Video Contest Create a video to tell the world what you and your friends are doing in your community to foster sustainability. Youth Sustainability Challenge

Government Sites

A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change - This site explains what global warming is, the greenhouse effect, and the changes in climate and weather.

Acid Rain Kids Site - Learn about acid rain through a variety of fun, interactive activities.

Air Quality - Learn how air pollution is measured, about the Air Quality Index (AQI), and how the index can be a quick way to tell people how good or bad something is. (Flash required)

Archeology for Kids - Do you like to dig in the dirt? Figure out stories from clues? These are all things archeologists do - maybe you're one, too!

Beaches - Environmental Protection Agency - Beaches are a place to play, watch wildlife, fish, and swim. We have to protect them from a variety of potential problems. We can help you plan a trip to the beach, learn about beaches and the issues around them, and understand how we protect beaches.

Bold Kids - Bold is a survey ship that carries high-tech instruments to collect data from the water.

Bold Kids Videos - Meet Scientists from Bold, a survey ship with high tech equipment to take samples of water.

Celebrating Wildflowers - Just for Kids - (Forest Service) - Learn more about wildflowers on our National Forests and Grasslands with games, coloring pages, and fun activities!

Climate Change Kids Site - EPA - Find out about the greenhouse effect and how we can make a difference.

Climate Kids - NASA - Command an interactive Climate Time Machine to travel back and forth through time and see how climate changes have affected our world or may affect it in the future.

Dig It! The Secrets of Soil - National Museum of Natural History - Discover the amazing world of soils with images and information.

Drinking Water and Ground Water - Kids' Stuff Grades 4-8 - This EPA Office of Water’s web page has links to games and activities that will help you learn about drinking water.

Drinking Water and Ground Water - Kids' Stuff Grades K- 3 - See the water cycle and its many stages and try the animated activity that lets you control the water cycle as you learn. (Flash required)

Dynamic Earth - An interactive and engaging site to teach about science of the earth; it includes sections on Gems and Minerals, Rocks and Mining, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes, and the Solar Sytem.

Earthquakes - Science Fair Project Ideas - Science Fair Projects on earthquake predicting, impacts, seimology, and more.

Earthquakes for Kids - Learn cool quake facts, earthquake ABC's, catch up on the science of seismology, and explore being a geophysicist.

Energy Sources - Learn the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy and much more.

Energy Star Kids - Be an Energy Star! Find out how you and your classmates can make big changes and help save the world.

Environmental Resources for Students - Learn about projects, careers, ecosystems and much more.

Fall Colors - Forest Service - When are the peak times to see the most color? Find out here.

FEMA For the Little Ones - Learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories, and become a Disaster Action Kid.

Florida Environmental Protection Kids Page - Are you ready for an adventure into the wet and wild world of Florida's natural environment?

Habitat Adventure: Panda Challenge - Use binoculars, field guides, a camera, and other tools, as well as talk to local people to help you make decisions about a fictional forest reserve in this educational game.

Join the Lorax and Help Protect the Earth from Global Warming - Do your part everyday by making easy changes at home and at school and help stop global warming; this book has fun activities, games and puzzles.

Kids Saving Energy - Games and Activities - Fun games and activities for kids who want to save energy.

Ocean Explorer - The Ocean Explorer web site is entertaining and educational for you to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean.

Ocean Portal - You Navigate - Meet amazing creatures, explore the depths of the sea, and discover your connection to the ocean. This site has images, videos, news updates, and cool ocean stuff.

Planet Protectors Club - Planet Protectors create less waste in the first place! This site has games, activities and reading materials to help save our planet from too much waste.

Roofus' Solar and Efficient Neighborhood - Find out how Roofus' Solar Home is energy smart and what makes it run.

Sand and Gravel Program - Kid Connection - Here are several projects and experiments to learn about erosion and sedimentation, and see it in action.

School Yard Geology - (Geological Survey) - Activities and examples of what to look for to turn your schoolyard into a rich geologic experience.

Sci Jinks - Learn about weather, hurricanes, clouds, tides and more. You can even find out about the weather in space.

Seafloor Mapping - Making pictures of the sea floor is the science of hydrography; learn more about this amazing task.

Student's Guide to Climate Change - Learn about the importance of greenhouse gases and how they trap energy from the sun in the atmosphere and warm the earth.

Team Energy Star - Help the Lorax - Get fun and easy activities and tips from to help your family save energy and money.

Tsunami: Your Questions Answered - Learn about Tsunamis - giant sea waves.

Tsunamis Video - An animated short film to educate kids about tsunamis and how to be prepared.

Water Sense Game - Move the water-efficiency hero Flow through water pipes and answer water- efficiency questions while avoiding water-wasting monsters.

Water Sense Kids - Do you know how much water a family of four uses every day in the United States? Find out the answer to this and more!

WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea - Learn about estuaries using this online game.

Why Leaves Changes Color - This site explains the basics of how autumn colors happen.

Year of the Ocean - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides information on marine life, threatened and endangered species, facts about the world’s oceans fish, and protecting coral reefs.

Other Resources

24/7 Science - Lawrence Hall of Science - In these interactives, use your hands, feet, eyes, ears, brain, imagination and cool tools to experiment, design, test and discover amazing things about the world around you. It's science and it's fun!

Climate and Global Change - Learn about Earth's climate changes during its 4.6 billion year history.

Create a Motion Ocean - National Geographic Kids - Create your own waves in a jar with this easy and fun project.

Eekoworld - Learn about the environment. (Requires Flash)

Green Tips - National Geographic Kids - Green Tips are Earth- friendly, simple ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle items that you use.

Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists - Visitors will enjoy learning about the thoughts and experiences of the scientists working in Antarctica and the Arctic.

Ocean Photo Gallery - National Geographic Kids - Check out these pictures of beautiful oceans from around the world.

Take on Tree Terms Word Search - Education.com - Word search filled with different types of trees.

Tennessee Valley Authority for Kids - Play games, get homework help and watch videos while learning to help protect the environment with this interactive site.

Page Revised - 4/20/2012