Central Valley
Serving Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare Counties

Welcome to Region 7 of the CREEC Network

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The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is an educational project supported by the California Department of Education, Environmental Education Program, in collaboration with state, regional and local partners. The CREEC Network is the best source for Environmental Education resources in California.

Our online, searchable Resource Directory includes Environmental Education providers and programs/resources available to educators in your area. Please look at our calendar and find environmental education activities and exhibits, funding opportunities, and teacher professional development opportunities.

Please contact your local coordinator and they will be happy to assist you with your environmental education needs. Check out this compilation of curriculum resources.

To subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter go to the E-Newsletter page and fill out the form where it says "click here to subscribe."

CREEC Network BLOG http://creecorg.blogspot.com/
A newly established BLOG is on the CREEC Network website. You can access the BLOG on any regional CREEC website or the State homepage at http://www.creec.org The BLOG is one of the links on the left hand side. Each month one of the CREEC Coordinators will write a BLOG entry.

CREEC Network is now on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/creecnetwork
The Facebook page will include postings such as:

  • Links to, or summaries of, EE research / educational research
  • Updates on the Children and Nature Network
  • Links to upcoming conferences for AEOE, NAI, NAAEE, CFAITC
  • Information on efforts to build capacity at the state-wide level
  • CA Content Standards / Frameworks Textbook Adoption updates; CDE Updates
  • EEI updates
  • Environmental education updates
  • Model schools - descriptions/examples/photographs

Important Dates

Project Wet Facilitator's Update and Training Workshop March 9, 2012
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Forestry Institute for Teachers:

Current Update on EEI

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No Child Left Inside
At the first-ever White House Summit on Environmental Education, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the formation of an interagency task force on Environmental Education, to be co-led by EPA and the U.S. Departments of Education and Interior.

The Education & the Environment Initiative (EEI) curriculum
The 2011/12 school year is underway in classrooms around the state. As teachers and
students head back to school, the Office of Education and the Environment and the CREEC Network is spreading the word out about the free online availability of the landmark EEI Curriculum. Brochures and catalogs of the units are available by request to support your work. Grade level DVD.’s of the EEI Curriculum units are also available for teachers and for those teachers who attend a teacher orientation and complete our online pre-survey, we are providing a print copy of one EEI Curriculum unit of their choice.

New materials will be completed in the next few months, including the EEI Curriculum User’s Guide and additional resources to assist our partners including the CREEC Coordinators. Please check the website regularly for new materials at http://www.CaliforniaEEI.org.

TEACHERS – Are you going to use the new EEI curriculum this school year?
Any teacher who is going to utilize EEI curriculum units needs to fill out a Pre-Survey. This survey asks not only which unit they are going to teach, but also about other green and environmental efforts at their school and classroom. This survey can be accessed directly at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Surveys/Default.htm.
Please note that the teacher editions are password protected and you have to fill out the web form on the curriculum unit page first before you can access the teacher’s editions.

EE PROVIDERS - Now is the time to think about linking your program with specific EEI units. As Central Valley schools begin to utilize this curriculum we hope to enhance the experience by providing teachers with local connections to outdoor education. Follow this link to review a catalog of the EEI units to see which ones overlap with the content of your program. http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/documents/ExLiteracy.pdf. For specific details on linking to the EEI units and the Learning Objective click on the For Providers link.

Grade Level Science Standards Correlated to the EEI Curriculum Units
EEI Units Correlated

Learning Objectives Aligned to State Standards in EEI

Final List of Learning Objectives for EEI

Copy of the EP&Cs - Click below to download the EP&Cs to share
Environmental Principles and Concepts

List of 85 EEI Units for Grades K-12

List of all 85 EEI Units


Are you interested in receiving Environmental Science and Environmental Education updates via e-mail by sending a "blank" message to join-environmental-science-ed@mlist.cde.ca.gov.


Please contact Jody Bertolucci with any updates, questions, requests, or information you may have regarding EEI in Region 7.


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