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Weather and the Environment |
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Dodoland. This is a kids online e-zine on the environment that includes a
page of wishes for the earth written by children.
http://www.swifty.com/azatlan/
FEMA for Kids. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helps people
who have been in a disaster. They also teach people what to do during a
disaster and what to do before a disaster happens. http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Hurricane: Storm Science. Learn about what happens inside a hurricane.
http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane/
Kids F.A.C.E. Kids For A Clean Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) is an
international children's environmental organization started in 1989 by a
nine-year-old child. The club, with a current membership of 300,000
worldwide, was established to help children who want to learn more about the
world in which they live, provide a way for children to be involved in the
protection of nature, and connect children with other children who share
their concerns about global environmental issues.
http://www.kidsface.org/
MBGnet-Kids Page. The Missouri Botanical Gardens site allows kids to explore
different biomes as well as freshwater and marine ecosystems.
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/index2.htm
Myst@Rain Forests. Help see the balance in nature. Educate yourself about
plants and animals of the rainforests in the RainForest Garden.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1009/
El Nio Theme Page. Basic information on the nature of El Nio, including
its benefits.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.html
POPClock Projection. A daily update of the U.S. population by the U.S.
Census Bureau. For more information go to the U.S. Census Home Page at
http://www.census.gov/. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Rain Forest Web Community. This Web site provides information about the rain
forest's community, its leaders, and the many special residents who live
there.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9900/
A Science Fair Project Resource Guide. An excellent resource from Internet
Public Library that links kids to all sorts of exceptional resources for
their projects.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Sierra Club. This site offers a number of pages on forests, trees, and the
air. The Sierra Club is a nonprofit, member-supported, public-interest
organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by
influencing public policy decisions-legislative, administrative, legal, and
electoral.
http://www.sierraclub.org/
The Skinny on . . . the Color of Snow. One of many explanations of
scientific questions written by Hannah Holmes for Discovery Channel.
http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971003/skinnyon.html
Tsunami. Everything you want to know about tsunamis (tidal waves).
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
USA Today Weather. Weather by USA Today news.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm
The Weather Dude. A weather page especially for kids, parents, and teachers
from KSTW-TV weather forecaster Nick Walker. Includes musical meteorology.
http://www.nwlink.com/~wxdude/
WeatherNet4 Homework Helper. Homework help about weather with a large
collection of links to weather sites.
http://wxnet4.nbc4.com/chap4/phys-sci.html
Geology and Earth Science
Earthquakes. All you want to know about earthquakes.
http://www.gsrg.nmh.ac.uk/
The Mineral Gallery. Explore rocks and minerals. Includes pictures.
http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm
National Earthquake Information Center. Where do you think the largest
earthquakes in the United States have occurred? Questions similar to this
one may be answered at this site.
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/10maps.html
Primordial Soup. The history of life on earth: paleontology, wonderful
graphics, and interactive components. http://www.primordialsoup.com
RiverResource. Find information on rivers around the United States.
http://www.riverresource.com
Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection. Pictures and descriptions of the
collection's highlights. http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html
Volcano World. Find details about volcanoes, their eruptions, and more.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ |
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