From site: Walk in the Woods is designed for third through fifth grade students to gain an appreciation of nature. Sometimes students are not able to go to a forest preserve or woods, so this brings the woods to them.
Carbon Footprint Calculator
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EPA has developed tools to help individuals (and households) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take action. Businesses and organizations interested in educating their employees and members about what they can do at home to help protect our climate can also use these tools.
Use this online calculator to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions or your familys greenhouse gas emissions. Then move on to the next section of the calculator to explore actions you and/or your family can take to lower your emissions while reducing your energy and waste disposal costs. For each action you choose to take, the calculator displays the amount of emissions you could avoid and how that amount relates to your total emissions.
Action for Nature Young Eco-Hero Awards
Action For Nature (AFN), a U.S.-based non-profit, has yearly competitions to recognize and reward students, ages 8-16, who take action to solve the world’s tough environmental problems.
AFN has held this competition since 2003 to honor the work of young people all over the globe who have done creative environmental projects. Prizes include public recognition, money, and certificates.
Square of Life
From site: Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments is an Internet-based collaborative project in which students will investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world. Participants will:
- Identify living and non-living things in their school yards.
- Share their findings with other participating classes.
- Look for similarities and differences in the reported data.
- Prepare a final report or presentation based on their findings.
Registration for the next data collection project begins in mid-February 2008
Air Pollution: What’s the Solution?
From site: Welcome to Air Pollution: What’s the Solution? an educational project for students, grades 6 – 12, that uses online real time data to guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of outdoor air pollution.
Through this project, students will focus on outdoor air pollution; what it is, what factors contribute to its formation and the health effects from breathing polluted air. Students will use data and animated maps from the Internet and monitor for the presence of air pollution. Students are challenged to think critically and creatively about the problems surrounding air pollution.
By the end of this project, students will be able to:- Describe what air pollutants are, when and how outdoor air pollution is formed, and what the health effects are from breathing polluted air.
- Read the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index (AQI) chart, record weather data, and determine the presence of air pollutants.
- Create graphs to help visualize or recognize trends.
- Predict when ground level ozone may occur.
- Use knowledge gained to create awareness about air pollution and the associated health effects.
