Ecology WWW
Page
http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/Ecology/Ecology-WWW.html
The Ecology WWW Place is an extensive database of ecology sites on the
Internet. An excellent resource for teachers, students, and researchers.
EcoNet
http://www.igc.org/igc/econet/
EcoNet serves organizations and individuals working for environmental preservation
and sustainability. Contains an environmental issue resource center with many
informational links to a variety of ecology-related Web sites.
EE-Link
http://eelink.net/
EE-Link is a gopher and WWW site for environmental education. Lots of lesson
plans and K-12 teacher resources. Topics include air and water quality, climate
change, ecosystems, energy, plants, animal, toxins, and waste management. Teaching
materials from various organizations are posted here, including audiovisual
and software references. This site has it all for the K-12 classroom.
Envirolink Library
http://www.envirolink.org/library/index.html
The EnviroLink Library is a very comprehensive resource for environmental information
on the Internet. This Web site is well organized, with information listed by
subject and broad categories.
Illinois Natural History
Survey
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/
The highlights of this site include centers for biodiversity, wildlife ecology,
aquatic ecology, and economic entomology. This site contains good K-12 education
resources for educators and their students.
Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Journey North is an interactive ecology web site that tracks the migrations
of the following animals: Bald Eagle, Lesser Long-Nosed Bat, Caribou, Loggerhead
Sea Turtle, Common Loon, Monarch Butterfly, Northern Oriole, Peregrine Falcon,
American Robin, Humpback Whale, and Northern Right Whale.
South Carolina Department
of Natural Resources
http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/
The SCDNR web site is an excellent resource for an ecology class. Learn all
about a variety of topics ranging from wildlife management to endangered species.
Texas Environmental Center
http://www.tec.org/
This site contains Texas environmental information including pollution, water
quality resources, documentaries, and more! The highlight of this web site is
an Internet magazine featuring profiles and perspectives on student environmental
endeavors. Teacher lesson plans on ecology topics are also found at this site.
The Butterfly Website
http://mgfx.com/butterfly/
Just about everything that you ever wanted to know about butterflies can be
found here. Great graphics of butterflies. This is a good site to learn about
the ecology of butterflies.
The GLOBE Program -
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
http://www.globe.gov/
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide
network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and
understand the global environment. Students conduct an array of measurements
and observations at their schools and share their data via the Internet with
other students and scientists around the world to detail an environmental picture
of the globe. An excellent way for your students to contribute data to a unique
ecology project on the Internet.
US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
This is the homepage for the US Environmental Protection Agency. An excellent
ecology resource to learn about environmental policies and management.
Water Quality
and Societies
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/edu/RSE/RSEgreen/homepage.html
Societies is a great interdisciplinary unit that combines math and science for
intermediate school age students. Excellent curricula and lesson plans that
can be incorporated into a math or ecology middle school classroom.
WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu/
The WhaleNet website is dedicated to education while focusing on whales and
marine research. "WhaleNet is a unique interdisciplinary, hands-on, collaborative
telecomputing project to foster excitement and learning about the natural world
in schools across the nation and around the globe." An excellent ecology
resource for K-12 science classes. Check out "Saving Whales with DNA" and the
dataset in S.T.O.P. - "Satellite Tagging Observation Program." Good classroom
lesson plans and curricular materials using datasets.
Amazing Environmental
Organization Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/
This site advertises itself as the "Earth's Biggest Environmental Search Engine."
It gives you a choice of typing in your own search topic or choosing from the
broad topic folders already listed. Example: Opening the animals folder gives
you more folders to choose from eventually giving you information or contacts.
Also included is a folder on education which contains many resources, including
a listing of environmental education products, some of which are free. If you
can think of a topic, you will probably find the information at this web site.
The site is easy to navigate and could be used by both students and teachers.
Coral Forest
http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest/
Homepage for a "nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting coral reef ecosystems
through education in action." Links include a map showing location of reefs
throughout the world, beautiful pictures, and sample lesson plans.
USGS
Science for a Changing World
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/index.html
This site includes Fact Sheets on 28 Coastal and Marine Geology projects. The
projects are very diverse. The information could be used in any 9-12 science
classroom . This information would be good for demonstrating the relevance of
science in everyone's life. Some fact sheets have to do with energy sources
and economic impact of environmental disasters. Each fact sheet includes graphics
and projects. There is nothing interactive here, but the information could be
the basis for other student work.
Birds: Our Environmental
Indicators
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/Curriculum/toc.html
Ten complete step-by-step online activities for junior high students. Pre and
post assessment, interest extensions, student labs, and additional ideas for
projects. EE-link for environmental issues studying birds mainly in the Great
Lake Region.
Water on the Web (WOW)
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/
WOW provides high school and undergraduate students with an opportunity to learn
science, mathematics, and technology while using near real-time and archived
water quality data to monitor Minnesota lakes over the Internet.
The
US Global Change Research Information Office - Global Change and Environmental
Education Resources
http://www.gcrio.org/educ.html
This site gives educators and students (grades K-12) a chance to explore a wide
variety of resources related to global climate change and other environmental
education topics. This collection of resources is both multidisciplinary and
international in scope making it the perfect tool to help analyze environmental
issues on a large scale from various perspectives.
Global Rivers Environment
Education Network
http://www.green.org/
This website is designed to provide students with a place to store their water
monitoring data, track their water monitoring projects, and access educational
resources needed to successfully implement a school-based water monitoring program.
The Web site also allows others to view data posted for comparison.
Sea Turtle Survival
League
http://www.cccturtle.org/
Track the migration path of different Sea Turtles using animated, interactive
maps, adopt a turtle, download classroom activities, or contribute to discussion
boards. The opportunities for both students and educators to get involved in
real-time research projects centered around Sea Turtles is endless.
EPA's Explorer's
Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Learn more about different aspects of the environment by engaging in activities
about air, water, waste & recycling, ecosystems, health & safety, and
environmental issues affecting your neighborhood. In addition to the abundance
of interactive resources, this EPA site offers elementary, middle, and high
school students many opportunities to take action and become involved in different
service learning projects.
Office of Environmental
Education - North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/
This Web site offers educators a variety of resources including information
regarding environmental education field sites, support materials to facilitate
hands-on learning in the classroom, information concerning professional development,
elementary school resources, and middle school resources. The site also provides
links to environmental education activities covering topics such as river basins
and wetlands, topography, wetlands, biodiversity, ecology, groundwater, climate,
soil, recycling, conservation, wildlife, water pollution, nature cycles, and
airsheds. This site also contains a Web page devoted to links which help educators
access environmental data in order to enrich student instruction. Examples include
access links to Interactive Map Servers, NC Geographic Information Systems,
and other inquiry-based learning activities that use environmental data.
EuroTurtle
http://www.ex.ac.uk/telematics/EuroTurtle/
Europe's first educational Web site for the conservation and biology of sea
turtles offers students the chance to learn more about the anatomy of sea turtles,
use satellite tracking to follow sea turtle migration, and to work as a conservationist
at a virtual field station in the Mediterranean Sea. This site is also great
for educators looking for printable resource materials such as outlines, diagrams,
& identification keys to supplement a unit on sea turtles.
The Virtual Field
Trip Site
http://www.field-guides.com/
This site is dedicated to providing free, high-quality field trips for the K-12
classroom. Choose from any of the pre-listed science field trips including a
visit to Antarctica or the Rainforest or create your own. Each trip also provides
teachers with valuable resources such as corresponding lesson plans and study
guides.
Population
Connection
http://www.populationconnection.org/
This site provides educators with resources to teach students (grades K-12)
about the growing threat of overpopulation. This site also offers the chance
to learn how to take action and stabilize the world population at a level that
can be sustained by Earth's resources. A great resource for real-time facts
and data concerning population number on a national and worldwide scale.
Garbage
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html
How do we handle the disposal of solid waste, hazardous waste, or sewage? This
Web site provides information on how the United States currently disposes of
these types of waste and provides students with sustainable waste management
options including ideas on waste reduction and recycling.
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/
What's making environmental news? To answer this question use this Web site
to read the latest environmental headlines, test your environmental knowledge
by taking interactive quizzes and polls, interact with others by searching for
environmental legislation, write to the media or elected officials, or participate
in an online forum.
Especially
for Kids
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
This site gives students (grades K-12) the opportunity to learn more about oil
spills and hazardous chemical accidents. There are several links for project
ideas, experiments, and demonstrations. In addition, links are provided to help
students write reports and search other outside resources.
Students
as Scientists - Pollution Prevention Through Education
http://www.uncw.edu/student_scientists/
Students as Scientists focuses on water quality issues related to North Carolina
rivers. The site offers classroom students the opportunity to particpate in
water quality monitoring. Students can compare their results to those of environmental
scientists and to the results of other students in the state. This site also
includes a map of the major NC river basins.
The ERP NC Hog Site
http://checc.sph.unc.edu/rooms/school/whole_hog/
Whole Hog is an online educational resource designed to help teachers and students
explore the environmental, health, social, political and economic impacts of
the North Carolina hog industry. The Whole Hog activities encourage critical
thinking skills. The site is composed of five different areas including a Teacher's
Guide room which contains information pertinent to lesson planning, a Multimedia
Resource room which contains written materials, audiovisuals, etc, a Let's
Get Started room which offers direct links to one of three lesson plans,
a Games, Puzzles, and Activities room which provides links to activities
related to Whole Hog, and a Stewardship room which provides suggestions
for how students can take environmental action steps related to the Whole Hog
lessons..
Salmon Conflict
Investigations
http://www.cyberlearn.com/online.htm
Students will develop essential critical thinking skills as they engage in a
case study to try and find a solution that will help the salmon population recover
while satisfying the needs of industry. Several links are available within the
site to help students in their investigation.
Center for the Study
of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
http://www.co2science.org/
This site provides a wealth of factual reports, data and commentary on the scientific
quest to determine the climatic and biological consequences of rising carbon
dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The site publishes journal articles and editorials
in addition to disseminating information concerning world temperatures, U.S.
climate data, plant growth data, and carbon sequestration. In addition, this
site provides online instructions for educators on how to conduct CO2 enrichment
and depletion experiments at home or in the classroom.
US EPA Environmental
Education Center
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
This EPA (Environmnetal Protection Agency) site provides educators with links
to curriculum resources, background information on different environmental topics,
and other quality environmental information sites. In addition, the site provides
links to programs and financial resources to help teachers and students become
recognized for their hard work and good ideas. There are also links to several
community service learning projects to help students apply what they learn in
the classroom to real life. The site is an excellent resource to help point
students toward internships and careers in the environmental science field.