Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Froggy Forecasting: How Frog Health Predicts Pond Health
Have you ever heard the expression "a canary in a coal mine"? In the 1900s and earlier, coal miners brought canaries with them into the mines to act as early warning signals. The canaries were very sensitive to low levels of dangerous...
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Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Effect of Artificial Light on Migration Pattern of Daphnia
This elegant project employs a scientific approach that is particularly valuable in Environmental Science, but can be applied to other areas as well. The approach has three steps: 1) from your observations in the field, form a...
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: What Is Environmental Geography?
Explore the General Introduction to Environmental Geology, Environmental Ethics, The Environmental Crisis, and Fundamental Concepts of the Environmental Sciences in this class resource. Lesson plans and activities are offered to help...
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Science Buddies: Career Profile: Environmental Compliance Inspector
If you care about the environment and are interested in a career which protects it, you might want to investigate the career of environmental compliance inspector. These inspectors are employed by governmental agencies as well as large...
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Science Buddies: Career Profile: Environmental Engineer
There are so many kinds of engineers. The environmental engineer has the opportunity to have an impact on the quality of life of thousands, if not millions, of people because of the solutions to environmental problems they develop. This...
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Science Buddies: Heavy Metals and Aquatic Environments
You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...
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Science Buddies: Are There Dangerous Levels of Lead in Local Soil?
The element lead is a neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous to young children. Among other uses, lead compounds were common paint additives until being phased out for safer titanium-based additives beginning in the 1960's. Lead...
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Science Buddies: Mapping Troposhperic Ozone Levels Over Time
Ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. However, when ozone occurs in the troposphere, it is harmful to health. In this project you can use data from EPA monitoring stations...
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Science Buddies: Too Much of a Good Thing? Effects of Fertilizer on Algal Growth
Algae is a good thing, but too much is a bad thing. In this environmental science fair project, grow algae in several concentrations of fertilizer and observe its effect on algal growth.
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Science Buddies: Wild Winds: Detecting Turbulence Around Structures
Watch out. It's Eddy Vortex, Superhero. He swirls, he tumbles, he churns up air and water. OK, maybe eddies and vortices aren't exactly superheroes, but they are powerful regions of air and water flow that you have to watch out for in...
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Science Buddies: Unleash the Power of a Pinwheel!
In this science fair project, you will learn more about wind-powered devices, like pinwheels. Much like pinwheels, we react in different ways to the direction of the wind when we ride bikes, or even try to walk.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: Volcanoes
Investigate the science of volcanoes on the surface of the earth. Discover their types, hazards and effects.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Geographer
Learn about the career of a geographer, a social scientist that uses knowledge of climate, culture, and topography to address a whole host of problems the world faces. Find out the educational requirements and what the job entails in...
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Environmental History: Between Science and Philosophy
Gain a perspective on the origins of the contemporary environmental crisis, where an awareness of the environment came into being.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies:from Your John to the School Lawn:is Recycled Water Really Safe?
Find out whether reclaimed water is really safe by following the guidelines of the Science Buddies project.
University of California
Earth and Planetary Science: Procedure for Evaluating Environmental Impact [Pdf]
A useful guide for environmental impact reporting and as a systematic reference.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Quick Guide to the Different Types of Archaeology
The field of archaeology has been specializations that investigate the past through many different lenses, e.g., environmental relationships, landscape study, and aerial investigation. This resource describes many of these specialties.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Examples of Multifactorial Disorders
Use this drop-down menu to explore genetic conditions that involve variations in multiple genes, often coupled with environmental causes (multifactorial disorders). Examples of disorders include breast and ovarian cancer, colon cancer,...
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Science Buddies: Solar Powered Water Desalination
Here is a cool project about making fresh water from salt water using solar power, also known as water desalination. The apparatus is made from readily available materials, and the power source is free. As an inventive thinker, you will...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Community Action & Citizen Science
Learn about community leaders who have made a difference in the environment and find ways that you can get involved in community action projects too!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: La'ona De Wilde: Environmental Biologist
In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet La'ona DeWilde, an environmental biologist who integrates her Athabascan heritage and her Western scientific training to help remote Alaskan villages address environmental issues.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Atmospheric Science Explorers: Global Climate Change
A detailed overview of global climate change, with explanations of Earth's climate change, the carbon cycle, ecosystems, and greenhouse gases, and how the movements of matter and energy impact on climate. All information is reinforced...
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Pbs Learning Media: Exploring Environmental Change
Students explore the connections that can exist in a natural environment, and examine how changes to the environment, particularly those caused by human activity, can affect those connections.
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