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Spectacular Labor Day Savings!

All books and DVDs 25% off on all orders of $75 or more at the ACA Bookstore! Use code LBD-25 at checkout. 

Labor Day Spectacular at the ACA Bookstore
Celebrate 150 Years of Camp Memories

Perfect for campers, camp parents, and staff! Single item or quantity orders available. Customize with your camp name.

Stock your camp store . . . Purchase as gifts . . . Share the memories.

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September/October Camping Magazine

Learn the skills you need to succeed. Camping Magazine is your primary source for the most recent trends in the camp industry, the latest research in the field of youth development, critical management tools, and innovative programming ideas. September/October 2010 articles address education, research, history, 2020 Toolbox, and much more.

2010 September/October Camping Magazine Magazine
2011 National Conference

Join more than 1,500 of your colleagues, presenters, and exhibiting personnel at the 2011 National Conference in San Diego. Fourplus packed days of quality education, social and issuesbased networking, professional trade-show access, and special events are designed to boost your professional development.

2011 National Conference in San Diego
What to Pack

Camp is just around the corner, and you’ve still got to pack! You might be a pro at packing for camp, but there are always a few things you might forget. That's why The Clorox Company is partnering with the ACA to bring you a simple list of great suggestions for what counselors and staff should make sure is on their packing list this summer. Take a look – it just might save you from leaving something really important off your list!

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Online Resources
Nature Education Resources

Over 50 Nature Activities Just a Click Away!
YMCA of the USA's ICARE Initiative (PDF) — Over fifty activities that do not require deep science knowledge and which can be done in many different settings.
 

Children & Nature Network
Reconnecting Children With Nature
www.childrenandnature.org
Nature Club for Families Toolkit
 

No Child Left Inside
www.eeNCLB.org

Discover how to bring your camp back to nature...

Children & Nature Network Resources
Children’s Nature Deficit: What We Know – and Don’t Know
Shared Nature Experience as a Pathway to Strong Family Bonds
Reflections on Children’s Experience of Nature
Children and Nature 2009
Research and Studies, Volume Four September 2009
 
Other Resources
Nature Rocks
PBS Parents
Environmental Education Week
National Wildlife Week
Muskegon Chronicle Article
The Nature-Child Reunion
Green Hour
Grow Outside: A Guide to Outdoor Play from Leave No Child Inside of Greater Cincinnati (PDF - 972k)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Article
Sierra Club
Audubon Society
Audubon Adventures
Leave No Trace
Children’s Nature Institute
Hooked on Nature
An Inconvenient Truth
StopGlobalWarming.org
Environmental Protection Agency
Go Green Initiative
Association for Experiential Education
National Outdoor Leadership School
National Wildlife Federation
North American Association for Environmental Education
Wilderness Education Association
Annual Great American Backyard Campout
National Geographic
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - Environmental Education
Wilderness Awareness School
52 Ways to Fall in Love with the Earth
 
Science and Nature Lesson sites
Discovery Education
The Teacher's Corner
National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN)
ProTeacher
National Geographic
NASA
National Ocean Atmosphere Administration
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
TeAch-nology.com
English as a Second Language
Lesson Planet
Educational REALMS
University of South Dakota
Global, Environmental, & Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC)
Globalization101.org
Care2
Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Environmental Education, San Diego State University
Educator's Reference Desk
EE-Link, North American Association for Environmental Education

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American Camp Association | Summer camps enrich children's lives!
Spectacular Labor Day Savings!

All books and DVDs 25% off on all orders of $75 or more at the ACA Bookstore! Use code LBD-25 at checkout. 

Labor Day Spectacular at the ACA Bookstore
Celebrate 150 Years of Camp Memories

Perfect for campers, camp parents, and staff! Single item or quantity orders available. Customize with your camp name.

Stock your camp store . . . Purchase as gifts . . . Share the memories.

T-shirts • Hats • Bags • Posters Brought to you by ACA in partnership with New D
September/October Camping Magazine

Learn the skills you need to succeed. Camping Magazine is your primary source for the most recent trends in the camp industry, the latest research in the field of youth development, critical management tools, and innovative programming ideas. September/October 2010 articles address education, research, history, 2020 Toolbox, and much more.

2010 September/October Camping Magazine Magazine
2011 National Conference

Join more than 1,500 of your colleagues, presenters, and exhibiting personnel at the 2011 National Conference in San Diego. Fourplus packed days of quality education, social and issuesbased networking, professional trade-show access, and special events are designed to boost your professional development.

2011 National Conference in San Diego
What to Pack

Camp is just around the corner, and you’ve still got to pack! You might be a pro at packing for camp, but there are always a few things you might forget. That's why The Clorox Company is partnering with the ACA to bring you a simple list of great suggestions for what counselors and staff should make sure is on their packing list this summer. Take a look – it just might save you from leaving something really important off your list!

The Clorox Company

Find a Camp

Looking for a summer camp? Search over 2,400 ACA-Accredited camps.

Find a Job

Find the perfect summer or year-round camp job. Need Staff? Check Out ACA’s Staff Recruitment Solutions!

Join ACA

Join today and be an integral part of an evolving, versatile, and vibrant organization of people with knowledge to share.

Syndicate content Public Policy

Environmental Protection Agency Ruling Lead-Based Paint Hazards

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