Environmental Science Links
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.
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.
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.
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.
Water on the Web (WOW)
http://www.waterontheweb.org/
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.
Monarch Watch
http://MonarchWatch.org/
Monarch Watch is an educational outreach program giving students, teachers, volunteers,
and researchers the chance to get involved with several ongoing research projects
all dedicated to the study of the Monarch butterfly. Classrooms can choose to
tag Monarchs, monitor larva, study Monarch size and mass, study Monarch flight
patterns, or track Monarch migration. This site also provides students and educators
with a multimedia gallery, reading gallery, and tips on how to start your own
butterfly garden.
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/students/index.html
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.
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.
The Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/
This site allows students to generate a pollution report for their community based
on Toxic Chemical Releases, Air Quality, Water Quality, Agriculture, and Environmental
Justice. Using an interactive map, students just enter their zip code and receive
a full scorecard indicating the environmental quality of their area.
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.
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.