In a student-led and fairly independent fashion, data collected in the associated field trip activity are organized by student groups to create useful and informative Google Earth maps. Each team creates a map, uses that map to analyze...

To increase students' awareness of possible invisible pollutants in drinking water sources, students perform an exciting lab requiring them to think about how solutions and mixtures exist even in unsuspecting places such as ink. They use...

How can you tell if harmful bacteria are growing in your food? Students learn to culture bacteria in order to examine ground meat and bagged salad samples, looking for common foodborne bacteria such as E. coli or salmonella. After 2-7...

An excellent series of reference papers on the worst nuclear accident we have had. Maps and a photo gallery are also provided.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Distinguishes between primary and secondary pollutants and identifies examples of each.

Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution....

Outlines the role of the Fish and Wildlife Service in protecting, conserving, and researching the fish and wildlife of the United States. Includes information about the role of DDT and its environmental effects.

[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.

[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.

This US Geological Survey site briefly discusses the basics of why pesticides are increasingly found in our ground water. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the sources of water pollution, such as municipal, industrial, and agricultural.

Extremely insightful article that explains what allergy is. Includes information on types of symptoms, how an allergy occurs, and common misconceptions about allergies.

Intelihealth profiles hepatitis B, its symptoms, prevention, and treatment.

A project through which students research the need for clean water, the technologies related to water purification, and design a component for a water purification system to be installed in a developing country.

Lesson addresses the challenge of supplying clean water during times of a shortage and includes a look at the various water-treatment and filtration processes in place to insure a safe water supply.

Lesson explores water treatment process using techniques of coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection.

Essentially a list of foods to avoid for each of the above allergies. An article about preventing reactions.

Thorough overview of hepatitis. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.

Read how freshwater moving across the surface of the Earth can become polluted and bad for the environment. Create a model that shows how water can become polluted as it flows downhill.

Students will observe the effects of an oil spill on feathers and eggs.

Use Wikipedia to explore dioxins. It gives the definition, as well as, sources, health effects, and exposure incidents.

Explains what air pollution is, countries with the worst occurrences of it, the history of air pollution, how air pollutants are dispersed and how scientists study this phenomenon, sources of air pollution, the health impact, indoor air...

Lesson plan shows students that salt water can replace fresh water in a well along the shoreline.

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...