Backyard Jungle
- People network with each other about their local environment. Enables users to explore the natural world around them and report their findings online through photos, drawings, and maps.
- http://pbskids.org/backyardjungle/
Earth Today and Tomorrow - A section of the Natural History Museum that provides a look at the planet on which we live and how we interact with it. - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/red-zone/earth-today-tomorrow/index.html
The Environment - Looks at the need to protect the environment as well as the challenges involved. Focuses on the importance of preserving history, conserving natural resources for future use, and developing earth-friendly habits. - http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U8/U8_main.cfm
Yucca Mountain Youth Zone - A tour of the Yucca Mountain project for managing and handling nuclear waste material. Discussions on the problems and how to solve them as well as learning programs and games. - http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/youth/
NatureWatch - Features observing, studying, or photographing the vast varieties of fish, wildflowers, wildlife, and scenery. Has viewisections on wildlife, celebrating wildflowers, and fishwatch and festivals with walks. - http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/
Project Learning Tree - Helps you learn how to think, not what to think, about the environment. - http://www.plt.org/
Project Wild - Information about and sample materials from an interactive, interdisciplinary wildlife conservation and environment. - http://www.projectwild.org/
One Natural Resources Way - Features information, videoes, sounds, activities and a webzine about natural resources, ecosystems, state parks, and hunting. - http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/kids/kids.htm
Environmental False Alarms - Op-Ed article discusses claims about Montana's declining environmental health. Includes reported problems, facts about the state, statistics for parts of the world, and government regulation versus private enterprise. - http://www.perc.org/perc.php?id=541
CyberRangers - Interactive nature conservation club where kids can form a cyber ranger squad and learns about the world of nature. Requires Flash plug-in. - http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/cyberrangers/
Captain Ozone - Features a documentary about a costumed superhero who has taken up various environmental causes on television and the Internet. - http://www.captainozone.com
Ecosystems - Interactive examination of ecological concepts including natural selection, population balance, exchange cycles, and environmental protection. Includes quizzes, activities and project ideas. - http://peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/Ecosystems/index.htm
BLM Learning Landscapes - Learn about public lands, plants and animals, and how to volunteer in your state. Activity booklets with tips to help protect the land. From the Bureau of Land Management. [Booklets require free Adobe download.] - http://www.blm.gov/education/
Ode to Dead Wood - Explains how fallen trees and snags are important to ecosystems. Learn what animals depend on this type of habitat. - http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=162
Create Microhabitats - Learn to make brush piles for song birds and small mammals, build rock piles for reptiles and amphibians, or make a log pile that many small creatures can use. - http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?cid=43&id=198
Environmental Awareness: Knowing Your World - Learn about global warming, acid precipitation, earth's energy systems, natural resources, and water conservation. - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/world/
Tiki the Penguin - Tiki looks at the mess people have made of our planet. He suggests how kids can help make things better for all of us. - http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/
Tammy the Turkey's Shoppers' Checklist - Examines how people's shopping habits can affect the planet. Includes interactive quiz. - http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/features/shoppers/shopper_front.html
Educational in Nature - Learn how to identify tracks from different mammals, create your own slime, or make recycled paper with these activities and experiments designed to teach kids about the environment. - http://www.gp.com/educationalinnature/activities.html
RSPB: Green Living - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds tells about recycling, saving water, using less energy and protecting wetland habitats. - http://www.rspb.org/green/
Department of Environmental Protection Kids Page - Find out about Florida state parks, air and water resources, and waste management. Take a quiz or read fast facts. - http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/kids/default.htm
Pachamama - Young people around the world have contributed personal accounts, poems, illustrations, and games to show the state of the environment and what can be done about it. - http://www.grida.no/geo2000/pacha/
Tunza - United Nations program for children from all over the world who want to help the environment. Includes facts, games, competitions, and resources for making a difference. - http://www.unep.org/Tunza/children/
Smart Spark's Multi-Challenges - A set of challenges for children on the topic of energy efficiency. Questions, puzzles and lots of fun. - http://www.esb.ie/main/about_esb/smart_spark.jsp
Earth Life - Collects and shares environmental information. Provides information on environmental issues. - http://www.earthlife.org
Teens For Planet Earth - Learn about the planet and what you can do to help protect it. Read about people who work in conservation. Includes a special section for girls. - http://teens4planetearth.com/
10 Things You Can Do To Save The Planet - A list of simple things anyone can do in and around the home, that will help the environment. Includes animation of a family called The Sustainables. - http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/thesustainables/ten.htm
Ecokids Online - Provides environmentally educative games, stories, a picture gallery, calendar of events, contests, and facts about Earth's environment. Membership is free to schools and youth groups in Canada. - http://www.ecokids.ca/
The Ranger Zone - Offers information to help young people learn how to become part of the junior ranger program. Includes links to participating park webpages, photo galleries, as well as creative works by young people. - http://www.nps.gov/learn/juniorranger.htm
BBC Really Wild Zone - A site for those interested in animals and the natural world around them; has wild life facts, games and competitions. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/
Saving Our Environment - Provides young people with a forum for exchanging idea on protecting the environment. - http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111401/
Earth and Space Week - Flag design competition by children aged 5 to 19, from Norway, Switzerland and countries in the European Union. Includes illustrations of winning projects. - http://www.esw.eun.org/
Coastal Explorer - Clear explanations of erosion, deposition, and other coastal features. With photos and glossary. Includes section for teachers. - http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/coasts/
Global Response Kids - Tells kids what they can to do protect the environment. - http://www.globalresponse.org/kidsactions.php
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Discusses air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. From Manchester Metropolitan University. In English and French. - http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/index.html
EPA Student Center - Provides environmental basics, club projects, careers, internships, youth awards, fun activities and information on ecosystems, air, water conservation, waste and recycling, human health and neighborhood projects. Also has teachers' site. - http://www.epa.gov/students/
Dimdima Kids - Indian online children's magazine for ecology. Read nature notes, tales, about culture, plants, animals, environmentalists, endangered and extinct species. - http://www.dimdima.com/ecology/ecology.asp
Oil and You - FAQ about the world's oil supply. - http://home.earthlink.net/~oilandyou/
Ollie's World - Looks at sustainability with a focus on the three R's: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Includes a club, games, and news. - http://www.olliesworld.com
Nature Challenge for Kids - Ten ways that kids can protect nature. Also features challenge activities kids can do at home, as well as subject links. - http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
Charlie's Corner - Provides young children information on the environment while playing games and having fun. Maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. - http://www.epa.gov/region7/kids/
Backyard Nature - Nature study basics, with an emphasis on backyard plants and animals. Includes a section on naming and classification, list making, and "why bother with nature?" - http://www.backyardnature.net/
E-OK Kids - New site promoting environmentally friendly activities. Includes links. - http://www.e-okkids.com/
Elements - Multilingual environmental magazine with activities and interactive games. - http://elements.nb.ca/kids/index.htm
Restoring Earth - A student's personal site designed to teach its visitors about the science behind the earth. Includes environmental science, biology, Christianity, interactive quiz, and author bio. - http://www.restoringearth.co.uk
Kids R Green - From the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), kRg offers educational activities and games about many aspects of the environment. Also offers crafts and a theme of the month. - http://www.kidsrgreen.org/
Envirofun - Captain Earthworm, Captain Redbird, and Captain Bluegill present information about recycling, pollution, and tips for keeping the environment healthy. Includes activities. - http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/
ECO-PROS - Ecology Protectors Society - Identifies threats to the environment and tells what people can do to make a difference. Includes related links. - http://www.eco-pros.com/
NIEHS Kids Pages - Features environmental games, science, puzzles, and research information. - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Eddy the Eco-Dog - Features interactive entertainment and education with games, puzzles, jokes, and cartoons designed to help kids discover cool things about nature, science and ecology. - http://www.ecodog.com/
Kids for Saving Earth - Preschoolers through teenagers will find great ways they can help take care of the earth. - http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/
EEK - Environmental Education for Kids - Interactive online magazine by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Designed for children in grades 4-8. - http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm
Paper University - Information and activities for students and teachers on papermaking, recycling, forestry, trees, paper crafts, careers, and the environment. - http://www.tappi.org/paperu/
Environmental Literacy Council - Looks at a variety of issues related to the environment, including topics such as air, food, energy, water, population, and waste. - http://www.enviroliteracy.org/
Children of the Earth United - A non-profit organization which helps young people learn about animals, plants, ecology, and nature centers. Site also provides a forum for people to share their creative ideas and knowledge of the environment. - http://childrenoftheearth.org/
Earthforce - National non-profit youth organization empowers kids to help solve local environmental problems. - http://www.earthforce.org/
Explorers Club - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site for kids. Lots of fun and interesting things to read and do to learn about the environment. - http://www.epa.gov/kids
Exploring the Environment - More than a dozen interactive studies related to the environment. For middle and high school students. Includes teacher guides for classroom use. - http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
Planetpals Earthzone - A children's interactive web site about the environment, with card games, a free recycle kit to print, coloring book, and lots of interesting facts. - http://www.planetpals.com
Natural Resources Kids' Page - For kids interested in the environment, and in having fun. Includes games and features about salmon and wildlife, hazardous substances, recycling, and choosing recycled products. - http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/
EHC Kid's Corner - Games, puzzles, and hands-on activities that help protect the environment. From the National Safety Council. - http://www.nsc.org/ehc/kidscorn.htm
The Headbone Derby - Ecology Strikes Back - Help Iz and Auggie solve a series of ecological problems happening on Planet Small by finding similar, real-life examples on Earth. - http://www.headbone.com/derby/eco/
Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures - Every 8 weeks, Maggie is sent on a "Mission Impossible" style adventure that teaches kids about the environment. Each mission features an 8-minute cartoon with music, games, gadgets, and factual content. Requires Flash plug-in. - http://www.missmaggie.org/
EduGreen - From air pollution to energy, learn more about the world in which you live through games, poems, stories, and ask-an-expert. - http://www.edugreen.teri.res.in/