Teachers’ Materials

Environmental Education Resources

North Carolina Zoo
Find lesson plans, activity sheets, and answer keys on subjects that are covered by the Making Connections program. From this page, select "Making Connections Lessons."

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences provides online lessons. Click on Education, and then select Exhibit Hall Activities. Additionally, from the Education page, select Online Adventures. See an Arctic Expedition, Yellowstone in Winter, Deep Ocean Habitats explorations, and tropical ecology expeditions.

North Carolina Office of Environmental Education
The Office of Environmental Education supports and promotes quality environmental education throughout North Carolina and serves as a clearinghouse for environmental education materials, information and workshops.

Access the Office of Environmental Education website for more great resources:

• Discover your ecological address
• Find an event in North Carolina - This is an online listing of environmental education events and workshops across the state.
• Read about Environmental Education, Learning, and Behavior - This page provides peer- reviewed articles on the positive effect of environmental education and outdoor learning on student academic performance and social behavior.
• Visit the Informed Consumer section at. This section discusses how choices we make have a major cumulative effect on the quality of life of all North Carolinians! Informed consumer sections include: Food, Lawn & Garden, Energy, Water Waste, In the House, Personal Products, Green Development, and Recreation.
• Look at the section on environmental education and health.
• See place for parents, which combines several child and family-related pages.