Earth and Environmental Science Web Sites
APES:
Apenviro
Dr. K’s Homepage
Links for APES
Environmental Literacy Council
Environment Unit
Ecological Footprint
Air Pollution:
Coping with Indoor Air Pollution
IAQ: Indoor Air Pollution
IAQ Publications: Radon
North Carolina Air Pollution
Weather’s Role: Ozone
Climatogram:
Climatogram-Polar Bear
Climatogram Activity
Ecology:
World Biomes
Oceanography: Ocean Life
Food Chain Lesson
Energy:
CBS: Fuel Efficient Cars
Coal
Coal Formation Lesson
Alternative Fuel Activities
Petroleum Distillation (Simulation)
Energy Lessons
Energy Saving Tips
Energy Webquest Lesson
Oil Formation
Fossils into Fuels
Institute of Petroleum: Oil and Gas
Institute of Petroleum: Oil—A Natural Process
NC Green Power
Alternative Energy Lessons
SERC The PEM Fuel Cell Animation
The Energy Story---Lessons!!!
Forestry:
Sustainable Forestry Lessons
Sustainable Forestry Teacher Resources
Tree Value Estimator
Government Sites:
NASA, National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF, National Science Foundation
USGS, US Geological Survey
US EPA, US Environmental Protection Agency
US DOJ, US Department of Justice
FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
NSTA, National Science Teachers Association
GIS, Geographic Information System, ESRI; the USGS site for GIS
APS, American Physical Society
ACS, American Chemical Society
Geology:
Earthquakes Lesson
Geological Society of America Lessons
USGS Mineral Commodity Report
Rocks and Minerals Lessons
More Rocks and Minerals Lessons
This Dynamic Earth---Plate Tectonics
Virtual Earthquake—Lesson
Global Warming:
Greenhouse Effect Lab
Climate Change Calculations
EPA: Global Warming
EPA: Global Warming- Climate
EPA: Global Warming – Impacts
EPA: Global Warming – Personal Greenhouse Gas Calculator
Union of Concerned Scientists: Global Warming Fact or Fiction?
Global Warming Fact vs. Fiction
Mining:
Cookie Mining Lab
Mining Law of 1872
Ozone:
Ozone
Smog City Core Lesson
The Ozone Hole
The Science of Ozone Depletion
Pesticides:
EPA: Types of Pesticides
Forest Service Pesticide Fact Sheets
Radioactivity:
Absolute Ages and Radioactive Decay
Radioactive Dating
Recycling:
Can Challenge
Ink Cartridge Recycling
Recycle Cans
Recycle City Lesson
Toxicology:
Lung Toxicology Problem
Tox Town
Toxicology Problem Set
Waste:
Hazardous Waste Vocab/Quiz
Superfund Lessons
Solid Waste Lesson
Water:
Groundwater Fact Sheet
EPA: Groundwater and Drinking Water
River and Water Facts
Water Lesson Plans
The Exxon Valdez
Vital Water Graphics
Palestinian Water Consumption
USGS – Water Cycle Diagram
USGS – Water Science for Schools
Safe Water Drinking Act
World Hunger & Agriculture:
12 Myths About Hunger
Genetically Modified Food: Hope or Horror?
Agriculture Factbook: Profiling Food Consumption in America
Bioengineered Agriculture Article
Hunger and Malnutrition in the World
Larson Case Study – Agricultural Practices
International Facts on Hunger
The Food Timeline
World Hunger Facts 2005