A collection of images showing both water shortage conditions and water conservation efforts.

A comprehensive reference page with numerous links to water conservation resources. On your quest to begin your own water preservation program, you can reach clean water organizations, read water conservation tips, research landscape...

Water plays a crucial role in the lives of every living being on Earth. Learn about how this essential resource is used across the planet each day, and how clean water is often difficult for many populations to obtain. Includes...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text smoke jumpers who jump out of airplanes in order to fight wildfires. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.

Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.

Explains what a natural disaster is and provides a list of every type along with a short description of each.

Find out how the ecological and economic disaster known as the Dust Bowl affected Texans and the state of Texas.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how water is distributed throughout the world. Includes research assignment.

Through a range of voices and multimedia materials, discover the story of climate change and its impacts on water in Bolivia. Case studies bring the explanatory analysis of vulnerability and the social, economic and cultural impacts of...

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...

Learn about how the natural world interacts with itself and how people impact the planet with this science-based text collection of 46 Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) on the topic of Nature and Conservation. [Free account registration...

Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.

China has a population of over one billion people and is a huge energy consumer. No examination of global warming would be complete without looking at China's contribution to the problem, its burgeoning awareness of this and its efforts...

A great slideshow that compares an effective water cycle with an ineffective one. Content can be read in five different languages.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage talks about weather indications of global warming. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...

Discover what experts view as the top weather related events of the 20th century, get background information on them and see photos. Some of the events covered are the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the 1930s Dust Bowl, Hurricanes Camille...

Thorough discussion of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s with accompanying map, photos, and timeline that describe it in detail.

During this lesson, students will discover the differences in four types of weather disasters. They will collect information from selected Internet websites and create a multimedia presentation to demonstrate what they have learned.

A lesson in which students share prior knowledge and conduct research about the location, people, and animals of the Sahara region of Africa. Involves the creation of a project about the geography of the Sahara and how desertification...

A graphic of the physical environment of Ethiopia. You can find the area, terrain, climate, and natural resources. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.

Use this site to explore real scientific data relating to the hydrosphere. With this information you can gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. Click on the data examples to view a full scale version.

Discover the causes, effects, the Black Blizzards, and the response to the Dust Bowl.

"Water Rich Water Poor" emphasizes the importance of water conservation and provides suggestions for conserving water.