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US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Lead Soft and Easy to Cast [Pdf]
This detailed resource teaches about lead and the important role it plays in the national economy, national security, and lives of Americans every day. Discover how we use lead, where it comes from, and where future lead supplies might...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Why Lead Went From Household Staple to Dangerous Toxin
Considered highly dangerous since 1970 by scientists, the toxic effects of lead continues to expose more threats to health. This video and questions examine the dangers of a substance that used to be commonly found in homes.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: How Mother Bear Taught the Children About Lead
This set of four online stories, with related fun activities and games, teaches about the dangers of lead. Young children will learn to be aware of health hazards in the environment so they can grow up to be healthy and strong. Includes...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Basic Information About Lead in Drinking Water
Learn about the threat of lead in drinking water and what actions you can take to prevent or deal with exposure.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test
Connie Hill of Columbus, Ohio, got some unsettling news after her son's 12-month checkup .A nurse called to say that the 1-year-old's blood lead level test had come back as slightly elevated, which would put him in the top 2.5 percent of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Feel the Stress
Working individually or in groups, students explore the concept of stress (compression) through physical experience and math. They discover why it hurts more to poke themselves with mechanical pencil lead than with an eraser. Then they...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Lead
WebElements offers a very nice summary of information on lead. Highly readable (great cartoon) and thorough. Recommended highly.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Lead Buster Club
This resource is an interactive simulation that will challenge you to find sources of lead in your environment.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Criteria Air Pollutants
Find out about the six major air pollutants. In-depth descriptions of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead are provided.
University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History: Rocks and Minerals: Everyday Uses
Click on the shelves in this virtual exhibition to learn about the many rocks and minerals that we use in our everyday lives.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Get the Lead Out: Effects of P H on Lead Testing
Science fair project that investigates the chemistry of lead testing. The student will determine how the pH of the test solution affects the results of lead tests. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Lead Pb Environmental and Health Issues
After looking over several articles and reports about lead in the environment being toxic, students will write persuasive letters to various government officials to tell them how they feel about what the government is currently doing...
Other
The Third Millenium Online: The Carbon Family
The five elements of the Carbon family are briefly discussed here, with links to further information about each.
Other
Restoration Environmental Contractors: Homepage
This is a great site that has articles about Restoration Environmental Services current jobs. It has many different clean up departments, from Mold and Fungus Removal to Urea Formaldehyde Foam insulation cleanup. This is a great site for...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Smelting Lead Containing Waste
Describes a process by which waste lead can be reclaimed from materials such as batteries.
Other
Scienceviews.com: Minerals and Their Uses
Every segment of society uses minerals and mineral resources everyday. The roads we ride or drive on and the buildings we live learn and work in all contain minerals. Below is a selected list of commonly used metallic and nonmetallic...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Leads in the Middle School Class
Great instructional activity in which students read various examples of "leads," or attention-grabbing introductions, in literature. Students then contemplate and develop their own interesting "lead" for a short story and share it with...
Other
Minerals Education Coalition: Minerals Database
This resource provides photographs of and information about various minerals.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Earth Science: Lead Poisoning
Test your knowledge of lead poisoning and win points in this quiz-style game.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Lead Poisoning
This comprehensive resource explains everything from the characteristics of a lead atom to symptoms of lead poisoning.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: Bradley and the Bad Pb
Interactive children's story that teaches about the dangers of lead poisoning. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see all the different sources of lead in the environment and the symptoms of lead poisoning.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Trends
Each year EPA tracks the levels of pollutants in the air and how much of each pollutant (or the pollutants that form them) is emitted from various pollution sources. The Agency looks at these numbers year after year to see how the...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn the Issues: Chemicals & Toxics
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Chemistry and the Environment
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers chemistry and the environment with a focus on the role of lead in pollution.