TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rolling Blackouts & Environmental Impact
The goal is for the students to understand the environmental design considerations required when generating electricity. The electric power that we use every day at home and work is generated by a variety of power plants. Power plants...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Estuary and the Watershed San Francisco Bay
In this activity, students investigate a large watershed, look for sources of pollution in the watershed, and study the impacts of a rain storm on a watershed and estuary, without going on a field trip. Students investigate the nature of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Stephen's Woodrat
Juniper trees are the main source of food, water, and shelter for Stephen's Woodrat. Like Red Tree Voles, which feed mostly on Douglas-fir, the Woodrats are able to feed primarily on conifer leaves, which contain chemical compounds -...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Burundi
Facts about Burundi including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, health, natural resources, energy resources, and conflict.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Cameroon
Facts about Cameroon including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, health, natural resources, energy resources, and conflict.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Module Index
Series of self-guided tutorials covers the topics of water quality, ecosystems, biodiversity, and energy sources including a summary of important concepts as well as a glossary.
Other
Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids
This extensive resource provides information on renewable energy, nonrenewable energy and energy conservation.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Red Cabbage Chemistry
Students take advantage of the natural ability of red cabbage juice to perform as a pH indicator to test the pH of seven common household liquids. Then they evaluate the accuracy of the red cabbage indicator, by testing the pH of the...
Library of Congress
Loc: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life
European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...
Library of Congress
Loc: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life
European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Botswana
Facts about Botswana including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, health, natural resources, energy resources, and conflict.
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University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Kids and Energy: Hydro Energy
Hydropower is a clean, renewable and reliable energy source which converts kinetic energy from falling water into electricity, without consuming more water than is produced by nature. Quite simply the oldest method by which renewable...
Curated OER
Unesco: Colombia: Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Located some 506 km off the coast of Colombia, the site includes Malpelo island (350 ha) and the surrounding marine environment (857,150 ha). This vast marine park, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a...