As of September 30, 2005, the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium is no longer in operation.

Materials and Resources

• Kesselheim, A., & Slattery, B. (1995). Wow, the Wonders of Wetlands. Available online: http://www.wetland.org/wow.htm

• Leopold, A. (1968). Sand county almanac. New York, Oxford University Press.

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1989). Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Inc.:Reston:VA. Available online: http://www.enc.org/reform/journals/ENC2280/280dtoc1.htm

• National Research Council. (1996). National science education standards. Washington DC:National Academy Press. Available online: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html

• Lake County Forest Preserve/Conservation

• Lake County Soil and Conservation

• Lake County EPA Office

• Waukegan Historical Society

• Waukegan Building and Zoning Commission

• CD-ROM reference materials, such as:
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • Washington Post
  • DuPage County Forest Preserve Water Quality.
• Internet search engines, such as Yahoo

• e-mail to communicate with experts in the field.

• Search The Amazing Picture Machine Web site for "wetlands"

• Web sites with related pictures:
  • Whooping Crane

  • Three students examine trees and water in a wetland area

  • Extent of Wetlands in the Lower 48 States

  • This collage shows some of the different parts of the land and environment that can effect ecosystems

  • Wood Ducks

  • Wetlands Food Web

  • Heron in Texas

  • Flooded street

  • Hunters in a marsh

  • Factory near a marsh

  • Mining for peat in a drained marsh

  • View of an inland marsh

  • Using water from wetlands for irregation

  • Percentage of Wetlands Acerage Lost, 1780's-1980's

  • America's Wetlands

  • What are Wetlands? collection of photographs

• Web sites with related information:
  EPA: Vital link between land and water

  EPA Office of Wetlands and Watersheds homepage