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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) - (dead link) (German or English)
"Polar and Marine research are central themes of Global system and Environmental Science. The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes."

  • Click & Learn - (dead link) (K12)
    "The Alfred Wegener Institute gets a vast number of enquiries from school children, their teachers and occasionally their parents. Almost everyone wants to know more about the Arctic and the Antarctic, the polar fauna and flora, work on a polar research station, life in the sea, life on board a research vessel or how to become a marine scientist...Here are the most "frequently asked questions" (and answers)."

Amazon Interactive - (dead link)
"Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the RÌo Napo."
- Educational Web Adventures

American Field Guide
"Tap into the sights and sounds from a wide variety of environments throughout America. We've collected over 1400 video clips that enable you to experience America's wilderness firsthand."
Oregon Publication Television

American Museum of Natural History

Ask-a-Geologist
 U.S. Geological Survey

Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) - Antarctica Online

  • Classroom Antarctica (K12)
    "...is designed to help both teachers and students gain a greater awareness of the global importance of Antarctica, of Australia's role in Antarctica, past and present, and our commitment to its future. We can learn much from studying Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and their ecosystems, how scientific programs are supported there and how people live in the harsh, isolated environment."

BBC Education - The Essential Guide to Rocks
Sections include: Programme Archive ; Stones at Home ; Walk with Rocks ; Britain's Rocky Past ; Links/Resources.

Cabrillo National Monument: Cabrillo as Classroom
 U.S. National Parks Service

Canadian Rockhound
Canada's Earth Science Magazine
"...Canada's free online earth science magazine for collectors, beginners and schools. This website introduces beginners and children to the world of rocks, minerals, fossils, gemstones and Canada's geology. It also serves as an online resource for collectors. Here you will find more than one hundred online articles related to the earth sciences."

Careers In Oceanography

Cloud Forest Alive
"Weekly nature lessons, photos, and superb information about the Cloud Forests of Central America and the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor."
"This website was developed to enhance global understanding of the unique and important cloud forests of Central America. Through their impact on water and soil quality, climate patterns, and numerous known and unknown plant and animal species, cloud forests profoundly affect life surrounding them and life around the planet."

Cyprus Environment Studies Center
"...was the first centre for practical environmental education or 'field studies' on the island of Cyprus. Groups of students of all ages come to study ecology, geography, tourism and other environmental subjects appropriate to the area, following programmes from 1 to 10 days in length. Course programmes are designed to meet the needs of individual groups, based always on the principle that there is no better classroom to learn about nature and the landscape than the countryside itself."

Destination: Earth
The Official Website for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise
"...dedicated to understanding the total Earth system and the effects of humans on the global environment."

Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
"Resources in DLESE include lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, and virtual field trips - in short, any web-accessible teaching or learning material. Many of these resources are organized in collections, or groups of related resources that reflect a coherent, focused theme. In many ways, digital collections are analogous to collections in traditional bricks-and-mortar libraries."

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor
"...an interactive distance learning Web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board a series of research cruises to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and gives you access to the latest oceanographic and deep submergence research as it happens! Be at the front line of scientific inquiry and join scientists - geologists, geophysicists, chemists and biologists - who are exploring the seafloor and making amazing deep-sea discoveries. Daily updates, photos, videos, and e-mail correspondence with scientists aboard research vessels allow you to follow the progress of the scientific mission and find out about life on the floating laboratories at sea."
By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & the National Science Foundation

Earth Day Network
"...is an alliance of 5,000 groups in 184 countries working to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world.

Earth Like A Puzzle - Plate Tectonics
"Children learn about plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes at this site in Scripps Institution of Oceanography."

Earth Science Week
- American Geological Institute

Earth's Timeline
Details on each major division of geologic time.
- MSNBC Interactive

Earthguide
"Earth, marine, and environmental science resources for teachers and students."
"We are part of the California Space Institute at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and our web site is created by a dynamic team of undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego. The site that originally grew out of my concept for a new kind of classroom resource continues to grow, driven by community teaching needs and the creative ideas of student interns. Earthguide is our central website and holds project-specific modules and general information."

Ecology Explorers
Doing Science in your Schoolyard

Environment Canada

  • The UV Index, Weather and You - (dead link)

Environmental Defense
"Since 1967, we have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems."
Sections include: Action Center ; Biodiversity ; Climate Change ; Health ; Oceans ; Library.

Environment Education on the Internet
Sections include: Professional Resources ; Class Resources ; Organizations & Projects ; Environment Info ; Grants & Jobs ; Net Services ; Calendar.
A project of the North American Association for Environmental Education

Exploring the Environment (ETE)
"The ETE online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Futureô; at Wheeling Jesuit University."
Resources for both students and teachers.

FEMA For Kids - Tsunami
Brief explanation of Tsunamis for elementary school kids.

Geology of the Grand Canyon
Sections include: How Was it Formed? ; Where Did all the Rock Come From? ; Why Does it Look Like it Does? ; When Did All this Happen?
By Bob Ribokas

GeoSTAC - GeoSpacial Training and Analysis Cooperative
"...was formed with cooperating universites to assist in training by offering online exercises, workshops, and other training opportunities in their communities.

  • itechgis - Idaho Teachers & GIS
    "is web site to support geospatial education in the K-12 communities. The web site is maintained by Idaho State University staff for use by educators in the Idaho region. The goal of this site is to network teachers using GIS in the classroom and universities."
  • Introduction to Topographic Maps
    Online tutorial by Jim Riesterer, Edited by Scott Hughes, Dan Narsavage & Diana Boyack.

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
"...a science-based world map depicting the local and regional consequences of global climate change. The map was produced as a collaborative project by several environmental organizations, and has been peer-reviewed by scientists."

  • Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map
    "The Curriculum Guide activities engage students in an exploration of the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and natural resources, on community, and on individuals and society."

Gorilla Foundation - Koko the Gorilla
Koko has been learning sign language for the last 25 years and now has a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words.
"The Gorilla Language Project, or Project Koko, is the longest continuous inter-species communications project of its kind in the world, and it serves as a unique and irreplaceable resource for the international conservation community."

  • KokoTV
    "...features web media clips of interspecies communication with Koko (the signing gorilla) and friends."

Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES)

International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008
"This site features IPY activities supported by the United States Government."
Sections include: Science & Nature ; People & Culture ; Explore & Learn For Students & Teachers ; Multimedia ; News.

Lenntech - Water FAQ (English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch)
"The question library on water related issues"

Live Weather and Tower Cams
An international listing

NASA's Visible Earth
 "a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth"

National Geographic.com

  • Asteroids: Deadly Impact (K-8)
  • EarthPulse
    National Geographic's Home for Conservation
    "...monthly reports on Earth's 'vital signs,' from the oceans to the ozone, showing readers how the issues affect each one of us, why we should care, and how we can become involved in making things better..."
  • Eye in the Sky
    "...an investigation into the state of the planet from the point of view of satellites."
    Sections include: Nature's Fury ; Human Impact ; Exploration ; Human Conflict ; News ; Classroom Ideas ; History of Satellites ; Resources & Links.
  • Geoguide
    "This educational aid offers digital field trips full of striking images, unexpected perspectives, and thoughtful questions."
    • Dams!
      "Get your feet wet investigating dams! Contemplate whyóand howópeople build dams, and explore the good and bad impacts a dam may have on a community. And find questions to probe further."

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages

National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution

  • Dinosaur Homepage - (dead link)

National Park Service - Acid Rain Lesson Plan
"...an effort to increase the public's awareness of air quality issues has developed a series of five activities for elementary and secondary schools. The activities are for grades six through eight and help teach students about Acid Rain."

National Weather Association Education Committee - (dead link)
Apply for an education grant for teachers.

National Weather Service

  • The Weather Calculator
    Sections include: Temperature Conversions ; Moisture Conversions ; Pressure Conversions ; Wind Conversions ; Misc.
    By Tim Brice and Todd Hall

Natural History Museum, London, England

Natural Resources Canada

Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History - (dead link)
Major sections include: Native Americans and the Land ; Wilderness and American Identity ; The Use of the Land.
"Essays by leading scholars offering: content overviews ; discussion guidance ; bibliographies ; online resources ; primary sources ; printable images."
From TeacherServe, National Humanities Center

Nature Works
"Discover the natural world and the connections that make nature work in this 16-part series for students in grades 3-6."
New Hampshire Public Television

NatureNet
The National Park Service's Natural Resource Web Site
Sections include: Air ; Biology ; Geology ; Social Science ; Water ; Publications.

North American Association for Environmental Education

North American Mycological Association

Ocean Planet
"This electronic online companion exhibition contains all of the text and most of the panel designs and images found in the traveling exhibition."

OceanLink
Sections include: Ask a Scientist ; OceanInfo ; CareerInfo ; Aquafacts ; Glossary ; OceanNews ; Records ; Students in Action!! ; Links.
Bamfield Marine Station, British Columbia, Canada

Olympic National Park, Washington - Student Discovery section
Home to one of the few temperate rain forests in the world - "Precipitation here ranges from 140 to 167 inches--12 to 14 feet--every year."

PBS - Journey Into Amazonia
Web companion to the three-hour series.
Sections include: Play Amazon Explorer ; Enter Amazonia ; Waterworlds ; The Land Reborn ; The Big Top ; Powerful Plants ; Sacred Ground ; Teacher Resources ; Web Resources.

PBS Nature Online
Sections include: Video Database ; Puzzles & Fun ; Nature Postcards.

PBS NOVA - Fire Wars (May 2002)
"...the companion Web site to 'Fire Wars,' scheduled for broadcast on May 7, 2002. In the program, NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as they battle one of the most destructive wildfire seasons ever, the summer of 2000."
Sections include: The Producer's Story ; The World on Fire ; How Plants Use Fire ; Outfitting Wildland Firefighters ; Wildfire Simulator ; On Fire ; Glossary ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide ; Fire Survey ; Resources ; Transcript.

PBS - NOVA - Magnetic Storm (November 2003)
"Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from Deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even disappear?"
Sections include: Impact on Animals ; When Compasses Point South ; Gallery of Auroras ; See a Reversal ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide.

  • Teacher's Guide
    "To study the magnetic fields around different shapes of magnets" (Grades 5-12)

PBS - NOVA - World in the Balance (April 2004)
"NOVA investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations."
Sections include: Inquiry, Interviews & More ; Human Numbers Through Time ; Voices of Concern ; Material World ; Population Campaigns ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Educator Role Plays ; Earth in Peril.

Prince William Sound: An Ecosystem in Transition
NOAA's Long Term Monitoring Program

Reef Relief 
Coral Reef Conservation: Science Education News, Photos and Information.
Includes lesson plans

The Salmon Page - (dead link)
Sections include: News ; Government Agencies ; Catching Salmon ; Buying Salmon ; Cooking Salmon ; Saving Salmon ; School Projects ; Salmon Art ; Fly Fishing ; Fishing Lodges ; Salmon On-Line Forum ; Salmon Books ; Salmon Videos ; International Sites ; Other Sites.
- Hosted by Riverdale Grade School, Oregon

The Search for Ancient Sharks
"Join the Discovery expedition to the Falkland Islands in search of the fossil remains of the ancient shark Pucapampella.

Teacherís Corner at Badlands National Park
- National Park Service

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) - (dead link)

This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
 U.S. Geological Survey

United States Bureau of Land Management - Environmental Education

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Educational Resources

United States Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Science

USGS - GAP - A Geographic Approach to Planning for Biological Diversity
National Gap Analysis Program

  • Applications - (dead link)
    • Washington State's NatureMapping Program
      "...to create a national network that links natural resource agencies, academia and land planners with local communities primarily through schools. The goal is to keep common animals common and to maintain the quality of life by training individuals to become aware of natural resources and to provide the tools to inventory and monitor resources."

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

  • Central Region Mineral Resources Team
  • Learning Web
    "...is dedicated to K-12 education and lifelong learning. Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as land, water, plants, animals, and maps."
    Sections include: Students ; Teachers ; Explorers.
  • Earthquake Hazards Program
    "To provide and apply relevant earthquake science Centers and knowledge for reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes through understanding of their characteristics and effects and by providing the Centers and knowledge needed to mitigate these losses."
    Includes Earthquakes For Teachers!

The Virtual Cave
"...I've collected images from caves all over the world. This site tells the story of caves in words and pictures: what's in them and how it got there. Because caves are so diverse, I've split them into four underground realms..." Solution Caves, Lava Tube Caves, Sea Caves, Erosional Caves.

Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sections include: Earthquake ; Global Warming ; Virutal Earthquake ; Virtual Dating ; Virtual River ; Biology Labs On-Line (FlyLab).
- Natural Science Faculty, California State University, Los Angeles

The Voyage of the Odyssey
"The Ocean Alliance is conducting a three-year scientific voyage to study the health of the world's oceans."
Sections include: Odyssey Update ; Voice from the Sea ; What is the Voyage ; Track the Voyage ; Class from the Sea ; Science from the Field ; BowCam.
PBS Online

Woodland Network
"This Web site offers three interactive environmental projects that link students around the world in the collection and sharing of data from woodlands research, while raising public awareness of environmental issues...The site provides students with instructions on how to conduct woodland research, facilitates the sharing of data by allowing students to submit their results to a database, and provides access to information about woodland areas around the world."
By Hans Willstedt

World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) - Expeditions in Conservation

  • Central African Republic
    "...a team of some of the world's most experienced field biologists conducted a biological inventory -- essentially a census -- of the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve in the Southwestern Central African Republic (CAR). Working deep inside the rainforest, often at night, the researchers analyzed the threats and opportunities facing one of the world's few remaining undisturbed lowland tropical forests."
    Sections include: Dispatches from the Field ; Animals in the Region ; About the Scientists ; Map of the Region ; Fact Sheets.
  • Heart of Borneo
    "Three biological survey teams mounted an expedition into the rainforests of the Heart of Borneo, some of the most diverse - and endangered - habitats on earth. This survey was the latest in a series of projects under WWFís Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS), a cross-cutting action plan to save populations of these endangered species and their habitats."
  • Mesoamerican Reef

  • "The Caribbean's Mesoamerican Reef is home to more than 500 species of fish, and WWF has been a leader in the region's science for more than 15 years. Come along as we track the underwater life of the reef, explore with local biologists and dive in with 30-foot whale sharks."

WorldBiomes.com
Explore Five of the World's Main Biomes

WW2010
The Weather World 2010 Project
"...our evolving earth sciences web server. WW2010 strives to integrate real time and archived data with instructional resources using new and innovative technologies."

  • Reading Weather Maps
    "...we examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios."
    Sections include: Coordinated Universal Time ; Temperatures ; Surface Observations ; Surface Maps ; Upper Air Observations.
    Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign
  • Current Weather
    "Each weather product is linked to explanatory helper sections that are useful not only for interpreting the images, but also for understanding important topics in meteorology."

Water Resources Education Resources - USGS

Water Science for Schools - USGS

Volcano Cams

  • Volcanocam from Mount St. Helens
    Live image from Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
  • Volcano Popocatepetl Cam (Mexico)
  • Volcano Live
    Sections include: Live Volcano Cams ; Breaking News ; Travel ; Maps ; World Volcanoes ; Volcano Photos ; Kids ; World Geography ; Volcanology ; Films and Video ; World Regions ; Pompeii ; FAQ ; USA Volcanoes ; Safety ; Highest Volcanoes ; Famous Quotes ; Murphy's Laws ; Most Active Volcanoes ; Evacuation ; Fatalities ; Glossary.
    By John Seach


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