Teachers in all grades and home schoolers can find a wealth of information available online for teaching environment and ecology lessons.

You can find background on the state Environment and Ecology Standards that outlines what concepts should be taught each year, curriculum and instruction resources and information about the upcoming Governor’s Institute on Environment and Ecology in July.

You can also learn about opportunities for professional education for established programs like Project Learning Tree, Project WET, Food, Land and People, Wonders of Wetlands, Integrated Pest Management and the Wonders of Song Birds.

Visit the Environment & Ecology webpage or contact Patricia L. Vathis, Environment & Ecology Education Advisor, at 717-783-6994.

Other Resources: Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education

2/25/2005