This extensive lesson plan covers various topics about how animals interact with their environment. Topics include how animals sense their environment, how environments and organisms change together, and how animals use their senses to...

An activity to help students understand that as the environment changes, plants and animals must evolve to stay alive. Students watch as a mystery plants grow in a changing environment to see if they will evolve or go extinct.

A detailed color poster of a wetlands environment. The background shows an urban area as well as farmers at work, both potential threats to a wetlands ecosystem. It is meant to accompany a unit by the same name.

This resource provides information about Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the efforts she put forth to preserve the environment. Activities, videos, and book recommendation are included.

The Edinburgh Virtual Environment Center's philosophy deals with capturing, modeling and representation of 3D real world objects and domains. Explore this and more at this site.

Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...

An extensive lesson plan unit on water quantity and quality and why it is important in relation to human life. Provides lessons that incorporate language, social studies, geography, and health. Tests are also provided. This is one...

A paper from the Population Connection that outlines the consequences to the environment if humans continue on the path of overpopulation.

Explore living in an alkaline environment with this three-part interactive activity. During these activity students will complete web quests and activities to investigate the ecology and diversity of life in this environments.

Don't just complain about what is happening to the environment, become involved in environmental issues and make a change. Here's an organization that is enabling kids to make those changes.

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works website provides a summary and description of its responsibilities.

Enhance classroom studies about the environment with these lesson plans, activities, and more.

Here is comprehensive information about microbes living in extreme conditions. Explore the definition of extremophile, what makes an extreme environment, and types of extreme environments. Site includes pictures, information and other...

This site provides links to literature about the environment. They offer publications, programs, conferences, and events that explore the topic of literature and environment.

Through descriptive photos and and encyclopedic entry understand the environment and economic systems throughout Asia.

Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as promoting language, cognition, and social competence. This chapter discusses the definition of the physical environment and play, the defining characteristics of...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-three data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine health issues and how the environment impacts health in areas around the globe. They look at a...

Take a closer look at some of the ways in which biotechnology is applied to help solve medical issues and improve our environment.

This site focuses on alternate energy sources and how they can help us save our environment.

High levels of mercury exposure can cause birth defects, permanent brain or kidney damage, and/or death. This resource focuses on the impacts of mercury in the environment. Learn how mercury can reap havoc on lakes and other aquatic...

An investigation that is part of series of lab lessons where students study coral. In this particular experiment, students explore the optimal environmental conditions for coral to survive. Students will study temperature, water depth,...

Students act as data collectors who gather different types of information about various things in the environment. Students then organize the data in a table and reflect on the possible uses of this data.

Document provides information on the causes and nature of cancer and particularly the substances in the environment that are known to cause or may cause cancer in humans such as tobacco, ultraviolet radiation, pesticides, and metals.

This site has detailed information on the climate and environment of Mexico. It discusses environmental problems such as flooding, erosion, and soil destruction as well.