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Epa: Student Guide: Greenhouse Effect
Learn the science behind the greenhouse effect.
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Epa: Global Warming Wheel Card [Pdf]
Students construct a Global Warming Wheel Card, a hand-held tool that they can use to estimate their household's emissions of carbon dioxide and learn how they can reduce them.
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Epa: Smelting Lead Containing Waste
Describes a process by which waste lead can be reclaimed from materials such as batteries.
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Epa: Asbestos
Discusses the different types of risks imposed when exposed to asbestos. Risks that are discussed are cancer risks, reproductive effects, and chronic effects.
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Epa: Surf Your Watershed
This resource provides information on watersheds, maps, activities, and links to local watershed information.
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Epa: 25 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act: History and Trends
A resource from the Environmental Protection Agency that discusses the 25 years of progress, how the Safe Drinking Water Act has protected our health, standards for tap water, and the public's right to know.
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Epa: Air Quality in My City
How does the air quality in my city compare with other cities? What time of year has the best air quality? Has the air quality in my city improved? AirCompare provides local air quality information to help you make informed,...
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Epa: Ecological Regions of North America
A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area.
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Epa: Carbon Monoxide (Co)
This page gives the sources of carbon monoxide along with health effects and recommendations for CO levels in homes.
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Epa: Natural Disasters: Drought
A look at some real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Epa: Endangered Species: Save Our Species Information Shortnose Sturgeon
Find out about the Alabama Sturgeon, a freshwater fish common in the Mobile basin.
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Epa: Learn the Issues: Tornados
Find out about some real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Epa: Natural Disasters: Volcanoes
Read this EPA resource about what to do if you are in immediate danger from a volcanic eruption.
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Epa: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
Information on this page will help students understand environmental dangers related to earthquakes, what they can do to prepare and recover.
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Epa: Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
See some real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Epa: Basic Ozone Layer Science
This site from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides general information about ozone damage.
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Epa: Natural Disasters: Wildfires
Find out about real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Epa: Summary of the Clean Water Act
Provides a brief overview of the Clean Water Act. Includes links to its history and to information about compliance and enforcement.
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Epa: Assessing Health Risks From Pesticides
This site provides information about the active ingredients registered as pesticides. Site discusses toxicology, exposure, dose-response and risk characterization.
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Epa: Asthma and Indoor Environments
This website defines, explains, and exemplifies indoor air pollution and how it significantly contributes to asthma problems.
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Epa: Air Trends
Each year EPA tracks the levels of pollutants in the air and how much of each pollutant (or the pollutants that form them) is emitted from various pollution sources. The Agency looks at these numbers year after year to see how the...
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Epa: Learn the Issues: Chemicals & Toxics
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Epa: Mobile Source Air Toxics
Links to fact sheets, articles, and educational tools on air pollution.
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Epa: Water: Environmental Topics: Water Topics
Find out how EPA research supports efforts under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.