Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 5: Human Geography
Learning module prepares students for the Ohio state Social Studies test on Human Geography. Through tutorial videos, interactive games for review and assessment, students learn about human interaction with their environment, migration,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Anthropocene: Human Impact on the Environment
Use this interactive to explore key human impacts on the environment and how they have affected Earth's landscape, ocean, atmosphere, and biodiversity. The column on the left-hand side of the screen lists different human impacts on the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: Unit: 600 1450 Regional & Interregional Interaction
The World History unit is from Khan Academy. The years 600 to 1450 are included. The Byzantine Empire, European Middle Ages, origins of Islam, spread of Islam, Great Schism, Crusades, Mongols, Song China, Medieval Japan, Maya Empire,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on Causation: Human Migration
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of causation of human migration.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Gene Environment Interaction: Food and Sand Rat Health
Students explore the effect of both genes and environment on the health of sand rats, a model for studying diabetes in humans.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Environment and Trade
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the environment and its influence on trade.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
Mind Tools
Introducation to Communication Skills
This article reveals the purpose of communication: to get your message across to others. This may seem elementary, but the process that involves both the sender of the message and the receiver is complex and can lead to confusion and...
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 7: Geography
Learning module with Ohio state test preparation material on Geography, including map skills and modifying the environment. Inlcudes video tutorial, interactive review game, and module assessment.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bio Benefits
What does it take to keep our planet livable? What are the things we need to sustain life? The Bio-Benefits site answers these questions and others pertaining to basic life needs. Click on the hyperlinked words to see interactive...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Marine Oceanography
Students learn about marine biozones, marine organisms, and how humans interact with the marine environment.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Land Use and Land Cover Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-six data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine land use and how human activities have impacted on land cover. They look at agriculture, loss of...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Mapping the Past
This lesson plan requires the students to examine past maps from various cultures in order to learn how the people from that time period interacted and understood their world.
BBC
Bbc: Development and Health
This interactive website is a lesson for students in determining the factors that divide developed and developing countries. Major health issues of each are also included. Archived.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Envirofacts Data Warehouse
The EnviroMapper interactive search tool will generate a map that shows many different sources of pollution. The other tool, My Environment, will give additional environmental information. The maps can be a bit difficult to interpret at...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Introduction
An introductory module with interactive activities, class notes, lab activities, and review questions which cover advanced placement environmental science concepts.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Panama Canal
Regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business on August 15, 1914. America's ingenuity and innovation had triumphed over insurmountable odds. PBS brings us this incredible story via online...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Challenge of the Desert
This elementary exploration of interdependence from the American Forum for Global Education touches on language arts, social studies, and science. Students understand the connection between themselves and their natural environment.
PBS
Nova: Earth in Peril
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
Other
Tread Lightly: Tl Kids!
Five different activities, including a quiz, hiking checklist, interactive maze, coloring pages, and story builder, teach the importance of enjoying the outdoors in a safe and responsible way.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biodiversity Quiz (Ecological Problems)
Take an interactive quiz over ecological problems affecting the environment. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.