ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Ecology WWW Page
http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/Ecology/Ecology-WWW.html
The Ecology WWW Place is an extensive database of ecology sites on the Internet. An excellent resource for teachers, students, and researchers.

EcoNet
http://www.igc.org/igc/econet/
EcoNet serves organizations and individuals working for environmental preservation and sustainability. Contains an environmental issue resource center with many informational links to a variety of ecology-related Web sites.

EE-Link
http://eelink.net/
EE-Link is a gopher and WWW site for environmental education. Lots of lesson plans and K-12 teacher resources. Topics include air and water quality, climate change, ecosystems, energy, plants, animal, toxins, and waste management. Teaching materials from various organizations are posted here, including audiovisual and software references. This site has it all for the K-12 classroom.

Envirolink Library
http://www.envirolink.org/library/index.html
The EnviroLink Library is a very comprehensive resource for environmental information on the internet. This Web site is well organized, with information listed by subject and broad categories.

Illinois Natural History Survey
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/
The highlights of this site include centers for biodiversity, wildlife ecology, aquatic ecology, and economic entomology. This site contains good K-12 education resources for educators and their students.

Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Journey North is an interactive ecology web site that tracks the migrations of the following animals: Bald Eagle, Lesser Long-Nosed Bat, Caribou, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Common Loon, Monarch Butterfly, Northern Oriole, Peregrine Falcon, American Robin, Humpback Whale, and Northern Right Whale.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/
The SCDNR web site is an excellent resource for an ecology class. Learn all about a variety of topics ranging from wildlife management to endangered species.

Texas Environmental Center
http://www.tec.org/
This site contains Texas environmental information including pollution, water quality resources, documentaries, and more! The highlight of this web site is an Internet magazine featuring profiles and perspectives on student environmental endeavors. Teacher lesson plans on ecology topics are also found at this site.

The Butterfly Website
http://mgfx.com/butterfly/
Just about everything that you ever wanted to know about butterflies can be found here. Great graphics of butterflies. This is a good site to learn about the ecology of butterflies.

The GLOBE Program -
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
http://www.globe.gov/
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students conduct an array of measurements and observations at their schools and share their data via the Internet with other students and scientists around the world to detail an environmental picture of the globe. An excellent way for your students to contribute data to a unique ecology project on the Internet.

US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
This is the homepage for the US Environmental Protection Agency. An excellent ecology resource to learn about environmental policies and management.

Water Quality and Societies
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/edu/RSE/RSEgreen/homepage.html
Societies is a great interdiscplinary unit that combines math and science for intermediate school age students. Excellent curricula and lesson plans that can be incorporated into a math or ecology middle school classroom.

WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu/
The WhaleNet website is dedicated to education while focusing on whales and marine research. "WhaleNet is a unique interdisciplinary, hands-on, collaborative telecomputing project to foster excitement and learning about the natural world in schools across the nation and around the globe." An excellent ecology resource for K-12 science classes. Check out "Saving Whales with DNA" and the dataset in S.T.O.P. - "Satellite Tagging Observation Program." Good classroom lesson plans and curricular materials using datasets.

Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/
This site advertises itself as the "Earth's Biggest Environmental Search Engine." It gives you a choice of typing in your own search topic or choosing from the broad topic folders already listed. Example: Opening the animals folder gives you more folders to choose from eventually giving you information or contacts. Also included is a folder on education which contains many resources, including a listing of environmental education products, some of which are free. If you can think of a topic, you will probably find the information at this web site. The site is easy to navigate and could be used by both students and teachers.

Coral Forest
http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest/
Homepage for a "nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting coral reef ecosystems through education in action." Links include a map showing location of reefs throughout the world, beautiful pictures, and sample lesson plans.

USGS Science for a Changing World
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/index.html
This site includes Fact Sheets on 28 Coastal and Marine Geology projects. The projects are very diverse. The information could be used in any 9-12 science classroom . This information would be good for demonstrating the relevance of science in everyone's life. Some fact sheets have to do with energy sources and economic impact of environmental disasters. Each fact sheet includes graphics and projects. There is nothing interactive here, but the information could be the basis for other student work.

Birds: Our Environmental Indicators
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/Curriculum/toc.html
Ten complete step-by-step online activities for junior high students. Pre and post assessment, interest extensions, student labs, and additional ideas for projects. EE-link for environmental issues studying birds mainly in the Great Lake Region.

Water on the Web (WOW)
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/
WOW provides high school and undergraduate students with an opportunity to learn science, mathematics, and technology while using near real-time and archived water quality data to monitor Minnesota lakes over the Internet.

The US Global Change Research Information Office - Global Change and Environmental Education Resources
http://www.gcrio.org/educ.html

Monarch Watch
http://MonarchWatch.org/

GlobaLearn
http://www.globalearn.org

Global Rivers Environment Education Network
http://www.igc.org/green/

Sea Turtle Survival League
http://www.cccturtle.org/

EPA's Explorer's Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Water Quality Division, Water Quality Section Environmental Sciences Branch
http://207.4.102.3/

Office of Environmental Education - North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
http://www.ehnr.state.nc.us/EHNR/ee/

EuroTurtle
http://www.ex.ac.uk/telematics/EuroTurtle/

The Virtual Field Trip Site
http://www.field-guides.com/

Ecology - From the Mining Company
http://ecology.miningco.com/

Zero Population Growth
http://www.zpg.org/