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Environmental Education Resources for Teachers

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Jane Kirkland

Schoolground Habitat Symposium 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve

Join keynote speaker Jane Kirkland, author of No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to your Schoolyard and the Take a Walk® book series as well as presenters from the region for workshops on the subject of using your own school grounds to educate and enrich your students. Act 48 credit available. $65, includes lunch. Download the flyer for the complete agenda and registration information.

Teacher Resource Center

Housed in the Education Building, the TRC is lending and reference library containing over 400 volumes of environmental education teaching materials. The wide selection of books, curriculum and activity guides, videos and CD-ROM's deal with:

Many of the materials and activities have been field tested by ASWP teaching staffs so we can make recommendations to you.


The TRC is open for browsing any time the Audubon Nature Store is open. Materials are available for loan to classroom teachers and ASWP members. Copy facilities are available. Contact us at 412-963-6100 for more information or recommendations.

Teacher Workshops

Over 750 teachers participate annually in ASWP's professional development. All workshops are designed to enlist classroom teachers in ASWP's mission to create environmentally literate students. They address national and state science and environmental standards. Both ASSET and the Regional Math/Science Collaborative approve all workshops. Many are offered for in-service credit through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Several are offered in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Zoo, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the National Aviary.


We are an Act 48 approved provider.

We also offer Act 48 hours for our Public Programs that are relevant to teachers. See our Events Calendar; Act 48 eligibility is noted in the event description. For more information on current workshops scheduled as well as opportunities for scheduling a workshop for teachers in your school or district, contact our Director of Education or call 412-963-6100.


Workshop Offerings Include:

Seasonings: Teacher Newsletter

The newsletter of the TRC, Seasonings provides natural history information on common organisms found in western Pennsylvania's natural communities, activity ideas, resource information, workshop schedules and reviews of TRC materials. Seasonings is published three times a year and is available free of charge to teachers. To be placed on the mailing list, phone 412-963-6100 or email us.


Download recent issues of Seasonings: (PDF, 800K-1200K)

Consultation Services

Professional staff environmental educators are available at ASWP to consult with you on environmental curriculum development, unit plans and school site development. Call us at 412-963-6100 to get started.

Environmental Education Links

ASWP's educational staff recommend these web sites as excellent resources for those interested in environmental education.