Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute

“connecting people, place and community”

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Resources for Teachers

The Education Program has a wide variety of resources to loan to local schools. Please contact PCEI’s education team to reserve supplies, field guides, or learning bins for your classroom. A donation for the use of materials is greatly appreciated for the general upkeep and continued replenishment of materials.

Learning Bins

  • Orienteering Bin: This bin contains compasses and directions for setting up a game to help your class learn compass basics.
  • Rainforest Bin: Books and interesting artifacts (skins, butterfly specimens, and more) will enhance your rainforest lessons.
  • Oceans Bin: If your class is studying oceans, this bin will supplement your lessons with a variety of specimens (coral, sea turtle, walrus tusk, and Helmet Shell), an ocean floor map, and books.
  • Tree ID and Forest Measurement Bin: Materials include measuring tapes, tangent tree height guides, tree ring dating kit, box of tree cookies, clinometers, and calculators.

Field Guides

Rockies Trees and Wildflowers Pocket Guide, Idaho Birds Pocket Guide,Weather Pocket Guide, Pond Life Pocket Guide,Rocky Mountain Tree Finder Pocket Guide,Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths,Peterson First Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians,Peterson First Guide to Insects, Peterson First Guide to Birds Trees of Idaho

Supplies you can borrow

  • Binoculars
  • Compass
  • Berlese apparatus
  • Petri dishes
  • Water quality monitoring eqipment
  • Pond and stream study equipment
  • Wildlife pelts
  • Weather station

Fact Sheets

These handy fact sheets cover the basics of a variety of environmental topics. Use them to brush up on some ecology for a unit you are teaching or to be better informed for that next public meeting. Each sheet includes a list of references for more in-depth study. Click a topic below to download the pdf Fact Sheet.

Water:

Aquifer Basics     Water Quality     State Groundwater Designations     Moscow Aquifers     Palouse Water Use

Restoration and Trees:

Riparian Areas     Palouse Trees     Wetlands     Stream Dynamics

Sustainability:

Biodiesel

To schedule a one of a kind field trip for your students, email learning@pcei.org to discuss options and costs.

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Mailing Address

Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
PO Box 8596
Moscow ID 83843

*Please mail correspondence and checks to our PO Box, NOT our physical address. USPS does not deliver mail to 1040 Rodeo Drive. UPS and Fedex deliveries are accepted at our Rodeo address.

Contact Us

Phone: (208) 882-1444

Email: info@pcei.org

 

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