Aquation
We all need fresh water. Some parts of the world have lots of potable water. Some parts do not. Some have lots of resources for building pipelines and desalinization plants to get the water they need. Other places don’t have…
Environmental Science
Updated on March 2, 2017
These 40+ websites offer lessons, games and activities for kids and students learning about environmental science and earth resources. Some address problems such as pollution, littering and global warming and their effects on the environment and animal habitats. Many of the sites provide suggestions for activities kids can do to improve the environment and conserve resources.
Aurum Science Environmental Education Resources
This comprehensive ecoysystems course resources include powerpoint lectures, notes outlines, labs, classroom activities, and other teaching resources for an environmental science class. Topics include scientific principles, species, populations, communities, ecosystems, environmental toxins, food and agriculture, global climate change, air and…
Forestia
In this virtual game world, you are responsible for designing a sustainable boreal forest. The forest must provide lumber, as well as benefit the environment. The game has four stages and you get advice from different characters along the way.…
Poisoned Waters
From site: In Poisoned Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith examines the growing hazards to human health and the ecosystem. “The ’70s were a lot about, ‘We’re the good guys; we’re the environmentalists; we’re going to go after the polluters,’…
What You Need to Know About Energy
From site: As debates about energy grow more intense, Americans need dependable, objective, and authoritative energy information. The National Academies, advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine, provide the facts about energya complex issue that affects us as…
Green Teacher’s Resources
From site: Go Green – The Database. Explore our ever-expanding trove of environmentally conscious teaching tools. Search for lesson plans, Web sites, and educational resources by topic, grade level, cost, or location, or add your resource.
Planetary Boundaries
From site: As climate negotiators heading for the Copenhagen meeting seek a new agreement to stem global warming, the journal Nature has published a study describing eight more fundamental limits on a healthy planet. Exceeding any of the “planetary boundaries”…
Environmental Science for AP
This site offers a video-based overview of the materials on the AP Environment Science test. The videos cover the following topics: Ecology, Effects of Modern Life, Non-Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, and Examp Prep. To navigate to this course, select AP…
Sustainable Fishing Game
From site: You have 10 days to catch as many fish as you can. The money you make from these fish will need to support your family for the next month. Each fish nets $2. Each day, you’ll choose whether…
Science Bulletins: Earth
AMNH offers several webcast features, visualizations and snapshots on a variety of topics on the Earth’s geology, environment and resources. Some of the topics explored include melting glaciers, ice and rising seas, monitorying underground fires in Yellowstone, global ozone, world…
Center for Ecoliteracy
From site: The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living. We provide information, inspiration, and support to the vital movement of K-12 educators, parents, and other members of the school community who are helping young people gain…
Biomes Movie
Explore biomes around the world. Concepts discussed in the movie include biome similarities and differences, boundaries, and the six kinds of biomes: tundra biome, coniferous forest (taiga) biome, decidous forest biome, tropical rain forest biome, grassland biome and desert biome. At the…
A Walk in the Woods
From site: Walk in the Woods is designed for third through fifth grade students to gain an appreciation of nature. Sometimes students are not able to go to a forest preserve or woods, so this brings the woods to them.
Personal Emissions Calculator
From site: EPA has developed tools to help individuals (and households) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take action. Businesses and organizations interested in educating their employees and members about what they can do at home to help protect our climate…
Square of Life
From site: Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments is an Internet-based collaborative project in which students will investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world. Participants will:…