Learning through Legacy
"Learning through Legacy: Alabama's Environmental Education Guides" are excellent tools for teaching environmental education. With over 4,000 hands-on activities for grades K-12, this series of curricula guides is a useful addition to any classroom. The series features K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Each guide is divided into the content areas of: natural resources, ecology, waste management, pollution prevention, glossary, and resources. Each guide has been correlated to the State of Alabama's Course of Study. Each guide is $20 per version. To order a version for your classroom, call the Legacy office or click here to email us.

Below are a few sample activites from Learning Through Legacy:
Going, Going Gone (K-2 Guide/Ecology Section)
Garbage Pizza (K-2 Guide/Waste Management Section)
It's All In The Air (3-5 Guide/Pollution Prevention Section)
Down Home Dinosaurs (3-5 Guide/Natural Resources Section)
Gotta Have Energy (6-8 Guide/Ecology Section)
Posters and People (6-8 Guide/Pollution Prevention Section)

The Water SourceBook
The Water Sourcebook is a supplemental activity guide of over 60 hands-on activities per guide to teach students about water resources and water conservation. The book is divided into five topic areas; Introduction to Water, Surface Water, Wetlands and Coastal Resources, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Ground Water. The book also includes an extensive glossary of terms related to water resources, teacher fact sheets about water-related issues, and a curriculum correlation index. The Water Sourcebook was written and produced with funds from EPA, TVA, ADEM, and Legacy. The Water Sourcebook is available in book or CD-ROM. The series features K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Each guide is $10 a piece. The CD-ROM with all four guides is also $10. To order a version for your classroom, call the Legacy office or click here to email us.

Below are a few sample activites from the Water SourceBook:
The Returning Raindrop (3-5 Guide)
Settling The Wastewater Problem (3-5 Guide)
N, B, & T: Pollutants Three (3-5 Guide)
Flush Your Troubles Away (3-5 Guide)
What Can I Do? (3-5 Guide)

Environmental Blackboard
The Environmental Blackboard is a biannual newsletter strictly for Alabama teachers. The Environmental Blackboard informs teachers on the upcoming events and programs that their students and themselves can be involved with, and tells of interesting environmental education facts and ideas. If you are an educator and would like to receive the Environmental Blackboard, please click here.

Environmental Education Resources
Legacy produces many environmental education materials to assist teachers in educating students about the environment. Click below to view a description and to order any of the publications and materials Legacy offers.
Drops and Watts
Earth Saver Wheel
Energy Conservation Wheel
Environmental Centers & Organizations Resource Guide
Environmental Citizenship Guide
Environmental Poster Series
Helping Yourself to a Healthy Home
Integrated Pest Management Coloring Book
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Guide
Responsible Gardening Wheel
Smart Driving Guide
Water Conservation Wheel

Please Note: To download any of the Legacy applications and materials, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this program you may click the link below to go to Adobe's web site and download this FREE program.