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Educational Resources - Subject-based

Animals
Plants and Fungi
Ecology
Biodiversity
Habitats
Climate
Geology
Geography
Space
Water
People and the Environment
Art and the Environment

Animals     [back to menu]

Animal Behavior

  • Animal Biology: The Electronic Zoo - great site for animal biology! From birds to insects to all kinds of wildlife, you'll find it here.
  • Animal Communication - Dragonfly Pond page on wolf communication
  • Animal Conservation: AZA's Website - the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's website for kids.
  • Migration: Journey North - a fantastic site on phenology and migration of all kinds of critters, from insects to birds. Observe seasonal changes and record your own class' observations!
  • Phenology Web Links - a great list of phenology links from ATTRA including information on the relationship between animals and seasonal climate changes

Mammals

Birds

 

Insects

Other


Plants and Fungi      [back to menu]

  • Fungi: Fun Facts About Fungi - Facts, games and puzzles to help you learn about fungi
  • Garlic Mustard - Nature Net's one information source for middle school science activities pertaining to student led research and eradication of garlic mustard
  • Plants: UW-Wisconsin Vascular Plants/ Wisconsin State Herbarium
  • Phenology Web Links - a great list of phenology links from ATTRA including information on the relationship between plants and seasonal climate changes
  • PLANTWATCH - great source of info about phenology and plant diversity at this web site, sponsored by the Devonian Botanical Garden in Alberta, Canada
  • Trees: Wisconsin Champion Tree Program - information about the biggest trees in the state, including techniques for measuring your own champion trees
  • Trees - Activities and information about tree shapes, seed dispersal and more from Dragonfly Pond

Ecology      [back to menu]

  • Ecosystems - from the Environmental Literacy Council
  • Hide and Seek - camouflage as a tool for survival
  • Mars Millennium Project - challenges students and teachers to imagine and create the first community for 100 earthlings on Mars in the year 2030. Interdisciplinary learning that encourages kids to think about community... a neat educational opportunity!

Biodiversity      [back to menu]


Habitats      [back to menu]

Forest

Prairie

Urban/School Yard

Wetlands/Aquatic

Other

  • Animal Houses - information on the ways animals make houses for themselves
 

Climate      [back to menu]


Geology      [back to menu]


Geography     [back to menu]


Space      [back to menu]

  • Astronomy - the Science Education Gateway offers lesson plans for learning about our solar system and beyond. Sponsored by the U.C. Berkeley Space Sciences Lab. Mostly for Middle and High School students.
  • NASA's Quest Project - get your class involved with space research and other activities on line
  • Space - Space links and activities from Dragonfly Pond

Water      [back to menu]

General

Aquatic Habitats

  • Lake Habitats - information about lake life from the DNR
  • Lakes:UW-Extension Lakes Program - information about lake ecology, human impacts on lakes, and the Adopt-a-Lake program for students
  • Wetlands - information on Wisconsin's wetlands including their importance for maintaining water quality from the DNR.

Groundwater and Watersheds

Water Quality and Protection


People and the Environment     [back to menu]

Conservation

Culture

Energy

  • Energy - The US Dept. of Energy's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy network (EREN) for kids!
  • Energy - from the Environmental Literacy Council
  • K-12 Energy Education Program  KEEP
  • Solar Energy - connect to solar energy companies, search for other s.e. links and use this informative guide to the world of solar energy

Waste/Pollution

  • Air: Where's Our Air - DNR created CD-Rom on Air Quality
  • Garbage - find out how to improve next year's environmental record, how waste is handled and test your knowledge on hazardous waste we generate in our homes and try to shrink a landfill
  • Pollution Prevention - Information from the UW-Extension Environmental Resources Center
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction - the UW-Extension's faculty provide accurate information on their Infosource website about recycling procedures around Wisconsin and information for reducing consumer waste.
  • Solid & Hazardous Waste Education - from UW Extension
  • Waste Management - from the Environmental Literacy Council

Other

  • Earthwatch Radio - two-minute long radio programs providing information featuring science and the environment
  • Food - info about the relationship between food and the environment from the Environmental Literacy Council
  • Global Change: Aspen Global Change Institute - organization dedicated to advancing understanding of global change and the role of humans
  • Land Use - from the Environmental Literacy Council
  • Mars Millennium Project - challenges students and teachers to imagine and create the first community for 100 earthlings on Mars in the year 2030. Interdisciplinary learning that encourages kids to think about community... a neat educational opportunity!
  • News: Why? Files - the inside science scoop on stories in the news
  • Politics: United Nations CyberSchoolBus - neat for global political, social and environmental issues
  • Software for environmental awareness - searchable database of teaching software on a number of environmental subjects

Art and the Environment     [back to menu]

Music

  • Walkin' Jim - an environmentally concerned musician who shares his close relationship with nature to others through his art

Writing


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