DPL - Pine Ridge - Earth Day

Pine Ridge Elementary School: Ms. Wiseman’s Earth Day 2011 Project

Feb. 1- April 22, 2011

Websites

Environmental Protection Agency’s Student Center explores ecosystems, conservation, recycling, waste management and much more.

http://www.epa.gov/students/

Environmental Protection Agency’s Kids Club explains how our environment affects plants and animals, the air and water. Also included is information about garbage and recycling.

http://www.epa.gov/kids/

Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Kids Site includes information and games regarding climate change.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/

EcoKids Earth Day Canada is an award winning environmental education site for both students and teachers.

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm

National Geographic’s Environment website includes such topics as global warming, habitats, energy, and much more.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/?source=NavEnvHome

University of California Museum of Paleontology presents the world’s biomes.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

Ecology Global Network presents a multimedia site for kids to better understand the Earth and their place in it.

http://ecology.com/kidscorner/

Kids Do Ecology website helps students learn about ecology and biomes.

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/index.html

Annenberg Learner presents garbage in all its forms and how humans deal with it for better or worse.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/intro.html

Earth 911 presents Recycling 101 which includes recycling methods for all different types of materials.

http://earth911.com/recycling/

Books

Some call numbers to check out in juvenile nonfiction:

333.7 - (conservation)

363.7 – (waste management and global warming)

621.3 and 621.4 – (alternative energies)

Deschutes Public Library