Environmental Education Resources

Crowdsourcing naturalism resources

• Inaturalist is an online naturalist community resource that anyone can utilize to catalog and identify just about any species that they run across with just a few simple steps.
  • Must login and create a password to access the program. Also available for download on any apple or android system, Inaturalist, when combined with state of the art resources is a wonderful way to learn about your local habitats and ecosystems by cataloging species in real-time on interactive maps.
  • Little Biological expertise is required to id species through crowdsourcing technology.
• Alternate citizen science ecology site for multiple species reference. http://www.projectnoah.org/
  • Alternate site to inaturalist if you prefer.
  • Similar logistics to inaturalist.
     

• US Dept. of Agriculture Plants Database
  • http://plants.usda.gov/java/
• Clemson Extension Service Tree Identification Guides
  • http://www.clemson.edu/ = Clemson Extension Service online tree identification keys (easy to use by kids!)
  • http://www.clemson.edu/ = Clemson Extension printable version “Old school” trees of SC ID guide.
• Leafsnap App Apple Itunes Compatible Will help classify species for you through augmented reality utilizing the camera.
• Virginia Tech Tree ID Android Compatible App
• Virginia Tech Tree ID Apple Itunes Compatible App
• Aquatic Plants NC State University Android App
• Book “Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States” by Wilbur Duncan
• Book “Audubon Society Guide to Eastern Trees” by National Audubon Society
• Book “A Field Guide to Eastern Trees” by Peterson Field Guides
   

• Project Learning Tree online curricula and online environmental education certification program for staff development (fee required)
• SC Sustainable Forestry Teacher's Tour Excellent educator workshop that provides resources, tours of local forestry industry sites, etc.  Graduate credit available.
• US Forest Service Kids Page
   

• Cornell University’s “All About Birds”
• http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search
• Merlin Bird App Bird ID Integrated Compatibility
• Ebird App Crowdsourcing App for Birders
• Larkwire Bird App Itunes Compatible PC Comp’s
• Audubon Society’s Birds of North America
• BBI World Bird Guide Android App
• Ebird by Cornell Ornithology Itunes App
• Ebird Website http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
• Book “Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide” by Stan Tekeila
• Bird Web
• Book: Sibley Guide to Birds of North America
• Interactive birdcall game: Birdsong Hero
   

• Insects and arthropods are the most abundant and diverse group of creatures on the planet.
• Simple resource Insectidentification.org
• Bugguide.net
• Honeybee Standards-Aligned Resources
• Audubon Society’s Insect and Spiders Guide ($4.99)
• Freshwater Macroinvertebrates App Itunes and Android
• Insect Identification South Carolina
   

• eNature Field Guide Mammals
• Discover Life.org Mammal guide (Also good for other classifications of life!)
• Smithsonian Institution North American Mammals
• Mammal Tracks and Mammal Track Guide
• (Itrack wildlife lite Itunes App and Android App
• Track Matcher Android App
• Book “Peterson’s Field Guide to Animal Tracks”
• Book “Stokes Guide to Nature In Winter”
   

• SC Dept. of Natural Resources Saltwater Species and Freshwater Species
• Fish Rules Saltwater Android App and Itunes App Regulations for fish and fishing
• Find a Fish Itunes App
• Fishbase website
• Book “Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina” by Fred C. Rohde, Rudolf G. Arndt, Jeffrey W. Foltz, and Joseph M. Quattro
   

• Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Website
• Snakes and Frogs.com
• Davidson College Reptile and Amphibian Links
• App list links to apps (caution many paid app sites)
• The Venomous Snakes of SC Youtube Video
• US Geological Survey Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative armi.usgs.gov
• Conservation Initiative for preservation of amphibians amphibianark.org
• Amphibia Web amphibiaweb.org
• Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation separc.org
• Book “Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia” By Jeffrey C. Beane, Alvin L. Braswell, Joseph C. Mitchell, William M. Palmer, and Julian R. Harrison III
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• Google Earth (Interactive maps)
• Google Earth Itunes App and Android App
• Geology Sample Collector Android App
• Rock Logger Android App
• Rockhound Itunes App
• Smart Geology Minerals Guide Android App
• All Trails Interactive Trail Guide Itunes App
• Nature Find Itunes App PC Compatible
• Trailhead Itunes App
• Book “Carolina Rocks!” “The Geology of South Carolina” by Carolyn Hanna Murphy
• Book “South Carolina a Day at the Time” by Caroline W. Todd and Sidney Wait
• SC Maps
   

• Google Sky Explorer web based and
• Google Sky Android App
• Sky Map Itunes App
• NASA Website and Android and Itunes App
• Planets Android and Itunes App
• Weather Underground
• Weatherbug Android and Itunes App
   

• National Science Foundation Resources for Astronomy
• Book: “Sky Explorer”
• App Skyview interactive augmented reality astronomy app
   

• Society of Primitive Technology
• A Brain In A Box On A Shelf (Hollowtop Article)
• Native Tech.org
• US Army Survival Guide Android App Itunes App
• Men’s Fitness Magazine 12 survival techniques to master.
• Rule of 3s for Air, Shelter, Water, Food (Backcountry Chronicles)
• S.T.O.P. Acronym Article by SurvivalMom.com
• Book “Primitive Technology a Book of Earth Skills” by The Society of Primitive Technology Edited by David Wescot
• Book “The Big Book of County Living” by Earnest Thompson Seton
• Book “Naked Into the Wilderness” “Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills” by John and Geri McPherson
   

• Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) Sets standards for ropes courses.
• Wilderdom.com Experiential Education Resource for games, initiative challenges, and problem solving lessons.
• Experiential Learning Model Objectives for Administrators and Staff
• Project Adventure.org
• Book “Last Child in The Woods” by Richard Louv
• Book “Earth Education A New Beginning” by Steve Van Matre
• Book “Cowtails and Cobras 2” by Carl Rohnke
• Book “Silver Bullets” by Project Adventure
• Book “No Props” Games without equipment by Mark Collard  
• Project Wild   
• Project Learning Tree  
• SC Maps
   

• “Sharing Nature With Children” by Joseph Cornell “The Earth Speaks” by Steve Van Matre
   

• “Sharing Nature With Children II” by Joseph Cornell
• “Hands On Nature” by Jenefer Lingelbach and Lisa Purcell
• Leopold Project
• Project WET
• Growing Up Wild
   

• Clemson Extension 4 H 2 0 Program
• 4 H 2 O Curriculum guide Clemson University 4H
• PBS Learning Media – Searchable Database for Multi-media lesson plans according to Standards
• Streamline SC Standards Aligned multimedia content for teachers to embed into lesson plans.
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• SCUMS Facebook Database
• Mushrooms and Fungi of the Eastern US Audubon Guidebook