The following lists consists of the most highly useful and well organized environmental education programs for learning in the home. These programs are teacher tested, reinforcing core curricula and numerous learning skills.

Grades: K-8

Description: Habitats Nature Scope Kit offers environmental education for grades K-8 through a unique self-guided Activity Guide and supplemental modules. Habitats Nature Scope Kit was created by the National Wildlife Federation, the nation's premiere grass-roots conservation organization with over 4 million members and 46 state affiliate organizations, and is based on the award-winning Ranger Rick Nature Scope, which is the top-rated nature magazine for kids...

Grades: K-12

Description: Discover Nature Close to Home: Things to Know and Things to Do offers environmental education for grades K-12 through a unique self-guided 208-page Activity Guide. Discover Nature Close to Home was written by Elizabeth P. Lawlor and is part of a Discover Nature Series...

Grades: K-12, with activities adaptable to a specific grade level

Description: Project Learning Tree® (PLT) is an award winning, broad based environmental education program for grades PreK-12. PLT activity guides and supplemental modules provide the needed tools to bring the environment into classrooms - and students into the environment...

Grades: PreK-12

Description: Project Wet offers environmental education for grades PreK-12 through an attractive 500-page curriculum and activity guide. Project Wet was created in 1984 as part of Montana State University's water course program...

Grades: K-12

Description: Project WILD offers environmental education for grades K-12 through an attractive 500-page curriculum and activity guide focusing on wildlife. Project WILD was created in 1983 and is co-sponsored by the Council for Environmental Education, a national organization based in Houston, TX and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The curriculum and activity guide was designed in consultation with teachers and scientific experts nationwide. Over 900,000 teachers have been trained on and use the materials of Project WILD which has reached millions of students.

Grades: 5-8

Description: Windows on the Wild is the environmental education curriculum developed in 1996 by the World Wildlife Fund, a leading international wildlife conservation organization. The curriculum includes a series of modules designed mainly for middle school, but is adaptable to other grade levels...

Grades: 8-11

Description: My Place is an ongoing interactive home-based nature education program for 8-11 year olds and their families. My Place is a program of The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, which is a national, non-profit nature education organization with headquarters in Jamestown, New York, birthplace of world renowned artist and naturalist, Roger Tory Peterson.