The following list consists of environmental education programs that are not yet well-known or recognized but are quickly gaining popularity due to the very high level of quality and effectiveness as teaching tools. They are national in focus, meet North American Association for Environmental Education guidelines and align with state standards of learning.

Grades: 9-12

Description: Earth Matters: Studies for our Global Future offers environmental education for grades 9-12 through a self-guided activity guide. The second edition of Earth Matters was published in 1998 by Population Connection, a national population organization that was created in 1968...

Grades: PreK-2.

Description: Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children offers environmental education for grades PreK-2 through a self-guided activity book, written in 1992 by Carol Petrash, a preschool teacher in Maryland for over 15 years and an active environmentalist...

Grades: 5-8

Description: Eco-Inquiry is packaged as a 392-page curriculum guide which includes experiments and research to help provide students with an understanding of ecological processes and how they affect a specific site in their local environment. The guide is divided into 3 modules, each of which addresses a particular concept area such as food webs, nutrient cycling, and decomposition.

Grades: K-Adult

Description: Environmental Education in the Schools: Creating a Program that Works offers environmental education for ages/grades K-Adult through a 500-page collection of environmental education activities and materials....

Grades: 6-12

Description: Environmental Science Activities Kit: Ready-to-Use Lessons, Labs & Worksheets offers environmental education for grades 6-12 through a collection of 32 detailed, environmental science lessons. It was written in 1993 by Michael Roa, who has been teaching since 1969...

Grades: K-6

Description: Environmental Teaching Guide: 21 Ways to Bring the Environment into the Classroom offers environmental education for grades K-6 through a self-guided activity guide and lesson plan manual. It was originally published in 1996 by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, and was revised 5 years later in 2001...

Grades: 6-12

Description: Nature Puzzlers offers environmental education for grades 6-12 through a collection of 50 puzzling situations from the world of nature. Written in 1989 by Lawrence Hillman, it is published and supported by Libraries Unlimited Inc./Teacher Ideas Press. The use of puzzles and games makes learning about the environment a fun activity, popular during both instructional and break times...

Grades: PreK-6.

Description: Project Seasons: Hands-on Activities for Discovering the Wonders of the World offers environmental education for grades PreK-6 through an activity book which offers interdisciplinary seasonal activities relating to conservation, agriculture and natural science...

Grades: 6-12

Description: Sharing Nature with Children offers environmental education for grades PreK-12 through a 168-page book written by Joseph Cornell and published by the Sharing Nature Foundation...

Grades: 1-3

Description: Teacher's Guide to World Resources offers environmental education for grades 7-12 through a guidebook consisting of 15 separate modules, each focusing on a particular topic...

Grades: 5-8

Description: The Leopold Education Project: Lessons in a Land Ethic offers environmental education for grades 5-8 through a set of curriculum materials ranging from a teacher's guide/workbook to task cards to a video biography of Aldo Leopold...