Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Community Action & Citizen Science: Biomonitoring
Biomonitoring is the term scientists use to describe the use of plants, animals, or entire ecosystems to tell if our environment is polluted. Biomonitoring has been used by biologists and scientists to give us information about our...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Secret of Bog Creek
This site has a user guided story about a bog that has been a secret dumping ground for waste.
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Environmental Defense Fund: Tips to Fight Global Warming
Read and take action to fight global warming with these 6 tips, complete with links and other climate change resources.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Resource Usage Project and Journal
Students pick a resource and track their use of it over the course of one week. Students record their data in a spreadsheet, write a summary of it, and draw conclusions from their usage patterns. A detailed student handout is provided.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Clean Is That Water?
This lesson plan helps students understand the factors that affect water quality and the conditions that allow for different animals and plants to survive. Students will look at the effects of water quality on various water-related...
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World Land Trust: Personal Carbon Balanced Calculators
You will find a series of calculators here for exploring what your carbon footprint on the Earth is, based on your use of air travel, your regular means of transportation, your household habits, and fixed carbon dioxide emissions for the...
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Science for Schools Pesticides Ground Water
This US Geological Survey site briefly discusses the basics of why pesticides are increasingly found in our ground water. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Do the Green Thing
Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green- and some of the fringe benefits. [3:56]
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Science School:water Quality
Learn about the importance of water quality and environmental influences that reduce it.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Champion Chompers
Compare and contrast the weightlifting abilities of ants and humans and graph the results, and investigate the roles ants and fungi play in the forest ecology.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Earth Surface Dynamics (Research Activities)
This site from USGS provides several activities to help understand the interrelationships among earth surface processes, ecological systems, and human activities. Also included are links to new findings and programs concerning Earth...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science for Middle School
This digital textbook covers core life science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, and videos.
Michigan Reach Out
Michigan Reach Out: Antarctica Ii
This site provides basic reasons for Antarctica's importance to our planet. Students can create their own treaty of governance for Antarctica.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Garbage: Sewage
This concise article looks at the definition of sewage and the cost of treating waste water.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Garbage: Sewage Solutions
A natural and less expensive approach to sewage treatment is discussed in this article about a California city that uses an artificial wetlands waste treatment plant.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Annelida
Basic facts about segmented worms: their size, number of species, where they typically live, ecological roles, and human uses.
Curated OER
Unesco: Cameroon: Sangha Trinational
Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and...
Curated OER
Npr: On the Edge, Timbuktu
Wonderful account of the ecology and environment of Timbuktu and the neighboring area. The impact of trade and other human interactions are explored.
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Npr: On the Edge, Timbuktu
Wonderful account of the ecology and environment of Timbuktu and the neighboring area. The impact of trade and other human interactions are explored.
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A Mali Camel Herder.
Wonderful account of the ecology and environment of Timbuktu and the neighboring area. The impact of trade and other human interactions are explored.
Curated OER
Npr: On the Edge, Timbuktu
Wonderful account of the ecology and environment of Timbuktu and the neighboring area. The impact of trade and other human interactions are explored.