US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Saving Energy
A look at what you can do to save energy that answers "What can I do to save energy?" and "How can recycling save energy?" Also provides a collection of useful links to more information on energy efficiency, waste, and recycling.
eSchool Today
E School Today: What Young People Can Do to Help With Waste Management
A quick guide for students for helping with waste management through reducing, reusing, and recycling.
abcteach
Abcteach: Earth Day Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...
Environduck
Enviroduck: Driving Techniques to Conserve Gas
Learn ways to conserve gas by driving and maintaining your car and tires.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: What Can We Do to Help?
Read about five ways to become a steward of the environment, and to stay involved with conservation.
Other
Recyclezone: Fun Zone: Is Your Brain Full of Rubbage?
This educational website offers a self-assessment quiz on the best ways to reduce waste. It also offers a variety of activities in addition the quiz, including games, extended research, and teacher resources.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Save Energy
Looks at four different ways people can save energy - through energy efficiency, recycling, planting trees, and protecting wildlife.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Art Is More Than a Pretty Picture
With this art activity, individuals or groups can use a wide variety of objects to create a collage of America. The example collage is made of garbage, and is intended to be a commentary on our problems with trash.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: The First Earth Day
You would think that the environment has always been a priority but that's not the case. In 1970, a U.S. Senator was disturbed by the lack of concern for our environment and proposed the first Earth Day. Use this site to learn more from...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Water Wonders
This site from the Environmental Education for Kids contains colorful and detailed information on water resources. Site covers fascinating tips and facts, as well as engaging quizzes on the wonderful world of water. Best suited for...
Other
K 3 Learning pages.com: Earth Day Links
How can you celebrate Earth Day in your classroom? This collection features several downloadable Earth Day worksheets including word searches and coloring pages. Students and teachers can plan the perfect way to recognize the environment.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Epa's Environmental Education Center
A collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages about environmental issues. Topics include acid rain and air pollution, ecosystems, human health, waste and recycling, conservation, and water-related concepts and issues.
Other
Kids for a Clean Environment
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Design a Net Zero Energy Classroom
Students create a concept design of their very own net-zero energy classroom by pasting renewable energy and energy-efficiency items into and around a pretend classroom on a sheet of paper. They learn how these items (such as solar...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Human Water Cycle
Students learn about the human water cycle, or how humans impact the water cycle by settling down in civilizations. Specifically, they learn how people obtain, use and dispose of water. Students also learn about shortages of treated,...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Tceq: Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences [Pdf]
A large collection of lesson plans on environmental topics. The lessons are broken up into the broad categories of air, water, and waste, and look at issues around quality, pollution, conservation, and recycling. There are activities for...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Alternative Sources for Paper Fiber
If you're interested in arts and crafts, you might like this project. It uses several alternative, renewable sources of fiber to make paper, and compares the resulting papers for strength and writing quality.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Scientific Inquiry, Episode 1
In this classroom activity, students discuss how people and pollution affect the environment. Then they demonstrate ways to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Forests
This resource provides information about forests throughout the world, deforestation, and efforts made to save the forests.
Other
Worm Woman's Web Site
Basic introduction to former biology teacher Mary Appelhof's books on vermicomposting at home/school/small businesses. Moderate autobiographical information on Applehof and her goals and purpose for vermicomposting. Brief description of...
Environduck
Enviroduck: A Greener Kitchen Ways to Save Energy in the Kitchen
Go green and help the eviroment by saving energy and power in the kitchen.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: The Disintegration of Polystyrene Lab
A lab activity where students investigate the structure of polystyrene by breaking down the cross-links between bonds using acetone. The experiment will help them to understand how mass is conserved despite the drastic change in volume,...
Environduck
Enviroduck: A Greener School Ways to Go Green at School
Learn about being green and ways to help the evironment at school.
Environduck
Enviroduck: Carbon Footprint Calculate Your Co2 Generation
Go green when you use carbon footprint calculator to figure CO2 and how to lower it.