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What Is the Most Serious Problem Earth Faces?
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WebQuest Internet Resources
Links last updated 03/28/2008

WebQuest

For this WebQuest, you will use library and Internet resources to research your team's Earth issue. We have identified some Internet resources for each issue listed below. An * indicates that a resource is an easy-reading resource for students in grades 3-4.

• Air Pollution
• Energy Depletion
• Overflowing Landfills
• Rain Forest Destruction
• Vanishing Species
• Water Pollution

Air Pollution
* The Air That We Breathe http://whyfiles.org/030air_pollution/ * The Last Gasp Gazette (pages 1,2) http://www.aqmd.gov/ej/CAC/kids/kidspages.pdf * Environmental Explorers Club: Air http://www.epa.gov/kids/air.htm * World Almanac for Kids: The Air We Breathe http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wak-009007 * Polluted Air is Bad for Kids http://www.lungsandiego.org/environment/kids.asp Outdoor Air Quality http://www.lungusa.org/air/air_outdoor_index.html On the Trail of the Missing Ozone http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/missoz/ Motor Vehicles and Air Pollution Quiz http://www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/quiz/quiz-env.htm Cars and Trucks and Air Pollution http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/archive/page.cfm?pageID=207 Indoor and Outdoor Pollution http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html The Science of Ozone Depletion http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/ EPA Student Center: Air http://www.epa.gov/students/air.htm
Energy Depletion
* Energy Quest http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html * Energy Information Administration Kids Page http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/ * Dr. E's Energy Lab (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/ * Department of Energy for Students & Kids http://www.energy.gov/forstudentsandkids.htm Energy Ideas Clearinghouse http://www.energyideas.org/ Care 2 Make a Difference: Energy http://www.care2.com/channels/ecoinfo/energy A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency http://www.eere.energy.gov/consume/ Natural Resources Defense Council: Energy http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/default.asp Energy and the Environment http://zebu.uoregon.edu/energy.html Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/ National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/
Overflowing Landfills
* The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm * Environmental Explorers Club: Garbage and Recycling http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm * The Rotten Truth About Garbage http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm * Trash Facts (from Keep America Beautiful) http://www.kab.org/trashfacts.cfm Museum of Solid Waste http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/recycling/ Garbage: How Can My Community Reduce Solid Waste? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html Municipal Solid Waste Factbook http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/index.htm Looking Into Landfills http://www.acnatsci.org/research/kye/landfills.html
Rain Forest Destruction
* Rainforest Heroes http://www.rainforestheroes.com *Amazon Interactive http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html * Rain Forest Resources/Facts http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/index.html *Take a Walk in the Rain Forest http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainwalk.html * Rain Forest Rescue http://www.arborday.org/programs/RainForestRescue.html * Exploring the Tropical Rain Forest http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/explore/valley.htm Rain Forest Information http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/ Journey Into Amazonia http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/ Rain Forest Action Network http://www.ran.org/ Rain Forest Facts http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm Cloud Forest Alive http://www.cloudforestalive.org/ Amazon Life http://library.thinkquest.org/20248/inicio.html
Vanishing Species
* Endangered: Exploring a World at Risk http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/index.html * Return of the Species http://whyfiles.org/015species_restore/index.html * Endangered Species Kids Corner http://endangered.fws.gov/kids/index.html * EndangeredSpecies.com http://endangeredspecie.com/ * Endangered Species.com Kids Corner http://www.endangeredspecie.com/kids.htm * Kids Planet E-Species Animal Fact Sheets http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html School World's Endangered Species Project http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/species.html The Natural World of North America: Endangered Species http://www.nearctica.com/educate/subject/endang.htm Endangered Species (World Wildlife Fund) http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/index.cfm Endangered Species at EE Link http://eelink.net/EndSpp/ Endangered Species of the Next Millennium http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/english.index.shtml Fish and Wildlife Species http://species.fws.gov/
Water Pollution
* Water Pollution Kids Page http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/kids/ * Environmental Explorers Club: Water http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm EPA Student Center: Water http://www.epa.gov/students/water.htm Earth 911: Water Pollution and Conservation http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=Water/water.asp InfoPlease: Water Pollution http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0851609.html The Quality of Our Nation's Water (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/305b/