Environmental Education

Environmental Education
An Internet Hotlist on Environmental Education

created by Mrs. Julie A. Smith
Woodside Elementary School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Being Greener, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Recycle MORE Wisconsin - Here is a list of what you can recycle in Sussex along with links to other communities.
Waukesha County Department of Parks and Land Use - Links to Waukesha County Green School Program
Wisconsin Green & Healthy Schools - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and DPI Partnership

Kindergarten and First Grade

Captain Planet Energy Conservation Game - Keep the energy villains at bay!
Clean up Your World - Can you find and pick up all the trash?
Earth Day Everyday - Reading Comprehension activity teaching reduce, reuse and recycle vocabulary.
Every Day is Earth Day - Starfall interactive lesson which includes a phonics lesson with an environmental message.
The Water Cycle - Animated explanation of the water cycle.
Trombone's Clean Up the Park - Put the trash in the right bins.

Second and Third Grade

Earth Day Games - From Kaboose, Inc.
Water Cycle Activity Book - This 15 page book includes many student activities including states of matter.

Fourth Grade

Build Your Cityscape - Find out how people use natural resources to build communities, advance civilization and help improve our environment!
EEK - Wisconsin DNR Environmental Education for Kids in grades 4-8
Virtual Worm Tour - Welcome to the Virtual Worm, a Virtual Tour through the inner workings of an earthworm. How do earthworms help the Earth?

Fifth Grade

1 Tonne Challenge - Canadian web site with ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator - Find out how many planets it takes to support your lifestyle.
Earth Day Quiz - See how much you know about caring for Mother Earth.
Fuel Our Future Now - Use Discovery Education to explore motion, forces, and sources of energy.
Hog and Seek - Play the latest energy hog game!
Keep American Beautiful - Litter Prevention, Waster Reduction and Beautification
National Geographic Global Warming - Interactive - The Greenhouse Effect
Pie Chart Activity - Saving Trees - Subtracting Waste equals Adding Trees
Recycle Zone - Learn about recycling in other parts of the world. This site is from the United Kingdom.
Water Word Scramble - EPA Computer Interactive game - Students keyboard in the answers after unscrambling the words.

All Grades

Compost 4 fun - Recycle the right things in this interactive game to keep your compost bin happy!
Eco Kids Games and Activities - Games to help you learn about Wildlife, Climate Change, Energy, The North, Waste, Land Use, and First Nations
EcoKids - Earth Day Canada
EekoWorld - PBS Kids Go!
Energy Star Kids - Interactive pages with tips on how kids can save energy every day and learn more about why energy efficiency is so important to protecting the environment.
Just for Kids - Learn about weather, worms, woods and more!
Kids For a Clean Environment - Kids F.A.C.E. - Learn more about what kids can do!
Kids Zero Footprint Calculator - Kids can calculate their unique footprint profile, and compare it with their classmates or students living in other parts of the world.
Make Earth Day Last All Year Long - 8 things we can all do from WM Think Green
Michael Michael, Go Recycle! - Help Michael pick up all the litter in the park and stop all the litterbugs before time runs out!
National Geographic Earth Day Guide - Many links to Earth Day activities and web sites.
Power Up - A Game About Power Choices
Recycle City Game - Welcome! You are Dumptown's new City Manager!
The Human Footprint - AWESOME - National Geographic brings you this insight into your daily life. Videos too!
Think Green for Students K-5 - Discovery Education brings you Videos, puzzles, interactives and Green Resources
Virtual Forest Challenge - The choices you make and actions you take can have a big impact on the environment. See the result of your choices.
Water Word Scramble - Play this interactive game to learn more about water use.
What Tree Is This? - Identify trees by leaf, fruit or name.
What is the Most Serious Problem Earth Faces? - In this special Earth Day WebQuest, student teams vie for funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation. Grades 3, 4, 5 - Many Internet resources listed for any project!
What on Earth is Earth Day? - Find out what happened more than 30 years ago to inspire this celebration of our planet.

Teacher Resources

Abundant Forests Alliance - Information and interactive activities related to trees and forests
Act Green - Scholastic
All About Earth Day - Background information about Earth Day and Wisconsin's Gaylord Nelson from the Wilderness Society.
Arbor Day - Celebrate Arbor Day on April 30. 2010 Learn more about trees!
Crazy Crayons - Recycle old crayons and they'll make new ones out of them.
Drinking & Ground Water Kids and Teachers Resources - EPA Safewater Home page
Earth Day Lesson Ideas - Tons of links with tons of ideas
Earth Day Network - Resources for students and teachers.
LEAF - The Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education Program
National Environmental Education Week - Many resources for teachers.
Think Green - Discovery Education brings you K-12 lesson plans, online videos and more!
Zerofootprint - The Zerofootprint group of companies empowers communities, companies, and organizations to live ingeniously in a low carbon world.
abcteach - Lesson plans, activities and resources for teachers - be sure to scroll all the way down to see everything

Content by Mrs. Julie A. Smith, smitju@hamiltondist.k12.wi.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listbeinggrsm.html
Last revised Mon Dec 14 10:54:16 US/Pacific 2009