Grade 3
People and Places

Unit: A; B; C; D; E

Unit A: Roles of Living Things

Rainforest Alliance
65 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 677-1900
Fax: (212) 677-2187
E-mail: canopy@ra.org
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/index.html

Tropical Rainforest Coalition
21730 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 102
Cupertino, CA 95014
E-mail: in@nanospace.com
http://www.rainforest.org/index.html

National Wildlife Federation
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184-0001
Tel: (703) 790-4000
http://www.nwf.org

World Resources Institute
10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: (202) 729-7600
E-mail: kathyd@wri.org
http://www.wri.org

The Nature Conservancy
4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington, VA 22203-1606
Tel: (703) 841-5300
http://www.tnc.org/

Unit B: Sun, Moon, and Earth

Challenger Center for Space Science Education
1029 North Royal Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 683-9740
http://www.challenger.org

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Road 1
Houston, TX 77058
Tel: (281) 475-0123
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/

NASA Audiovisual Education Material
NASA CORE
(Central Operation of Resources for Educators)
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
15181 Route 58 South
Oberlin, OH 44074
Tel: (216) 774-1051, Ext. 293 or 294

NASA Education Program Home Page
Online Resources for Educators
http://education.nasa.gov/

Unit C: Matter, Energy, and Forces

Energy Center of Wisconsin: Energy Education On-Line
595 Science Drive
Madison, WI 53711-1076
Tel: (608) 238-4601
Fax: (608) 238-8733
E-mail: ecw@ecw.org
http://www.energyed.ecw.org/index.html

Energy Education from California Energy Commission:
Energy Educational Resources for Parents and Teachers
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-2950
Tel: (916) 654-4989
Fax: (916) 654-4420
E-mail: energia@energy.ca.gov
http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/resources/resources-html/resources.html

Energy Education from California Energy Commission:
Energy Quest
http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/index.html

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
Office of the Secretary/Technology Assessment
Division/Energy Section
P.O. Box 44156
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4156
E-mail: HARVEYL@dnr.state.la.us
http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/bgbb/7/ecep/ecep.htm

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
Energy Smart Schools Teaching Resources: Teacher Links
P.O. Box 3048
Merrifield, VA 22116
Tel: (800) DOE-EREC
Fax: (703) 893-0400
E-mail: doe.erec@nciinc.com
http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/teach_stuff.html

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Smart Schools Earth Day:
Activities and Teachers' Guide
E-mail: doe.erec@nciinc.com
http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/

Unit D: Earth's Resources

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Education Center
Office of Communications, Education, and Media Relations
401 M Street, SW (1704)
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-4965
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/curriculumair.htm

The Wilderness Society
900 Seventeenth Street N.W.
Washington D.C. 20006-2506
Tel: 1-800-THE-WILD
http://www.wilderness.org/index.shtml

Exploring the Environment
Wheeling Jesuit University
Senior Instructional Designer
Dr. Robert Myers
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003
E-mail: bmyers@cet.edu
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/

Ecological Society of America
Education and Outreach Program Manager
1707 H St., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 833-8773
E-mail: susan@esa.org

Sierra Club
85 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
Tel: (415) 977-5500
Fax: (415) 977-5799
E-mail: information@sierraclub.org

Songs for Environmental Education
Remy Rodden
Environmental Educator
Yukon, Canada
E-mail: thinkabout@yukon.net

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