Teacher –Scientist - Educator Teams have developed a variety of educational resources, most of which are available on-line.
 
Resources are available for educators working with K-12 students, both in school settings or in after school, community or summer programs. Some of the materials may be easily adaptable for undergraduate teaching.
 
The units include detailed guidelines for teachers and can be downloaded for immediate use. Many of the materials and supplies that your students will need can be borrowed from our Baltimore Education Office.
 
BES workshops provide an opportunity to learn more about the units and inquiry based teaching methods, to conduct your own investigations and to interact with other educators who teach about urban ecosystems.
 
To find out more about available resources visit:
 

• Investigating Urban Ecosystems Series: Modules for Middle & High School Teachers & Students
• Investigating Urban Ecosystems: Kits & Teaching Materials
• My City Is An Ecosystem: A Handbook for Leaders of After School Urban Ecology Programs
• Tree Treasures: A Series of Activities for Elementary School Age Children
• Baltimore Eco-History Resource Guide. Melissa Konieg, 2003.
• Biocomplexity and the Habitable Planet: Curriculum for Teaching High School Environmental Science
• Schoolyard Hydro-Ecology - Water budgets, water flows and water’s ways in the schoolyard ecosystem.
• Exploring Watersheds in Baltimore - Urban hydrology and water quality, and what they tell us about the land.
• Investigations in Urban Soils: Earthworms in the City - The soils beneath Baltimore, their role in the city and the surprising ecology of urban earthworms.

Janie Gordon, ScM - BES Education Coordinator
Parks and People Foundation
800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Telephone: 410-448-5663 ext. 125
Fax: 410-448-5895
Email: janie.gordon@parksandpeople.org
 
Alan R. Berkowitz, Ph.D. - BES Education Team Leader
Head of Education
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
PO Box R (181 Sharon Turnpike)
Millbrook, NY 12545
Telephone: (845) 677-7600 ext. 311
Fax: (845) 677-6455
Email: berkowitza@ecostudies.org