RIEEA Resources

• RIEEA’s Environmental Education Directory – searchable by audience, topic, and more
• RIEEA’s Environmental Education Google Group– join the conversation!
• RIEEA’s eeGuidance for Reopening Schools and eeGuidance Examples
• RIEEA’s Professional Development Scholarships – for members
  
  

Distance Learning Tips & Resources

• Distance and Virtual Learning for the Science Community – from RISTA
• Highlander Institute’s Distance Learning Considerations – regarding equitable and sustainable implementation
• Highlander Institute’s Helpline – for parents and teachers
• NAAEE Resources, Tips, and Support – includes inspiring messages from the Executive Director
• Plugged In – NAAEE webinar about moving place-based learning online
• RIDE’s Distance Learning Support Guide and Resources – from the RI Department of Education
• RIDE’s Reopening Plan Framework – with guidance for school districts
• Sierra Club’s Keeping Our Kids Curious and Engaged at Home – includes how to talk with kids about coronavirus
• Staying Grounded When Teaching Remote – from OpenSciEd
• Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom – from Edutopia
• Tips and Resources for Distance Learning – from Wakelet

Science & Nature Activities

• 15 Minute Field Trips – short videos on everything from bees to waste-free lunches
• Audubon at Home: Nature Play and Learning – story times, crafts, and more
• Birds & Worms Simulation – fun activity to teach about camouflage
• Books with environment/nature theme – featuring BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) protagonists
• Books with environment/climate justice theme – for elementary through high school
• Bug Hotel Activity – from WWF
• Capuchin Monkeys – web-based storybook written by RIEEA member Mary Baker
• DEM’s 50 Nature Based Activities – in English and Spanish
• Earth Observatory – from NASA
• Earth Observatory Kids – from NASA
• Elementary Grades 3-5 Resources – compiled by NAAEE
• GeoInquiries – short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content
• GIS – learn the Arc Geographic Information System and how to integrate it into your teaching
• Green Schoolyards America Activity Guides – for ages of 3 and 18
• High School Grades 9-12 Resources – compiled by NAAEE
• Middle School Grades 6-8 Resources – compiled by NAAEE
• Monterey Bay Aquarium – free science courses
• Nature Journaling – from Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Nature Lab – K-12 resources and virtual field trips from The Nature Conservancy
• Nature Scavenger Hunt – from RI Families in Nature
• NOAA science activities that kids and families can do at home – updated regularly
• Plant Phenology Project – RI Tree Council needs volunteers
• Ranger Rick Stuck at Home – free digital subscriptions
• RIDE’s Online Science Tools List – crowdsourced in collaboration with OpenSciEd
• Run Wild My Child’s list of children’s picture books about nature – check your bookshelves
• Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide – from US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Story Walking Nature Radio Hour – environmental education podcast
• US Green Building Council’s Learning Lab – online lessons and activities
• Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council – a series of learning-from-home resources
• Zoo School from Roger Williams Park Zoo – behind-the-scenes look at animals and related activities

Citizen/Community Science Resources

• BudBurst – links the timing of plant life cycle events to human impacts on the environment
• Field Scope – launch or join a project, from collecting and analyzing water samples to mapping the migration of birds
• iNaturalist – share your findings with scientific data repositories
• I See Change – investigate how weather and climate change are impacting the environment
• Nature’s Notebook – track seasonal changes in plants and animals