In 2016, KAEE began the work of developing workshops that were correlated to the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for science.  We quickly realized the value environmental education has to offer teachers when it comes to KAS, and we wanted to do more.  KAEE invited environmental educators across the Commonwealth to collaborate on this project, building EE units entrenched in the KAS for classroom teachers.  We worked with formal and non-formal educators, training them to read and understand KAS for Science, and giving them the tools they needed to develop these EE Units of Study.

Elementary

Little hands are meant to get dirty!  Designed for grades K-5, these units get students outside and can integrate seamlessly into your science curriculum.

Middle

​Middle school students face a number of distractions.  You'll find ways to keep students engaged and interested in learning with our EE Units of Study.

High

​Get your students off their iPhones and engaged in the world around them with our interactive, engaging units for grades 9-12.
​We would like to thank Dr. Melinda Wilder at Eastern Kentucky University and Vivian Bowles for their time and expertise on the creation of these units.  Many thanks to Rae McEntyre with the Kentucky Department of Education for her diligent review and support of this process.  Finally, we would like to recognize the following volunteers for serving on the NGSS Working Group responsible for designing these units: 
Joanna Ashford
Jennifer Beach
Billy Bennett
Grace Downey
Brittany Fisher
Jackie Gallimore
Sagan Goodpaster
Emily Hogue
​Annie Holt
Susan Lewis
Ashley Osborne
Karen Pratt
April Reefer
Henrietta Sheffel
Danny Woolums

EE units

ee resources

ee connections
KAEE is proud to partner with diverse organizations across the state of Kentucky in order to achieve our vision of an environmentally literate society committed to a sustainable future.  These partnerships and collaborations are essential to the success of our organization and the work we are doing.  We would like to give special recognition to our statewide partners who also assisted in the development of these resources.

Kentucky Environmental education council

The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) is a state agency within the Education & Workforce Development Cabinet. The agency's mission is to promote learning and skills for a sustainable and economically healthy environment. 

Kentucky Department
​of education

The Kentucky Department of Education is a service agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and part of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.  Their mission is to partner with districts, schools, and education shareholders to provide service, support and leadership to ensure success for each and every student.

support for
​the tree

Support for this site was provided in part by a grant from the Pisces Foundation, which seeks ways to accelerate to a world where people and nature thrive together.  Additional support was provided by a Nonpoint Source Pollution grant from the Kentucky Division of Water and funding from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education