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EE Connections

 

An electronic newsletter linking Pennsylvanians

with environmental news and information.

 

www.pcee.org
February 2010

News and Updates


PCEE News

Critter Quest PA – Find Out Where the Critters Are!

Critter Quest PA, PCEE's latest online activity is available online at www.pcee.org!  Developed as an environmental teaching tool primarily for middle school students, the program combines computer technology with a natural history database to generate distribution maps for the "critters" of Pennsylvania.

Go direct to Critter Quest PA now.

General News

  • PRC Program Helps Reduce Waste in SW Pennsylvania
  • Conservation Landscaping Guide for Bay Watershed
  • Results from River Monitoring Programs Released
  • Video Competition Highlights Awareness of 'Stuff'

K-12 News

  • New High School Curriculum: 'Citizen Climate'
  • Chesapeake Bay Program's 'Bay Backpack' Arrives
  • 'Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide' Released
  • Creative Energy Challenge Deadline is Feb. 19

Higher Education News

  • NAAEE Releases Online Higher Education Directory
  • Green Courses, Weatherization Training at CCAC
  • New Issue of Sustainability Journal Available

Professional Development for Educators

  • PAEE Conference Registration Now Open
  • Free Act 48 Workshop, 'PA Land Choices' March 27
  • K-8 Botany and Gardening Inclusion Course Available

Other Professional Development

  • Land Ethics Symposium Comes to Langhorne
  • Penn State to Host Forest Landowners Conference Feb. 27
  • Members Needed for 'Emerging Green Professionals Network'

Grants/Awards

  • Mini-Grants Available for 'Celebrate Urban Birds' Events
  • Challenge Brings EE into High School Classrooms
  • CARE for Toxic Pollutants in Communities
  • Award Honors Excellence in Teaching Grades K-6


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