Geographypods
Geographypods: Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
This collection of five learning modules looks at issues related to environmental change and sustainability. Topics addressed include changes in the atmosphere, soil, water, and biodiversity, and what can be done to counteract this and...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Planet Protectors Club for Kids
This site has activities, games and stories starring the Planet Protector's Club. Find out how kids can help our environment. (Several activities include a Spanish version.)
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Land of Plenty, Land of Want
Part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this site explores the "fundamental problem facing today's farmer: how to feed the world's growing population without endangering our environment." Includes video and educational resources.
Google
Google Earth Timelapse
See an aerial view of how communities around the globe have changed over time.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Environmental History
Historically chronicled, the environment's effects on people and people's effects on the environment are emphasized and brought to life through the many materials suggested here.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Environmental Struggles
Identifying the relationship between humans and the environment can be emphasized with these resources.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: Sharon Finds the Environment
Online children's story that teaches that the environment is everywhere we look. See how the environment can make us strong and healthy, or it can make us sick.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 1: Impact on the Environment
First graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing which explain how people use and impact the environment.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: The Planet Protectors: Activities for Kids
Through this EPA resource, explore your environment and discover the animals, plants, air, and water around you. Learn how to protect the world we live in with fun games.