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Especially For Students
Greening Up Your School
National Resources Defense Council
The Green Squad, Kids Taking Action for Greener, Healthier Schools
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/default.htm
WISE Design
A program that guides you through a series of steps to make your school more sustainable
http://www.wisedesign.org/
Environmental Footprint Calculators
Bobbie Big Foot: Calculate Your Environmental Footprint
http://www.kidsfootprint.org/
Zerofootprint:Kids Calculator
http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx
Interactive and animated, school carbon and ecological footprint calculator (from England)
http://www.dott07.com/flash/dott_1024.htm
Reducing Your Environmental Footprint
Nature Challenge for Kids
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
http://www.ibuydifferent.org/
Consumer Consequences Game
http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/
Great Green Web Game. (for older students). This game tests your knowledge of how consumer choices affect the environment. As you answer questions and 'shop green' the Envirometer gauges the cumulative impact of your choices.
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/
North American Association For Environmental Education (NAAEE)
Student Environmental Education Sites
http://eelink.net/pages/Student+Environmental+Education+Sites
Tunza
This U.N. Environment Programme magazine for young people focuses each month on a specific topic related to sustainable living. Read articles written by and for teens around the world.
http://www.unep.org/Tunza/
EcoKids is Earth Day Canada's environmental education program for youth who care about the planet.
http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/index.cfm
a cool site packed full of interactive games, comics, movies and activities, designed to get kids excited about protecting the environment.
http://www.ecokids.co.nz/
Ollie’s World
http://www.olliesworld.com/
Lots of Environmental Websites For Kids
http://www.eartheasy.com/article_enviro_sites_kids.htm
Environmental Protection Agency Kids Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids
Enviro Kids
Songs, activities, art gallery and more from the City of Tacoma.
http://www.ci.tacoma.wa.us/envirokids/Activities/songs.htm
Nature, Wildlife and Science
Field Trip Earth
Travel the world via interviews, discussion groups, field reports, essays, slide shows and educator resources. Start on the "Choose a Field Trip" page, and use the airplane cursor to select a wildlife conservation project you'd like to visit.
http://www.fieldtripearth.org/index.xml
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Kids Planet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/
Flying WILD
A bird education offering for middle schools giving students the opportunity to learn through researching, planning, and hosting a school bird festival. Flying WILD is an initiative of the Council for Environmental Education (CEE) Project WILD program.
http://www.flyingwild.org/
Junior Master Gardener Kids Zone
http://www.jmgkids.us/index.k2?did=2016§ionID=2016
Making Science Make Sense
http://www.bayerus.com/msms/ScienceFun/ScienceFun.aspx
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
EPA's Recycle City
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
WA State Dept. of Ecology, Solid Waste Kids Page
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidspage/
http://www.kidsrecycle.org/kids_links.php
Resourceful Schools
Fun Stuff for Students
http://www.resourcefulschools.org/students.html
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Recycled Craft Ideas
http://www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
Recycled Crafts
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/recycled_crafts-t27.html
Energy Related
Energy Hog.org Alliance to Save Energy
sections for students and adults on energy conservation
http://www.energyhog.org
Dr. E’s Energy Lab
A monkey named Dr. E will teach you about renewable energy and energy efficiency at this U.S. Department of Energy site.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/
Think Energy Student Page
http://www.thinkenergy.org/students/students.html
US Dept. of Energy Kids Page
http://www.energy.gov/forstudentsandkids.htm
Alliant Energy Kids
http://www.powerhousekids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phk_001537.hcsp
Minerals Management Service Kids Page
http://www.mms.gov/mmskids/
Get Wise
http://www.getwise.org/
BPA Kids Page
http://www.bpa.gov/Power/pl/columbia/page5cov.htm
Energy Quest Room
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/
Climate Change, Weather and Air Quality
EPA’s Climate Change Kids Site
(K-5 students)
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids
Cool School Challenge
http://www.coolschoolchallenge.org/
http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_new.main
NOAA’s Weather Site For Kids
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml
Water Related
The Pani Game
Help Embet get water to his village in Ethiopia, provided by WaterAid.
http://www.worldwaterday.net/game/index.html
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/publications/salmnbk.pdf
Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Activity Book.
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s Salmon Activity Book
http://www.critfc.org/kids/activity_book.pdf
Monteray Bay Aquarium Fun and Learning Site
http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/kids_place/
Sewage in Your Face
Videos, sounds, not-so-stinky games, recipes and more from the City of San Diego, California
http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/kids/index.shtml
http://www.getwise.org/