No Park is an Island
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No Park is an Island
Associated Resources
Creating Sustainable Community Parks, A Guide to Improving Quality of Life by Protecting Natural Resources
Office of Conservation Science, PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources / Pennsylvania
Recreation and Park Society
Year: 2007
Communities are encouraged to design parks and greenspaces utilizing techniques and resources that encourage wildlife, save energy, support native plants and avoid invasive species. Information on designing community parks is available through DCNR.
Type: Guide
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/GreeningPennsylvania.pdf »
Project Learning Tree (Pre K- 8)
American Forest Foundation, Project Learning Tree
Year: 2004
This material focuses on the forest as a window to learning and involves hands-on activities that provide students opportunities to investigate environmental issues. For information and to obtain copies contact PDE Office of Environment and Ecology at 717.783.6995.
Type: Curriculum
www.plt.org », www.pde.state.pa.us »
Project WILD, K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide
Project WILD: Council for Environmental Education
Year: 2003
Project WILD is an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife. Workshops are coordinated by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The activity recommended in PA Land Choices is called “Oh Deer!” and is located in Project WILD.
Type: Curriculum/Activity Guide
www.projectwild.org/ProjectWILDK-12CurriculumandActivityGuide.htm »
Save Our Lands, Save Our Towns
Tom Hylton
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns is an organization founded by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tom Hylton to facilitate change in regional planning, town design and protection of rural areas through education and advocacy. Save Our Land, Save Our Towns is the title of a book and an hour-long television documentary which has classroom materials. Lessons, activities and a video on Pennsylvania land use are excellent resources for teachers and community leaders.
Type: Book, Video, Classroom Materials
www.saveourlandsaveourtowns.org/classroom.html »
Sustaining Penn’s Woods—A Sound Use of the Land
Bureau of Curriculum Academic Programs, PA Department of Education
This is a Pennsylvania—specific interdisiciplinary program of instructional activities on Pennslvania forest and land use aligned with the academic standards.
Type: Curriculum
www.hlma.org/pennswoods »
Fee: no
