules and further information are available on the CCLC website. Novice gardeners, students, schools, businesses and professionals are all welcome to enter. Applicants will complete check-off and long answer portions of the application to demonstrate how their site meets the Eight Elements of Conservation Landscaping. For a detailed description, see **//Conservation Landscaping Guidelines: T//**//**he Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping**// (pdf file) here. New this year is a portion of the application that includes EPA’s WaterSense Program “Landscape Water Budget Tool.” Entries may be chosen as a 2010 or future field day location (submit early!), with the permission of the property owner. Winning sites will be featured on the CCLC website and the EPA WaterSense Program website. One applicant for each winning site, with the exception of CCLC Board Member organizations, will receive a complimentary registration to the 2011 Turning a New Leaf Conference. Deadline is Sept. 1 for applications. Winners announced Nov. 1. Click here to see the 2008 winners
 * CCLC’s 2010 Conservation Landscaping Contest is Now Open! **


 * BMP 5 Building Structures for Learning about the Environment**
 * BMP 6 Responsible Transportation**
 * BMP 7 Healthy School Environment**

- [] Many resources from the EPA about Healthy School Environments

- [] Green Squad-for kids

- [] Many resources for Green lesson plans

- [] Schoolyard Wetland Habitat Creation information

- [] How to create a wildlife friendly garden

- [] MDE Education and Outreach

- [] Tree benefit calculator

-__http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/p2au/pps/ppsp/index.htm__ Pollution prevention in schools

-__http://www.terracycle.net/__ Project designed to recycle trash into “the greenest products on earth”

-- [] Lowes grants and assistance for outdoor classrooms


 * Objective 3 School and Community Partnerships**


 * Community partners in the local community**
 * Community Partners at the school**

http://www.constellation.com/portal/site/constellation/menuitem.94939662e40191875fb60610025166a0/ Financial assistance through Constellation Energy

-__http://www.fws.gov/partnerships/building_partnerships.html__ Partnerships through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

-__http://www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife/create.cfm__ How to create and certify a wildlife garden

-__http://www.for-wild.org/hotlinks.html__ Resources from National Organizations about the native plants and their benefits

-__http://www.rei.com/stewardship__ Aid and stewardship through REI

-__http://www.salisburyarea.com/about/index.html__ Salisbury Chamber of Commerce

-__http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/treemendous/__ Tree-Mendous Maryland

-__http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/are/stencilinst.pdf__ Storm drain stenciling activity


 * Other Useful Resources**

-__http://www.maeoe.org/__ The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE)

-__http://www.wardmuseum.org/__ The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art

-__http://www.flyingwild.org/__ Project //Flying WILD//-enhancing bird conservation

-__http://www.cbtrust.org/site/c.enJIKQNoFiG/b.2020181/k.A9BD/Types_of_Grants.htm__ Grant opportunities through Chesapeake Bay Trust

-__http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/greenschools.html__ MD DNR supports Green Schools

-__http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.__htm EPA grants and fellowship information

-__http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMAEOE__ MAEOE’s YouTube Channel

-__http://mediapolicycenter.org/__ Multiple award-winning media foundation specializing in the production of socially relevant projects in an entertaining and enlightening context