Delta Sierra CREEC
Serving Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties

For Teachers

Looking for Photos?   USCA Forest Service's "Find-A-Photo" Web site allows access to thousands of copyright-free wildlife, fish, wildflower and EE photgraphs available for nonprofit use. Butterfly photo by Berlin Heck.

Nationally recognized standards-based science education in the forest.  Increase your understanding and appreciation of California's forest ecosystems, learn about environmental education concepts and curriculum materials.  Offered June 22 - 28 in Tuolumne County.  Other programs during June and July.  For more information visit:   www.forestryinstitute.org

Disney's Environmentality Challenge - - 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes  

Disney's Environmentality Challenge is a free, fun, and exciting journey that can turn class work into an adventure! By leading your students toward environmental education in a fresh new way, you can motivate them while teaching concepts from your regions' education Content Standards or Guidelines. Students are encouraged to blend the idea of Environmentality — thinking and acting environmentally at school, at home, and in the community — into their daily lives

This is a two-part program consisting of the Pledge (available to grades 3, 4, & 5) and the Class Project Competition (available to grade 5 only). The level of commitment is up to you and your students. The Pledge entails a small commitment, while the Class Project Competition requires a more comprehensive action project. At either level, Jiminy Cricket’s Environmentality Challenge can easily incorporate State Content Standards into your existing curriculum by using the environment as a context to strengthen your students’ skills and knowledge in science, mathematics, and language arts while the students learn meaningful environmental concepts. To assist you in your journey, check www.deckids.com  or call our hotline (800) 290-0299 for an assortment of complimentary environmental education resource materials.

The Live Monarch Foundation Educator Outreach Program   www.LiveMonarch.org  

"One seed can change the world, we need you to plant it."

This program provides education and materials to bring Monarch Butterflies into the classroom.  Current extreme weather has eliminated early milkweed growth...your participation is critical.  Current funds will be allocated to the first 4,600 registrants; additional registrants will be added inorder to the wait list to await additional funds.  Register today and start whenever your schedule permits. 

PLT and Earth & Sky        

Combine the power of radio, the Internet, and Project Learning Tree activities to enhance learning in the classroom.  Earth & Sky produces short daily radio shows on a range of environmental topics.  These 90-second shows can also be downloaded for free from the Internet and many are correlated to Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities.

Both Web sites provide a wealth of additional resources for educators and students for each radio show and PLT activity:

• Access on Earth & Sky >>
• Access on PLT Web site >>

  New Field Guide for Educators: No Student Left Indoors

California Aquarium Education Project (CAEP) - Salmon in the Schools
Through a classroom experience of hatching live fish, CAEP will introduce students to the value of aquatic environments, the balance that must be met to maintain, protect and enhance California fisheries and aquatic habitats and enable students to understand how their actions affect these valuable resources.     http://www.dfg.ca.gov/oceo/caep/

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