Correlated units of study: Visit the links below to download activities used in the classroom.

• "Be a Solid Waste Survivor" Units of study broken into primary, intermediate and middle school grade levels.
• "Kentucky's Wonderful Commonwealth of Water" A standards-based integrated curriculum for teaching water quality issues in Kentucky.
• "What is Forestry?" Several units of study broken into grade levels 4 through 12.
• "Correlated Activities for the EnviroScape Watershed Model"  EnviroScape models are tabletop models of small watersheds.  They are an excellent and highly visual way to teach such concepts as the water cycle, runoff pollution, erosion and systems interactions.  These activities are specifically designed to be used with the models but can also be used alone to teach concepts related to water.
• "A Guide to Teaching Biodiversity" This curriculum teaches what is meant by biodiversity and why it is important.  It also helps teachers guide students as they study Kentucky’s very unique and rich biodiversity.  This guide contains activities correlated to the Program of Studies for middle school science.
• Splashing in Kentucky An educator's guide to nonpoint source water pollution.

Professional development opportunities: The following programs provide training and materials that both the formal and nonformal educator will find useful when teaching the environment.

• Project Learning Tree an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators working with students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The Project Learning Tree activity guides are correlated to Kentucky's Program of Studies and Core Content.
• Project WILD an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife. The program is designed for educators of kindergarten through grade 12.
• Project WET a nonprofit water education program and publisher for educators and young people ages 5-18. The program facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources through the dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids.
• Project Food, Land and People a nonprofit organization created in 1988 to develop and distribute a national K-12 curriculum to complement existing agricultural, environmental and natural resource conservation education programs.
• "Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED)" The NEED project is dedicated to comprehensive, hands-on energy education. Students are presented with objective scientific explanations of energy in society. Materials and activities are designed to promote an understanding of the economic and environmental trade-offs of energy consumption and production so that students will be able to make educated decisions in the future.  

Special events and activities: Visit these links to view activities or events that might provide great hands-on learning opportunities.

• Download a free copy of Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau.  This is a two act, four character play about the final two days Henry David Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden
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• This year, the focus of the conservation art and writing contest is wildlife.  All Kentucky students are eligible for the writing contest, and all Kentucky students through grade 5 are eligible for the art contest.  Click here to download the contest tabloid.
• Envirothon Environmental Competition for High School Students Envirothon is a competitive, problem-solving, natural resources experience for students in grades 9 through 12.  The students are trained in the ways that real life environmental problems are solved, with the support of natural resource professionals. For more information about Envirothon 2007 contact Martin Bess at the Kentucky Division of Conservation at 502-573-3080.
• Water Watch Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program -- Get your class involved in water quality testing.

Other materials: Links to other helpful information or documents.

• KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest A simple hike through the woods turns into a learning experience for three teenagers in KET’s Electronic Field Trip to the Forest.
• EPA's "Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act" Easy and accurate interpretation of the federal Clean Air Act. Dated April 1993.
• Mining Education Explanation of the various ways coal is mined in Kentucky.
• Teaching Forestry Materials Education materials for instructing youth on the values of maintaining Kentucky's forest.
• Classroom Outreach for Air Quality The Kentucky Division for Air Quality provides various resource materials for teachers and students in grades K-12. 
• School Recycling Guide The Kentucky Recycling and Marketing Assistance Program staff have created a guide for schools to use when establishing a recycling program.