STEP Resources

Students:  Once you’ve chosen your assignment on the Assignment Page, you may use these links to determine your writing and research topic.  You are not limited to these links and may conduct further research in your library, online or in-person.

Science

Liberty Science Center

NJ Science in your Backyard

Agricultural Museum

Dept. of Energy

NJ State Science & Technology

Science Daily

New Jersey Life Science

Technology

NJ Inventors Hall of Fame

NJ Inventors

Sarnoff Corporation

Building Wonders

Inventors Hall of Fame

NJ Invent

NJ Technology

Edison Muckers

Environment

NJ Environmental Resource List

Environmental Protection

Clean Ocean Action

Great Swamp

Ocean Literacy

NJ Audubon Society

NJ Conservation Foundation

The Watershed

NJ Sierra Club

Riverkeeper Group

Canal Society of NJ

Pinelands Preserve

Environmental Protection Agency

More resources courtesy of the Association of NJ Environmental Educators:

Alliance for a Living Ocean
American Littoral Society
Arthur Kill Watershed Association
Association of Environmental Authorities
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
Atlantic City Aquarium

Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program
Barnegat Bay Estuary Program
Barnegat Bay Watershed and Estuary Foundation
Bayshore Discovery Project
Bergen County Soil Conservation District
Bergen County Watershed Management Committee
Bergen County Utilities Authority
Bergen County Audubon Society
Bergen County Zoo
Bergen Save the Watershed Action Network
Burlington County Soil Conservation District
Byram Township Environmental Commission

Cattus Island Park, Cooper Environmental Center
Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries
Clean Ocean Action
Clifton Environmental Protection Commission
Camp Apagisca
Camp Bernie
Camp Sacajawea
Camp Shepard’s Mill
Closter Nature Center Association
Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary
Camden County Soil Conservation District
Cape May-Atlantic County Soil Conservation District
Cumberland-Salem County Soil Conservation District
Cape May Bird Observatory – The Northwood Center
Cape May Bird Observatory – Center for Research and Education
Closter Nature Center
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ
Camden Children’s Garden
Camden County Environmental Center

Demarest Nature Center
Delaware and Raritan Greenway
Delaware River Basin Commission
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Visitor Center)

Essex County 4-H
Essex County Environmental Center
Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC)
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Fairview Lake YMCA
Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
Forked River Mountain Coalition
Fyke Nature Association

Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center
Greater Newark Conservancy /Prudential Outdoor Learning Center
Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association
Green Township Environmental/Heritage Commission
Gloucester County Soil Conservation District
Gateway National Recreation Area
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Great Swamp Watershed Association

High Point State Park
Howell Living History Farm
Huber Woods Environmental Center
Hudson-Essex-Passaic County Soil Conservation District
Hunterdon County Soil Conservation District
The Habits that Save Habitats
Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation
Hackensack Riverkeeper
Hackettstown Natural Resource Education Center
Highlands Audubon Society
Hiram Blauvelt Wildlife Art Museum
Hudson County Improvement Authority

Institute of Marine and Costal Sciences

James A. McFaul Wildlife Center of Bergen County
Jockey Hollow Environmental Studies Center
John J. Crowley Nature Center/ Rifle Camp Park

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Kateri Environmental Education Center

Linwood-MacDonald Environmental Education Center
Lorrimer Sanctuary
Liberty Science Center
Liberty State Park Interpretive Center

Musconetcong Watershed Association
Mad Agnes
Master Gardeners of Essex County
Meadowlands Environment Center
Merrill Creek Reservoir
Millbrook Village
Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority & Clean Communities
Morris Museum
Musical Legends, Inc.
Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center
Monmouth-Middlesex County Soil Conservation District
Mercer County Soil Conservation District
Morris County Soil Conservation District

New Jersey Museum of Agriculture
New Jersey School of Conservation
Nacote Marine Lab
New Jersey Audubon Society
Nature Conservancy / Skylands Program
New Jersey Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors/Great Swamp OEC
Newark Museum
North Jersey Resource Conservation and Developmental Council
Nature Center of Cape May
Nature Conservancy – NJ Field Office
New Jersey Agriculture Society
NJ Outdoor Classroom Network
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
New Jersey Conservation Foundation – Camden
New Jersey Conservation Foundation – Western Piedmont
NJ Coalition of Lake Association
Newark Junior Museum
New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant
New Jersey State Museum

Ocean Nature and Conservation Society
Ocean County Soil Conservation District
Project Impact

Plainsboro Preserve
Passaic River Coalition
Pequannock River Coalition
Pompeston Creek Watershed Association
Palisades Interstate Park – NJ Section
Palisades Nature Association / Greenbrook Sanctuary
Passaic County Camp Hope
Pequest Trout Hatchery
Pyramid Mountain Natural History Area

Raccoon Ridge Bird Observatory
The Raptor Trust
Rancocas Creek Conservancy
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Atlantic County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Bergen County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Burlington County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Camden County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Cape May County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Cumberland County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Essex County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Gloucester County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Hudson County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Hunterdon County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Mercer County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Middlesex County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Monmouth County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Morris County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Ocean County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Passaic County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Salem County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Somerset County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Sussex County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Union County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Warren County
Rancocas Nature Center

Somerset-Union County Soil Conservation District
Somerset County 4-H Center
Sussex County Soil Conservation District
Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc.
Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuaries
Somerset County Environmental Education Center
Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
South Branch Watershed Association
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association
Salt Marsh Safari
Self Conducted Nature Trips
Swartzwood State Park

Teaneck Creek Conservancy, Inc.
Tenafly Nature Center
Traditional Earth Skills of North America
Trailside Nature and Science Center
Turtleback Zoo
Upper Raritan Watershed Association
Van Vleck House and Garden
Walkill Wildlife Refuge
Walpack Valley Environmental Education Center
The Wetlands Institute
Warren County Soil Conservation District
Weis Ecology Center
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge
Young Audiences of NJ