Web and Non-Web Environmental Resources

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  • INSTAR Project INSTAR, Investigating Nature through Science Teacher Active Research, is an innovative earth systems science teacher institute focusing on the marine environment.
  • University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
    Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
    4600 Rickerbacker Causeway, Miami,florida 33149-1098
    Tel: 305-361-4000 Fax: 305-361-4711
  • Environmental Education Providers
  • Arch Creek Park.
    1855 NE 135th Street, Miami, FL 33181
    Phone: 944-6111
    Offers fieldtrips (grades 1-8) and a special program called "Tracking Night Critters"
  • Atlantis Dive Center
    51 Garden Cove Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037
    Phone: 451-1325
    e-mail:atlantis@pennekamp.com. Atlantis provides speakers ($) and workshops, offers snorkeling or diving trips, and has three different reef curricula that can combine with trips.
  • Biscayne National Park
    P.O. Box 1369, Homestead, FL 33090-1369
    Phone: 247-2044 Fax: 247-2045
    Speakers available (depends on staffing), snorkeling and boat trips (247-2400), teacher workshops.
  • Cape Florida State Recreation Area
    1200 S. Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
    Phone: 361-5811
    Field trips.
  • Charles Deering Estate at Cutler
    16701 S.W. 72 Avenue, Miami, FL 33157
    Phone: 235-1668 Fax: 254-5866
    Archaeological expeditions, speakers, field trips, teacher workshops. Moonlight canoe trips and evening campfires available.
  • Citizens for a Better South Florida
    2925 S.W. 32 Ave., Miami, FL 33145-2211
    Phone: 444-9555 Fax: 567-9666
    Speakers for adults on energy and recycling, teacher workshops, curriculum and audio-visuals. Programs for K-adult ESOL students. Environmental hotline.
  • Cooperative Extension Service
    18710 S.W. 288 Street, Homestead, FL 33030
    Phone: 248-3311, Ext. 205 Fax: 246-2932
    Speakers, teacher workshops, literature, curriculum.
  • Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
  • Energy Information Administration
    Energy, statistics, data, economics.
  • Everglades National Park
    40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034-6733
    Phone: 242-7700 Fax: 242-7728
    (Grades 4-6) Speakers, field trips, teacher workshops, literature, curriculum ($).
  • The Florida Center for Environmental Studies
    Florida Atlantic University, 3970 RCA Boulevard, Suite, 7401, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
    Phone: (407) 691-8553 Fax: (407) 691-8540.
  • Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission
    551 Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
    Phone: (407) 640-6100
    Teacher workshops, literature, curriculum audio-visuals.
  • Florida Sea Grant College Program
  • 4 Rs Curriculum Project for Grades PreK-12
    Involves recycling.
  • FPL
    P.O. Box 025209, Miami, FL 33102-5209
    Phone: 552-3885
    Speakers. field trips, literature, audio-visuals. Information on Florida endangered species.
  • Friends of the Everglades
    101 Westward Drive, Miami Springs, FL 33166
    Phone: 888-1230
    Speakers (grades 6-12), teacher workshops, special programs (grades 6+), literature (grades 4+). Speakers available at no charge, but donations appreciated.
  • League of Environmental Educators in Florida, Inc. (LEEF)
    A professional organization.
  • Oleta River State Park
    3400 N.E. 163rd Street, North Miami, FL 33160
    Phone: 947-6357 Fax: 940-9075
    Speakers.
  • G. C. A. Peace Education Foundation, Inc
    3550 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400, Miami, FL 33137
    Phone: 576-5075
    Curriculum ($) (4-12). Music video and guide to motivate students to become involved.
  • Historical Museum of Southern Florida
    101 W. Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
    Phone: 375-1492 Fax: 375-1609
  • John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
    P.O. Box 487, Key Largo, FL 33037
    Phone: 451-1202 Fax: 451-1410
    Speakers, field trips, special programs (overnight camping - reservations required), literature, curriculum, audio-visuals. Contact Park Manager for fee waiver for Visitor Center and park.
  • Metro Dade Parks and Recreation
    3701 S.W. 70th Avenue, Miami, FL 33155
    Phone: 662-4124 Fax: 667-6490
    Speakers ($), field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), special programs ($): Touch the Bay, a hands-on program, literature, publication ("Tropical Trails" available by subscription), curriculum, audio-visuals.
  • Miami Museum of Science
    3280 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129
    Phone: 854-4245
    Classroom speakers, field trips ($), teacher workshops PK-9 ($), special programs for physically challenged ($), literature PK-8 ($), curriculum ($), audio-visuals ($).
  • Miami Museum of Science
    Department of Zoological Sciences, 3280 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129
    Phone: 858-8353 Fax: 285-5801
    School speakers grades 5+ ($), field trips ($), special programs, audio-visuals.
  • Miami Seaquarium
    4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149
    Phone: 361-5705 Fax: 361-6077
    Classroom speakers ($), field trips ($), teacher workshops K-8 ($), literature ($).
  • NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
    75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149
    Phone: 361-4284 Fax: 361-4219
    Speakers, field trips, teacher workshops, literature. Resources are on a limited basis.
  • Ocean Divers
    522 Caribbean Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037
    Phone: 451-1113 Fax: 451-5765
    Classroom speakers grades 6+ ($), field trips 6+ ($), teacher workshops grades 6+ ($), special programs on Coral Reef Ecology and Artificial Reefs, audio-visuals.
  • Parrot Jungle and Gardens
    11000 S.W. 57th Avenue, Miami, FL 33156
    Phone: 662-8579 Fax: 661-2230
    Classroom speakers for all grades ($), school speakers for grades 4-12 ($), field trips ($), special programs (9+) for volunteers and internships through DCPS, literature, curriculum ($), audio-visuals ($).
  • Save the Manatee Club
    500 N. Maitland Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751
    Phone: (407) 539-0990 Fax: (407) 539-0871
    Volunteers available for classroom, teacher workshops, curriculum, audio-visua
  • The Butterfly Garden
    7102 S.W. 113 Ave., Miami, FL 33173
    Phone: 595-7114
    Teacher workshops ($), literature ($), and curriculum ($)
  • Castellow Hammock Nature Center
    22301 S.W. 162 Avenue, Goulds, FL 33170
    Phone: 245-4321
    Speakers, field trips, special programs on hummingbird and butterfly gardening, native plant landscaping and backcountry fishing workshops.
  • Clean Water Action
    1320 S. Dixie Hwy. #1140, Coral Gables FL, 33146.
    Phone: 661-6992 Fax: 661-7645
    Speakers for all grade levels; South Beach Trash Bash (clean-up).
  • Cooperative Urban Wildlife Program.
    3245 College Avenue,
    Davie, FL 33314. Phone
    (954) 370-3725 Fax: 370-3737
    Speakers and literature for 5th grade and up.
  • Coral Reef Park Co., Inc.
    John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park,
    P.O. Box 1560, Key Largo, FL 33037.
    Phone: 451-1621 Fax: 451-1427.
    Speakers ($), field trips ($), teacher workshops
    (fees depend on sponsor).
  • Sea Turtle Awareness Program
    Dade County Parks and Recreation
    7929 Atlantic Way, Miami Beach, FL 33141
    Phone: 868-7075
    Speakers and field trips; hatching release mid July-August
  • Dade County 4-H Clubs
    1455 N.W. 107 Avenue, Suite 786
    Miami, FL 33143
    Phone: 592-8044
    Speakers, school site studies, field trips ($), teacher workshops, literature, audio-visuals
  • Dade County Farm Bureau
    1850 Old Dixie Highway, Homestead, FL 33030
    Phone: 247-5234 Fax: 247-5812
    Special Program: Ag in the Classroom; emphasis on environment, agriculture, and culture as an interrelated system
  • Department of Environmental Resources Management
    111 N.W, 1st Street, Suite 1310, Miami, FL 33128
    Phone: 375-3921 Fax: 375-3360
    Speakers, field trips, literature, audio-visuals; will customize presentations to the audience.
  • Earth Education Council
    9901 S.W. 60th Court, Miami, FL 33156
    Phone: 667-5908
    Speakers ($), teacher workshops ($), special programs for the physically challenged ($).
  • Ecosystem Productions Inc.
    P.O. Box 971033, Miami, FL 33197
    Phone: 235-2147
    Literature (K-5) and curriculum (2-4) ($) - "Nature's Natives" cartoon characters teach science/environmental lessons
    Environmental Demonstration Center M-DCC
    11011 S.W. 104th Street, Miami, FL 33176
    Phone: 237-2324
    Speakers (K-6) ($), field trips (1/2 day - grades 3-7; full day - grades 8-12) ($), teacher workshops ($); special programs after school and on teacher workdays.
  • Environmental Studies, FIU
    FIU, Miami, FL 33199
    Phone: 348-1930 Fax: 348-3772
    Speakers and teacher workshops; special programs on tropical rainforests and South Florida ecology
  • Fairchild Tropical Garden
    10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156
    Phone: 667-1651 Fax: 661-8953
    Speakers, field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), curriculum (grades 4-10) ($).
  • Florida Department of Natural Resources
    District Office. P.O. Box 2628, Key Largo, FL 33037
    Phone: 451-3005
    Grades 4 and up: speakers, school site studies, field trips, teacher workshops, literature
  • Programs on South Florida Ecology and Marine Science. Flamingo Gardens
    3750 Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330
    Phone: (954) 473-2955 Fax: (954) 473-1738
    Field trips ($), curriculum (K-7)
  • Florida Alliance for Technological Education, Inc.
    P.O. Box 7027, Hollywood, FL 33081-1027
    Phone: (954) 989-4533
    Speakers, school site studies, teacher workshops, curriculum. A variety of programs are offered in public and provate schools. Hands-on type programs are offered for earth science, geology, and conservation.
  • Floridians for Safe Energy
    7269 S.W. 54th Avenue, Miami, FL 33143
    Phone: 661-2165 Fax: 669-1080
    Speakers, literature (grades 3-up), audio-visuals (grades 6-up). Special programs on nuclear power and energy alternatives. Slide shows and video on global warming and energy policy choices.
  • Ft. Lauderdale Research Education Center
    3205 College Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314
    Phone: (954) 475-8990 Fax: (954) 475-4125
    Speakers, field trips, special programs (7-9), literature, audio-visuals. All related to horticulture.
  • Gann's Tropical Greenery and Natives
    22140 S.W. 152 Ave., Goulds, FL 33170
    Phone: 248-5529
    Field trips, teacher workshops ($), special programs. Assist in planning special habitats, butterfly gardens, and xeriscaping
  • Key Largo Hammocks State Botanical Site
    P.O. Box 2039, Key Largo, FL 33037
    Phone: 451-7008
    Speakers, field trips, teacher workshops
  • Key Largo Marine Tours
    Holiday Inn Resort, Key Largo FL
    Phone: 451-4655
    Speakers (no fee for speakers with boat reservations), field trips ($) (glass-bottom boat trips), literature, audio-visuals ($)
  • Manfred Interfaith Retreat Center
    17300 S.W. 177 Avenue, Miami, FL 33187
    Phone: 252-4612
    Speakers, school site studies, field trips ($), curriculum
  • Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC)
    905 South American Way, Miami, FL 33132
    Phone: 375-8410
    Speakers
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
    P.O. Box 330582, Miami, FL 33233-0582
    Phone: 642-9600 Fax: 642-5050
    Classroom speakers (all grades, $), school speakers (grades 9-12, $), field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), special programs (ESOL, $), publication (K-4)
  • Our Living Coral Reef. Master Gardeners
    18710 S.W. 288th Street, Homestead, FL 33030
    Phone: 248-3311, Ext. 200
    Speakers, school site studies, teacher workshops, special programs (provide plants and seeds)
  • Metro-Dade Solid Waste Management
    8675 N.W. 53rd Street, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33166
    Phone: 594-1690
    Speakers, field trips (4-12), special programs (K-6), literature (K-12), audio-visuals (7-12). Call for info on Recyclo Team Meeting
  • Monkey Jungle
    14805 S.W. 216 Street, Miami, FL 33170
    Phone: 235-1611 Fax: 235-4253
    Classroom speakers ($), field trips ($), Scouts and other specialized programs
  • Marine Science Under Sails (MEUS, Inc.)
    P.O. Box 3994, Hollywood, FL 33023
    Phone: (954) 983-7015
    Speakers ($), field trips for grades 3-12 ($), teacher workshops ($), adult/family programs ($)
  • Natural Selections
    14316 S,W, 142 Avenue, Miami, FL 33186
    Phone: 221-4641
    Speakers ($), teacher workshops ($), adult/family and special programs ($), audio-visuals ($) on reptiles (crocodiles, snakes, lizards) and Everglades fauna
  • Newfound Harbor Marine Institute
    Rt. 3, Box 170, Big Pine Key, FL 33043
    Phone: 872-2331 Fax: 624-0626
    Classroom speakers grades 4-12, field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), audio-visuals.
  • Old Cutler Hammock Nature Center
    17555 S.W. 79th Avenue, Miami, FL 33157
    Phone: 255-4767
    Speakers grades K-6 ($), field trips K-6 ($), teacher workshops, special programs for physically and mentally disabled; spring break, winter holiday, and summer camps.
  • Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, Inc.
    1275 N.E. 79th Street Causeway, Miami, FL 33138
    Phone: 751-9840
    School site studies for grades 4-6. Tours of facility take about 20 minutes.
  • People's Gas System "Gas Works - Pipeline to the Future"
    P.O. Box 2562, Tampa, FL 33601
    Phone: 989-1500
    "Gas Works" is scheduled by the Florida Alliance for Technological Education. Classroom speakers grade 7+, school speakers grades 5+, school site studies grades 7+, special programs grades 7+, literature and curriculum grades 5+.
  • Project Reefkeeper
    16345 W. Dixie Highway, Suite 1121, Miami, FL 33160
    Phone: 945-4645
    Classroom speakers ($), teacher workshops, literature.
  • Region V Environmental Education Service Project
    6301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33415
    Phone (407) 686-6600 Fax: (407) 687-4968
    Serves as a clearing house for environmental education information and teaching materials. Teacher workshops, literature, curriculum, audio-visuals. Special program: RSP-V Env. Ed. mobile delivery service.
  • Sea Grant Extension Program
    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149
    Phone: 361-4017 Fax: 361-4106
    Speakers for classroom and school, teacher workshops, special programs (Coastal Clean-up), literature, audio-visuals
  • Sense of Wonder Nature Center, A.D. Barnes Park
    3401 S.W. 72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155
    Phone: 662-4124 Fax: 667-6490
    Field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), special programs for disabled, EMH, and LD children ($), literature and audio-visuals. Nature trail is handicapped accessible.
  • Sierra Club Miami Group
    P.O. Box 43-0741, South Miami, FL 33243-0741
    Phone: 274-9259
    Speakers, field trips ($)
  • South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District
    381 N. Krome Avenue, S-201, Homestead, FL 33033
    Phone: 248-8257 Fax: 248-8257
    Literature PK-8.
  • South Florida Science Museum
    4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach, FL 33405
    Phone: (407) 832-1988, Ext. 230 Fax: (407) 833-0551
    Field trips ($), teacher workshops ($), special programs ($)
  • Trees for Dade
    13607 Old Cutler Road, Bldg. 1, Miami, FL 33158
    Phone: 252-4416
    Speakers, teacher workshops, special programs (free trees and tree plantings). To promote appropriate trees for appropriate sites.
  • Tropical Audubon Society
    5530 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33143
    Phone: 666-5111 Fax: 667-9343
    Classroom speakers, teacher workshops, special programs for grades 4-6 ($), literature, audio-visuals. Ask for information on Audubon Adventures.
  • Wildlife Care Center
    3200 S.W. 4th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
    Phone: (954) 875-7722
    Field trips ($), literature ($).
  • Wildlife Rehab. and Environmental Education Center
    P.O. Box 432763, Miami, FL 33143
    Phone: 665-1640
    Speakers ($), Field trips ($), teacher workshops, adult/family programs ($), live wildlife presentations. Indoor and outdoor educational experiences
  • Zoological Society of South Florida
    12400 S.W. 152nd Street, Miami, FL 33177
    Phone: 255-5551 Fax: 255-7126
    Field trips ($) arranged through Metrozoo at 251-0403, school site studies ($), teacher workshops ($), summer camps and school vacation camps ($).
  • Resources for Teachers and Students: Center for Marine Conservation
    1725 DeSales St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
    Phone: (202) 429-5609, Ext. 44 Fax: (202) 872-0619.
    A list of publications and an order form are on-line. Central and Southern Florida Project. The "Restudy" to restore the Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystems. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Envirolink. Has a library of links.
  • Environmental Action Foundation
    6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 600, Takoma Park, MD 20912.
    Curriculum ($).
  • Environmental Literacy Council
    1730 K Street., NW, Suite 905, Washington, D.C. 20006
    An organization established to bring together scientists, economists, and educators to enrich learning about the environment. Environmental Organization Web Directory. Lots of links organized by subject.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Florida Audubon Society
    460 Hwy. 436, St. 200, Casselberry, FL 32707
    Phone: (407) 260-8300
    Speakers for school and classroom ($), special programs ($), literature ($), and audio-visuals for all grade levels.
  • Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability. (FICUS)
    Info about Florida environment, organizations
  • Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Galapagos Coalition Greenpeace. Environmental activism
  • National Geographic Online National Resources Defense Council Public Interest Research Groups Reef Relief
    P.O. Box 430, Key West, FL 33041
    Phone: (305) 294-3100 Fax: (305) 293-9515
    Field trips for all grades, Spring seminars and teacher kits available, literature, curriculum, audio-visuals; Annual Clean-up and Reef Awareness Week.
  • The Sierra Club
    85 Second Street, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
    Phone: (415) 977-5500 Fax: (415) 977-5799
    Literature, curriculum, videos
  • South Florida Water Management District
    P.O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680
    Phone: (407) 686-8800 Fax: (407) 687-6010
    Speakers for schools, teacher workshops, special programs, General Water Resource Curriculum for grades 3, 6, and high school, audio-visuals. Terraquest. On-line expeditions to remote places. Volcano World. Lots of good info on volcanoes.
  • World Wide Web Virtual Fish Library The Cousteau Society
    Greenbrier Tower II
    870 Greenbrier Circle, Suite 402, Chesapeake, VA 23320
    Phone: (804) 627-1144 Fax: (804) 627-7547
    School speakers ($), Project Ocean Search (grades 11+)($), literature ($), and audio-visuals ($).
  • Concern, Inc.
    1794 Columbia Rd., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
    Phone: (202) 328-8160 Fax: (202) 387-3378
    Literature for grades 6-12 ($).
  • Earth Care Paper Company
    P.O. Box 7070, Madison, WI 53707
    Phone: (608) 277-2900 Fax: (608) 277-2990
    Curriculum and audio-visuals ($) available
  • Florida Department of Natural Resources
    3900 Commonwealth Blvd, MS 245, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000
    Phone: (904) 922-4330 Fax: (904) 922-4338
    Literature for all grade levels, dealing specifically with manatee and sea turtle issues.
  • Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust/Keys Children's Museum
    P.O. Box 536, Marathon, FL 33050
    Phone: (305) 743-3900 Fax: (305) 743-0429
    Field trips, teacher workshops ($), literature ($)
  • Fish and Wildlife Reference Service
    5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110, Bethesda, MD 20814
    Phone: (800) 582-3421 Fax: (301) 564-4059
    Speakers ($), literature ($), and audio-visuals ($) available.