EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society, communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments. It includes a link to a Climate Change site for kids.
Exploring the Environment™ (ETE)Modules include Mars Landing ; Strangers in Paradise; Severe Weather: Hurricanes! Weather or Not? Yellowstone Fires; Korean Enigma; Rift Valley Fever; Mountain Gorillas; Temperate Rainforest; El Niño: The Child Returns; Tropical Poison; Volcanoes; Water Quality; Florida Everglades;Global Climate Change; Earth on Fire; UV Menace.
Ocean WorldInformation about many aspects of oceanography: fisheries, coral reefs, currents, El Niño, icebergs, weather, waves, and more. There are links to Real Time Data for various oceanographic topics. There is also a textbook, Introduction to Physical Oceanography, written by Robert H. Stewart "for upper-division college students and new graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering." From Texas A&M University."
Stormy WeatherLearn to use the Internet and software tools while doing atmosphere investigations for the middle school and high school, Earth/Space Science Classroom. All activities, especially the Weather Hunt, Storm Sampler and The Perfect Storm Webquest, are designed for use by cooperative groups and culminate in a final shared presentation. The Weather Hotlist and the Weather Scrapbook are easily adapted for use by individual students.
Weather Education ResourcesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced.
Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology
Designed by Michael C. Veres, Student Library Assistant
Page updated: April 18, 2007