Environment+and+Ecology+Information

1) Letter from Patti Vathis about state resources for teaching environmental science- Dec. 2009 2) Alternative Energy Curriculum Guide

3) Information on how to obtain curriculum units developed at 2007 Governor's Institute on the Environment 4) Tree ID Charts and keys

Visit the DEP site and examine DCNR and Environmental Education activities: []

DCNR houses parks and geology and has a search engine. Type in trees for common trees PA []

Here are relatively simple keys for trees. Check also with.

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Here is one for the common trees of Alabama: [|http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0509/ANR-0509.pdf]

New Greenhouse IPM Lessons!- 10-18-10
The Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program (PA IPM) at Penn State, working with the NE IPM Curriculum Working Group, has developed 5 new lessons for using IPM in a greenhouse setting. PA IPM is looking to pilot a minimum of three the lessons in at least one school this fall. Lessons cover the following content areas: Environment and Ecology; Science and Technology; Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening; History; and Economics. **If you are interested in learning more about the lessons and piloting them, please contact Amber Brunskill at [ mailto:aeg16@psu.edu ]aeg16@psu.edu or 814-865-7994.**