Earth to Kids
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Earth Science Enterprise: For Kids Only
"Can scientists predict the global impacts of increased levels of pollutants in the atmosphere? Will the planet warm because increased levels of greenhouse gases, produced by the burning offossil fuels, trap heat and prevent it from being radiated back into space? Will the polar ice caps melt, causing massive coastal flooding? Have humans initiated wholesale climatic change?. NASA studies the earth, not just outer space, and has created this earth science site for kids and their teachers and filled it to the brim with information, lesson plans and games."
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Earth Day Network
"Earth Day Network is the coordinating body of worldwide Earth Day activities, chaired by the organizers of the original 1970 Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes. Under Events, you’ll find thousands of international Earth Day events to attend, and the opportunity to add your local event. My favorite clicks (such as the following Change-a-Habit tip) are found under Take Action. ""Rest your screen when you rest your eyes. Don’t wait for your screen saver to kick in – if you are going to be away from your computer for more than ten minutes, turn the monitor off. Funless Fact: Computer monitors use the same amount of electricity as a 60-watt light bulb."""
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Earth Day at Kids Domain
"In 1963, former Senator Gaylord Nelson began to worry about our planet. (A senator is a person that the people of the United States have chosen to help make the laws.) Senator Nelson knew that our world was getting dirty and that many of our plants and animals were dying. He wondered why more people weren’t trying to solve these problems. In addition to a short history of Earth Day, you’ll find Earth Day puzzles, postcards, games, activities, coloring pages, clip art, endangered animals to adopt, and (whew!) more."
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Doheny State Beach
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Defenders of Wildlife: Kids’ Planet
"From facts to fun – this site has focuses on worldwide endangered wildlife. Best clicks are Get the Facts (single page info sheets on dozens of animals listed by continent), Wild Games (puzzles and quizzes), Color Your World (printable animals for off-line coloring) and the wolf curriculum for teachers and home schoolers (see Teacher’s Table). ""Native Americans attributed an array of powers and miracles to wolves, from the creation of tribes to healing powers. For example, the Kwakiutl of the Pacific Northwest believed that before they became men or women, they had been wolves."""
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Composting with Worms
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Composting in Schools
"Composting offers something for all ages. Elementary students will be fascinated by tactile experience, and teens can research the biology, chemistry, and physics of composting. Best clicks are those related to the science of composting: ideas for research projects, composting experiments and background information on microbes and invertebrates. Don’t be fooled by the title of this site. It offers plenty to those interested in composting no matter where they do it. Got a problem with an existing compost? Take a look at the Troubleshooting Guide listed under Composting Outdoors."
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Composting for Kids
"Kids (and parents too!) can learn composting basics in this simple slide presentation. Although the slide show completely skips over what kind of container to use, it excels at explaining how your compost recipe must include both brown stuff (dead leaves or newspapers for carbon) and green stuff (grass clippings or food scraps for nitrogen.) Best pages are those that show which commonly composted items contain the highest amounts of carbon and nitrogen."
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Cascades Volcano Observatory Pictograms
"These annotated photo stories combine photography with illustration and explanatory text to deliver their message. Choose from nineteen pictograms, mostly starring Mount Saint Helens before, during and after her big eruption in 1980. "
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