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About ED-STEEP
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About ED-STEEP
ED-STEEP: Education Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems, is an education website for secondary school science teachers, 2- and 4-year college instructors, students, and anyone interested in agriculture-related environmental issues in the Inland Northwest. We provide standards-based lesson plans, learning activities, information, and curriculum resources for educators. ED-STEEP focuses on several regional and global environmental problems, such as soil erosion, air and water quality, soil quality, global warming, biodiversity and conservation, and pesticides. In addition, ED-STEEP provides information on solutions to these environmental problems being developed by university and government scientists and growers in the Pacific Northwest.
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How to Use this Website
The education material in this website is to be used freely for education purposes. All activities and information can be downloaded easily, edited, and reformatted to an individual's needs. Much of the education material in the website has been tested in the classroom. The website is best viewed with Netscape but later versions of Internet Explorer also work well. Most of the material is in MS word format to allow for easy downloading and editing.
We ask those using the website and education material to do the following:
- let us know if you have any suggestions or comments
- pass along any relevant education material that you would like to include in the website (to: Mark Quinn, quinnm@wsu.edu)
- recognize the accomplishments of the university and government researchers, where appropriate
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Dr. Mark A. Quinn and Dr. Catherine A. Perillo, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420
Mark Quinn is a researcher in the Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences at WSU and has spent the last 25 years conducting laboratory, greenhouse, and field research in plant and animal ecology, environmental sciences, entomology, wildlife biology, and microbiology. He has taught university classes in pest management, plant physiology, and plant-insect interactions, is a certified secondary school teacher in Idaho and Washington, and has taught high school biology and junior high life sciences in the Moscow, Idaho school district.
Cathy Perillo has been on the faculty of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences since 1997 and has taught numerous classes including introductory soil science, soil management, and a variety of classes in agricultural systems and sustainable agriculture. She is a proponent of hands-on, research-based science education whether in the traditional college classroom, or in wholly field-focused or fully on-line classes.
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The website was developed through a grant from the USDA-STEEP program, with support from the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, and is maintained by Washington State University |
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