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Environment Matters


General

Patches of Green: Early childhood environmental education in Australia: scope, status and direction - from Environmental Protection Authority NSW
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whocares/patchesofgreen.htm
also in pdf
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/patchesofgreen.pdf

The Planet Ark - from Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.org/

Greenhouse Effects and climate change

Greenhouse Effect ... - from the US Environmental Protection Agency
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/greenhouse.html

Ozone

The Ozone Hole Tour - from the Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/

Recycling

LEARNING TO BE WASTE WISE - a curriculum unit in MS Word from ACT No waste
http://www.nowaste.act.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/12602/learningtobewastewise.doc

fact Sheets - from ACT No waste
http://www.nowaste.act.gov.au/implementingthenowastestrategy/programs/schools/factsheets

Teachers - from ACT No waste
http://www.nowaste.act.gov.au/implementingthenowastestrategy/programs/schools/teachers

Recycle City - from Environment Protection Agency, USA
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

Waste Wise Schools - from Gould Group
http://www.gould.edu.au/html/AboutWasteWiseSchools.asp

Waste Wise Curriculum resources - from Sustainability Victoria
http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/1863-waste-wise-curriculum-resources.asp?intSiteID=4

Issues paper: Recycling - from The Packaging Council of Australia
http://www.packcoun.com.au/issues/issues08.html

Don't Trash the Earth - a lesson plan from Intel Education
http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/DontTrashEarth/

Waste - Science and Technology K-6: Stages 2-3 - from Environment Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/waste/index.htm

Pollution

Pollution Solutions - from the Family Education Network
http://www.fen.com/studentactivities/sbgs/readingClub/pollution_solution/pollution_solution.html

Renewable/Non-renewable

Classroom Energy - online activities, resources and lesson plans from America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry
http://www.classroom-energy.org/

Water Pollution

Stormwater and the yellow fish - schools and community action for clean water
http://www.stormwater.asn.au/yellowfish.asp

Stormwater - from Environment Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/stormwater/

Stormwater curriculum links - Science and Technology K-6: Stages 2-3 - from Environment Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/stormwater/hsieteachguide/sciencecurric.htm

Activities 3.1 and 3.2 - A Day in the Life of an Urban Creek and Journey Down the Drain, Stage 2-3 activities from NSWEPA
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/stormwater/hsieteachguide/stg2activity31.htm

Creek Rescue - an interactive game from Waterwatch Queensland, on pollution in waterways
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/kids/waterwatchgame.html

Stream Scene - an online activity to investigate the health of a freshwater stream by testing the turbidity, temperature, pH and salinity and studying the invertebrates that can be found in the stream, from Amaroo Environmental Education Centre, Queensland
http://www.amarooeec.eq.edu.au/activities/streamscene/streamscene.html

Down the Drain - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/drainproj/

The Global Water Sampling Project: An Investigation of Water Quality - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/waterproj/index.shtml

Take a Dip: The Water in our Lives - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/dipproj2/en/




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