Categories

1. Simple Resources [i.e., basic, limited contact, short duration, active learner involvement, involves learning cycle, has facilitator or presenter, limited or no scope and sequence]
   Examples:
• Activity or Lesson Plan
• Guest Speaking Presentation
• Special Event (limited duration or contact)
• Interpretive Program or Presentation
• Stand-alone Field Trip or Guided Tour (informal education settings)
• Issue Investigation and Action Research
2. Complex Resources [i.e., complex, learner-centered, has curriculum framework, contains teacher instruction supplements such as lesson guides, active learner involvement but may be self-directed, nonformal or formal settings with definable scope and sequence and multiple/longer term contact between instructor and learner]
   Examples:
• Activity Guide
• Compendium of Activities/Lesson Plans
• Interactive, Instructional CD-ROM or DVD
• Workbook
• Instructional Text
• Case Study
• Project-based Learning Model
• Self-contained Course, Seminar, and Workshop
• Experiential Learning Model
• Service Learning Model
• Comprehensive curricula [i.e., school based model such as Environment as an Integrating Context]
• On-line Course
• Residential Instruction

Note: Environmental information BY ITSELF, is not environmental education. If you use information supplements (e.g., posters, videos, coloring books, information packets, etc.) we suggest you provide a brief explanation of the information supplement itself AND supporting details about how the information items are used within the education or learning process.

Collections

Multiple resources of similar design may be submitted as a "collection." A collection is a group of resources submitted together that were created using the same format and educational design. The resources should be from the same category (Simple Resources, Complex Resources). There is not a limit on the number of resources that make up a collection.
More on Collections.