Check out these fun sites for more games
and information about Climate Change.
EPA
Climate and Waste Kids Activities
This page has publications
and links to help educate kids about the relationship between solid
waste and climate change.
EPA's
Explorers' Club
At this fun Web site,
you can check out:
- Happy
Earth Day Activity Book An 11-page activities book
full of tips for making Earth a better place.
- On
the Trail of the Missing Ozone This comic book features
a reporter who uncovers some surprising facts about air pollution.
- President’s
Environmental Youth Award Every year kids that work
to protect their environment are recognized for their efforts.
Find out what other kids have done and how you can be part of
it.
- Recycle
City A game, an interactive story book, and other puzzles
will teach you hundreds of ways a whole town can reduce, reuse,
and recycle.
- When
Greenville Turned Brown - Here you'll find an interactive
story with really cool graphics that tells you how one town cleaned
up their environment.
EcoKids
Online
A site for kids about the planet and its animals.
It includes:
- Games;
- News and Facts about animals;
- Special guests;
- Gallery of children's art; and,
- A discussion area.
This site also includes an educator's learning
guide with activities and additional links.
EduGreen
EduGreen is making environmental learning
fun for kids! With four main sections Explore, Play, Network,
and Surf the site covers subject topics like Life on Earth,
Energy, Air pollution, and Water. It also has poems, calendars,
story time, pathfinders, quotes, maps, multimedia resources, and
related Web site links. Interactive features include games,
quizzes
and networking with others.
Encyclopedia
of the Atmospheric Environment
The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
is a one-stop source of information on a range of atmopsheric issues,
including air quality, acid rain, climate change and ozone depletion.
Environmental
Education on the Internet (EE-Link)
EE-Link is a strong presence for Environmental
Education (EE) on the Internet. Consistent with the Key
Principles of Environmental Education ,
EE-Link develops and organizes Internet resources to support, enhance
and extend effective environmental education in grades K-12.
Environmental
Web directory
Educators can find an extensive list of school
project ideas relating to the environment at this site.
Global
Learning and Observations
to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
GLOBE is a worldwide network of students,
teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand
the global environment. Students and teachers from over 6,500 schools
in more than 80 countries are working with research scientists to
learn more about our planet. GLOBE students make environmental observations
at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet.
Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback
to the students to enrich their science education.
Global
Warming: Focus on the Future
Global Warming: Focus on the Future
is the official web version of the award-winning exhibit, Global
Warming: Understanding the Forecast, which closed on Labor Day,
1997 after a five-year, nine-city tour. The Web site encourages visitors
to learn about the history of the issue, examines why the recent
changes to the atmosphere are a problem, and empowers them to help
solve the problem by giving specific examples of ways they can help
to reduce emissions of gases that cause Global Warming.
Information
about a game "Global Change"
Here kids can. . .
- You guessed it! Find
out information on a game called "Global Change";
- See the Game's Giant
World Map;
- Read about the history
of the game.
Educators can learn how to host the Game in
their community and become a Global Change Game volunteer.
The
International Year of the Ocean
Home Page for Kids and Educators
At this site you can find:
- Numerous activity and coloring books;
- Fact sheets on Climate Change, Coral Reefs,
and Endangered Whales (plus many more);
- How to adopt a buoy; and,
- How to become an ocean champion and take
the ocean pledge.
For teachers, there is the Educator's Guide
(downloadable) as well as many useful fact sheets.
Meet
Professor Polar Bear
Check out this site for more answers to the
questions:
- What is global warming?
- What causes global warming?
- What are the effects of global warming?
Also:
- Check out the weekly questions section.
- Test your climate change knowledge with
the weekly quiz!
NOVA
Online: Warnings from the Ice
Explore how Antarctica's ice has preserved
the past from Chernobyl to the Little Ice Age going
back hundreds of thousands of years, and then see how the world's
coastlines would recede if some or all of this ice were to melt.
This excellent site for kids also includes a guide and resources
for educators.
ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest is the home of the International
ThinkQuest web-building contest. The site contains thousands of
Web sites created by students for students about almost every topic
under the sun. There are a number of sites about climate change
and many sites about the environment. This is a tremendous resource
for both kids and educators.
US
Global Change Research
Information Office's "It's Elementary!"
This site was designed by a teacher "specifically
for teachers to access, view, and print lessons during one planning
period using their school's internet connection." Topics for lesson
plans include: Air Quality, Acid Rain, Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide,
Greenhouse Effect, Ozone, Global Change, Oceans Remote Sensing,
Pioneers in Energy, Science Projects, and Student Activities.
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