American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: International Water Facility
Find out what can be done to clean up the world's water sources to provide safe drinking water because at least 35% of the world does not have it available to them and only 3% of the world's water is fresh.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Water Conservation: Denver, Co
This video segment adapted from Last Oasis explores the use of new dams as a way to provide or store water. In the 1990s, the city of Denver was looking for a new source of water for its growing population, and its plan to build a new...
NOAA
Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution
Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...
Other
It's Not a Pipe Dream: Clean Energy From Water Pipes Comes to Portland
A Portland, Oregon-based startup that launched in 2007, is starting to capture the energy of water pipes, beginning with a pilot project in Riverside, California and now with a full-scale project in Portland.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is One Part Per Million Solution?
Substances dissolved in water can be present in very tiny amounts that are not visible to the eye. in this lesson students make a solution of food coloring with a concentration of one part per million.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Nitrate
Discusses the chemistry of nitrate, the negative agricultural effects of too much nitrate in soil and in water sources, its toxicity to plants and livestock, and the impact on human health.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Electricity
Electricity is considered a secondary energy source because it is generated from other sources such as water and wind. Learn about electricity demand in the U.S. as well as the challenges we face in the future to continue to provide...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Tracking the Health Effects of Natural Disasters
Students examine the impact of natural disasters, such as flooding, on public health, and study diseases and other secondary conditions associated with stagnant water. Lesson includes resources for students to research epidemics and...
University at Buffalo
Love Canal Collections: Love Canal Chronologies
Find chronologies from three different sources of Love Canal and its chemical contamination. Read about how the investigation of this environmental disaster progressed over the years.
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Basics: Renewable Energy: Hydropower
Find out about renewable energy resources using hydropower technologies. Learn the history of use, and read about the benefits of utilizing water as a power source.
Other
Potty Girl: What You Should Know About Toilets
Toilets are also a major source of wasted water due to leaks and inefficiency. In a home that was built prior to 1993 it is most likely that the toilet uses 3.5 gallons or more for every single flush (in Dekalb County alone, approx....
A&E Television
History.com: Why the Nile River Was So Important to Ancient Egypt
From nourishing agricultural soil to serving as a transportation route, the Nile was vital to ancient Egypt's civilization. The Nile, which flows northward for 4,160 miles from east-central Africa to the Mediterranean, provided ancient...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Birth of the Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)
By the late 1960s, issues of unchecked land development, urban decay, and air, noise, and water pollution came to Americans' attention. In November 1971, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a large-scale...
Other
North Carolina Department of Energy and Natural Resources: Pollution Solutions
Try to find at least eight things in the picture that could cause litter, waste, or other pollutants to end up in the storm drain and eventually flow into nearby lakes and streams. Includes a link to an interactive page of this activity....
Other
Ucs: How Hydrokinetic Energy Works
Description of how hydrokinetic power works including resource, conversion, and environmental issues.
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health: Folate
A dietary supplement fact sheet about folate, which is also known as folic acid or vitamin B9. Learn about how this vitamin functions in the human body and how the body reacts when there is a vitamin deficiency or overdose. Providing...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Botswana
Facts about Botswana including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, health, natural resources, energy resources, and conflict.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Kids and Energy: Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy can be used as an efficient heat source in small end-use applications such as greenhouses, but the consumers have to be located close to the source of heat. Geothermal energy - heat from the earth (in most cases mineral...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Kids and Energy: Hydro Energy
Hydropower is a clean, renewable and reliable energy source which converts kinetic energy from falling water into electricity, without consuming more water than is produced by nature. Quite simply the oldest method by which renewable...
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