Resources for Educators

Braitmayer Foundation
The Foundation is interested in K-12 education throughout the United States. Of particular interest are: Curricular and school reform initiatives; Preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.

Captain Planet Foundation
Funding and support for hands-on environmental projects that empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities.

Donors Choose
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers post classroom project requests on the site, and donors can give any amount to the project.

Earthwatch Institute Education
Earthwatch Institute offers fellowships for K-12 educators to join their two-week field expeditions. Projects range from archaeological digs in Peru, to habitat studies in Oregon, to running transects through reefs in the Bahamas. Earthwatch Institute aims to promote multidisciplinary science and social studies curriculum in schools nationwide as well as enrich teachers and enhance the academic experience of students.

National Science Teachers Association
NSTA awards, grants, and competitions for students and teachers.

PLT GreenWorks! Grant
Do you have an idea for a school or community garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or an energy conservation project? Need funds to implement it? Apply for a PLT GreenWorks! Grant today!

Whole Kids Foundation
Created in partnership with FoodCorps, the School Garden Grant program provides a $2,000 monetary grant to a K-12 school, or a non-profit working in partnership with a K-12 school, to support a new or existing edible garden on school grounds.

Toshiba America Foundation
Toshiba's Science and Math Improvement grants are available for grades 6-12 math and science teachers with innovative project ideas or material need for their classrooms. Also available are grants to K-5 teachers.

Local Opportunities

• Artist Boat - Learn strategies to integrate art and science
• Children's Museum of Houston -  Introduce students of all ages to fun and learning in new ways
• Junior Master Gardener - Workshops and leader training for the JMG certification program
• Texas Project Learning Tree - Workshops, online training, summer institute
• Texas Project WILD - Teacher and facilitator workshops for Project Wild, Project Wild Aquatic, and Growing Up Wild
• Texas Wildlife Association Outreach Teacher Workshops - Designed for K-8 educators, G/T credit hours

Other Opportunities

• American Museum of Natural History: Seminars on Science - Online courses for educators
• Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation Annual Summer Institute - Regional, professional learning for K-12 educators
• Educator Academy in the Amazon - Immersive training for educators.
• The GLOBE Program - Grade level-appropriate, interdisciplinary activities and investigations about the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and soil/pedosphere
• NOAA Teacher at Sea Program - Hands-on, real-world research experience working at sea with world-renowned NOAA scientists
• Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program - Provides a unique professional development experience by linking national park units with teachers

• Armand Bayou Nature Center
• Bayou Preservation Association
• Citizens' Environmental Coalition
• Cockrell Butterfly Center
• Galveston Bay Estuary Program
• Galveston Bay Foundation
• Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
• Hermann Park Conservancy
• Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
• Houston Zoo
• Mercer Botanic Gardens
• Nature Discovery Center
• Texas Forestry Association - Texas Project Learning Tree

• Texas AgriLife Extension Service
• Texas Association for Environmental Education
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Texas Education Agency
• Texas Envirothon
• Texas Forest Service
• Texas General Land Office
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Texas Project WILD
• National Association of Conservation Districts
• National Science Teachers Association
• National Wildlife Federation
• NCF-Envirothon
• North American Association for Environmental Education
• Project Learning Tree (PLT)
• Project WET
• Project WILD
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• World Wildlife Fund

• Acorn Naturalists
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
• Insect Lore