Eight online learning labs which focus on the effects of drought, the quiet disaster. Each module takes students to external sites containing data, graphs, and articles. Several labs also require additional software programs: a...

A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from "On Drought Conditions"" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...

This State of Knowledge Report provides a synthesis and analysis of the peer-reviewed literature regarding drought impacts on coastal ecosystems in the Carolinas. Its objective is to expand current, limited understanding of drought...

Read this news article and view the sad images of those suffereing in the 2011 drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. [July 19, 2011] Included are related resources, including classroom activities and an interactive map showing the...

General information about droughts includes how to determine when a drought begins and what areas of the United States they are most likely to occur.

Activity-based resource on the social and economic conditions of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Students select from a list of comprehensive reference material to research the times and then choose a 1930s artist on which to report....

Students review what scientists know and what they're working to understand about the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change.

Learn about droughts, their causes, different types, effects, and other interesting facts.

Provides a definition of a drought while exploring types, causes and effects, economic, environmental, and social impact, and how to manage one.

This chart provides a list of drought-tolerant container and landscape plants for all your gardening concerns.

Article discussing the occurrence of drought in Eastern Africa, and how it is likely to increase in frequency in future years due to global warming, putting enormous stress on countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia. (Updated July 12, 2012)

Article reports on drought and wildfires wreaking havoc in California.

This site from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research offers information on drought and global climate conditions, with an explanation of the trade winds.

A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores droughts. This lab has students looking at precipitation data to define what a drought and predict drought conditions.

A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores droughts. This experiment is presented as a case study for the drought conditions in the Colorado River. With this case study, students study the decrease of fresh water...

A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores drought. Here students look at the availability of world's fresh water by investigating graphics and analyzing data to see where the world's water supply is going.

A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores droughts. In this lab, students analyze data to determine what a normal climate should be.

Article reports on California Governor Jerry Brown's mandatory water restrictions resulting from the state's ongoing drought. Includes video.

For advanced readers, this newspaper article on the "Lost Colony" and Jamestown, is followed by questions with immediate feedback. It can be printed for class use.

A look at some 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.

"Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago what do you say? Cubs are gonna win today!" This song has been echoing around the nation this week in celebration for the Cubs breaking their curse and winning the World Series

UNICEF provides a comprehensive overview of what is being done to relieve the famine conditions in the Horn of Africa. Links to related articles, videos, and photo reports are featured.

Wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres across seven states in the southern Appalachian Mountains since late October. Will they end for good or is this a sign of what is to come?

The ways in which plants have adapted through evolution in order to survive in a desert environment are described in this article. Getting water and retaining water are key to their survival, including protecting themselves from animals...