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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sponsors four nationally recognized, award-winning environmental education curriculum supplements in New Jersey. They are Project WILD, Project WILD Aquatic, Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) and Project Learning Tree (PLT).
Each “Project” features one primary activity guide with dozens of lessons that can be adapted for students in pre-school through the secondary grades. Offering over 300 lessons combined, the learner outcomes from these guides are correlated with the revised New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the state science assessments (NJ ASK, GEPA and HSPA).
To view the “Project” lessons having learner outcomes that support components of the core curriculum content standards and state science assessments, visit:
The Projects Correlation Matrix Database
Educators can use this database to see which progress indicators (in the curriculum content standards) and which test questions (in the state science assessments) are supported by lessons from all Project activity guides. Or, educators can review the curriculum correlation spreadsheet (in Excel) for each Project activity guide (see links below) to determine these same linkages.
Funding for the development of this correlation project was made possible by a grant received by DEP from the National Environmental Education Training Partnership. Department staff are grateful to the following educators who used their time and expertise to assist with this project:
- Francesca Angiuoli - Ryan McCrea
- Susan Bartol - Carmen Pirotte
- Beverly Dezan - Jerry Schierloh
- Karen Lund - Jennifer Troast
Department staff are also grateful to Mike Heinz, State Science Coordinator for the New Jersey Department of Education, for his assistance with training, research and grant preparation needs.
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