This activity is modeled after the popular storybook character of Flat Stanley who traveled the world with real people. Students are asked to take 'Flat Blue,' an image of a blue goose, with them to a natural setting. They explore the...

Find out why the sometimes hazardous or untidy dead trees are actually quite important to wildlife.

With the help of some economics metaphors, Habitat Network delves into the scary-sounding "ecological trap" and helps bring it to light.

This activity demonstrates how artificial lift systems are used to help pull the oil out of the reservoir rock and pump it up the well.

Students will dig into researching the history of oil production to possibly uncover some truths about why the United States doesn't do more drilling on its own land. When research is complete, students will write persuasive letters to...

The debate over damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park marked a crossroads in the American conservation movement. Until this debate, conservationists seemed fairly united in their aims. San Francisco's need for a...

The 1960s marked the beginning of a new focus on the environment in North Carolina and throughout the United States. Residents of the state became more concerned with preserving land for ethical reasons and for the sheer aesthetics of...