Resources for Kids and Educators

WORD SEARCH  Can you find all of the words?

 

Here are some links to educational and fun web sites!

Click here for educational photos

Environmental Education  - "Environmental education on the internet"

Natural Resource Conservation Service - general educational materials

Florida Ag in the Classroom - program to teach kids about where our food comes from and agriculture in Florida

Department of Environmental Protection - link to their educational materials about all sorts of environmental issues in Florida

South Florida Water Management District - link to their educational materials about the Everglades

Southwest Florida Water Management District - link to educational materials about water conservation

U.S. Geological Survey - More than just geology - maps of natural resources, all about our earth and the creatures living on it, coloring pages, lesson plans, etc.

Green Frog News - Environmental education and newsletter site for the kids!!

Kids Gardening - Site with ideas and materials for educational gardening projects

FEMA for Kids - From the Federal Emergency Management Agency, includes hurricane and other disaster information

 

 

We also have a Planet Protector Program for children to earn a certificate and badge!

This program involves the completion of 10 workbooks and/or coloring books related to agriculture, lakes, and environmental issues.  Upon completion of all ten materials, children will receive a Planet Protector certificate and a Planet Protector badge with their photo.  The workbooks include: Marine Debris workbook, Underwater Plants workbook, Soil and Water Conservation puzzle book, Fun With Agriculture activity book, Florida's Buried Treasure Workbook, Waterdrops: Ponds Issue workbook, Florida's Beaches and Shores workbook, Mosquito Control Begins With You workbook, Case of the Broken Loop workbook, Planet Protectors Create Less Waste workbook.

 

We are available to make environmental or agricultural presentations in schools or to other groups.  Call us at 402-6545 to schedule a date!

 

Here is some of the free stuff we have in our office just for kids! 
Call us at 402-6545 to find out how to get a copy!

Environmental Education Leaflets #1-9
Teaching Soil and Water Conservation
Classroom and Field Experiments for Florida's Environmental Resources
Grade School Activities Related to Florida's Water
Studying a piece of an Ecosystem A High School Biology Class Exercise
For the Good of the People Facts about Farmers and Ranchers
Coral Reef Community Coloring Page
Adventures of "Can Do" and the Recycling Rangers
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour
Be a Water Saver
Water In Your Hands
Officer Snook
Officer Snook and his Friends
My Conservation Book
WaterWeb
Solving Florida's Water Puzzle
Discovering Florida Scrub
Your Environment
Food For The Future - Soil and Water Stewardship 2003
Field To Fridge
Fun Food Facts
Land Judging and Homesite Evaluation in Florida
Food For The Future - Activity Sheet
Food For The Future - Clip Art
Food For The Future - Food Facts Quiz
Snack Pack Activities Booklet
Food For The Future Church Leader's Guide
Food For The Future Educator's Guide
Fruit Fun - Zip Into It Crossword Puzzle
Fruit Fun - Maze
Fruit Fun - Orange Juice Falls
Fruit Fun - Hidden Word Search
Adventures of the SWFWMD Hydroforce
Teaching Points about non-native invasive plants, and native plants, especially in Florida
Waterdrops
Florida Wildflowers Coloring Book
Florida Insect Coloring Book
Mosquito Control
Lunch Bunch Fun Page 4 U
How-To Guide to Conservation Education Inservice Programs
Conservation Festival Guide
Waterdrops - Ponds Issue
Hidden Words All of the Hidden Word Puzzles are here
Good Fire Bad Fire
Thumper's Family Reunion
Educator's Guide Smokey and Friends What You Can Do to Prevent Wildfires
Smokey and Friends What is a Forest?
Mosquito Control Begins with You!
St. Johns River Coloring Book
Sea Turtles and Lights Coloring Sheets
Sea Turtles and Lights Word Find
Animated Animals Coloring Book
Indian River Lagoon Coloring Book
Indian River Lagoon Activity Book
My 4-1/2 Acres
Marine Alphabet Coloring Book
Kids in the Kitchen
Eggory's Egg-Craft Ideals
Florida Manatee
Strawberry Time
Beef It Up
Manatee Trivia
Green Frog News
Smokey and Friends What You Can Do To Prevent Wildfires
Hydrologic Cycle Bracelet
Sprinkles number 2
Watershed Excursion
Activity sheets about citrus
National Dairy Council educational materials
Milk: From cow to you Teacher's Guide
Healthy land, clean water for life
Environmental Adventures
Water in your hands: Spanish
Plants improving our environment
Robots of Cave Alpha
Across time and space
Make room for monsters - Wildlife on the land
Dracons visit earth to study food and land
Story of land: It's use and misuse through the centuries
Range of wonders
Woody's workshop birdhouse issue
Assorted Magnets
Mystery Whale: Connect the dots
Alligator craft or card
True story of Smokey Bear
Insect word searches and bug masks
Freddy Says "Save Water" activity sheet
What is wrong with this picture activity sheet
Activity 3 - Clean Boating Clean Water
Activity 1: Who is there to help?
Exploring an estuary - where river meets the sea
Marine debris coloring book
Pacific coral reef coloring book
Understanding invasive aquatic plants
Fun facts from the farm
FSA Fun with agriculture activity book
Adventures of the SWFWMD Hydroforce- grades 3-5
Florida's Natural - Grove house coloring book
Demonstration - water distribution
Demonstration - bottle hydrology model
Demonstration - Infiltration - groundwater flow model
Demonstration - Learn to make your own sand card
Demonstration - so much depends on so little - the apple
How a tree grows
Soil factoids
Demonstration - Soil color
Demonstration - Make a soil profile
Wetlands Education Curriculum CD
Milk - from cow to you
It all starts with soil
Wonder of soil
Soil story
Kids Fishing
May is Clean Air month - kite
May is clean air month - balloon
Consumers handbook for reducing solid wastes
Ozone
Kids fishing coloring page
Stormwater consequences game
Don't trash it! Super fun
What on earth can you do with an old jelly jar?
Follow that trail!
Planet protectors create less waste in the first place
Case of the broken loop
What's wrong with this picture?
Life cycle of a CD or DVD
Aquatic plants - the underwater forests of lakes and rivers
US EPA - Wetlands Educational Materials
Ladybird beetles
Insects - Friends or foe?
Honeybee
Jump start the day with OJ
Florida Orange Juice
Disaster preparedness coloring book
Woodsy owl
Agriculture activity sheets
Thermy the meat thermometer
All about dairy cows
Insects - the good, the bad, and the unusual
Farm safety for kids
Tale of Ollie Otter and his friends
I had an insect encounter with the Division of Plant Industry sticker
Do your part window sticker
Conserve Florida's Waters button
Smokey's Helper sticker
Manatees - Florida's gentle giants
Color the coast