Land Use Education & Training:
Teacher Resources
EE News
EE News was an environmental education newsletter produced by the DNR. Sometimes EE News focused on a particular topic or contained special inserts. Three special issues of EE News dealt with teaching about land use.
An electronic environmental education magazine for kids in grades 4-8 designed to teach kids about Wisconsin's natural resources. The site offers teaching resources to help educators and youth leaders use the site with students. Big kids are invited, too.
Land Use and Community Planning Education Web Sites
- Center for Understanding the Built Environment [Exit DNR] The Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) brings together educators with community partners to effect change which will lead to a quality built and natural environment, one and interdependent. This site includes classroom activities, a newsletter and scrapbook, workshop announcements, and additional resources. CUBE is the creator of the Box City, Walk Around the Block, Community Connections, and Picture This! curriculum materials.
- The DUNN Foundation ViewFinders [Exit DNR] ViewFinders is an interdisciplinary upper elementary curriculum emphasizing connections between the environment, community and aesthetics. This web site includes sample activities and ordering information.
- National Geographic Society [Exit DNR] The National Geographic Society is the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organization. This geography education web site includes lesson plans, printable maps, correlations with the National Geographic magazine and the Explorer television show, a calendar of events, and much more. Many of the lesson plans and other resources are land use or community planning related.
For more information on educational resources provided by the DNR, please visit the Department's Web page describing our many natural resources-related education programs.
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