Clicking on the Go button
will open a new browser window and take you to a website outside
of SciLinks. You can resize the window as you wish. Just remember
to close that window when you're done—your computer will thank you
for it!
Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from, if antibacterial soap is good for your family, or how to recycle an old computer? Learn about the environmental and social impacts of 25 products you buy and use everyday!
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1502
|
Go to site
|
This page has is examples of how the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources cooperates with partners to conserve and recover protected marine species by minimizing human impacts. An excellent resource for up-to-date information.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/impacts.htm
|
Go to site
|
You are Dumptown's new City Manager! When you start to play, you'll see Dumptown at its worst — it's littered, polluted, and nothing is being recycled or reused. Can you initiate programs to Dumptown’s citizens to recycle and reduce waste?
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm
|
Go to site
|
If you're trying to find information on how humans have affected the earth, here are maps on a variety of topics, including land use, water resources, population issues, and ecosystems. You can compare data from each continent, too.
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/atlas/maps.php
|
Go to site
|
View the life cycle of a soccer ball — from obtaining raw materials through manufacture, packaging, distribution, useful life, and disposal. Learn what life cycle management is and why it is important. Find suggestions of ways to reuse or recycle your old soccer ball and soccer gear when you’re finished with them.
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/pdfs/life-soccer.pdf
|
Go to site
|
Fungi and bacteria are the major organisms decomposing dead leaves and other organic matter. Here you will learn about the process of decomposition. Then take a trip to a sanitary landfill to see how they are kept safe for use in the environment.
http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/Decay.htm
|
Go to site
|
The study of the life cycle of the aluminum beverage can offers a snapshot of the role scientific and environmental concerns play in the development and use of packaging — issues that relate to scientific benchmarks targeted at the intermediate level.
http://www.cancentral.com/canc/nontext/toc.htm
|
Go to site
|
Check this site if you're looking for a class project related to recycling and the environment, including trash audits and suggestions for getting the students, parents, and the community involved.
http://www.wastefreelunches.org/
|
Go to site
|
Students will describe how shoe design, manufacturing, retailing, consumer use, and disposal impact environments and societies. Students will discuss ways to reduce, reuse, or recycle resources in the life-cycle for a shoe product. Students will investi
http://mypages.iit.edu/~smile/chbi0800.htm
|
Go to site
|
|
|
| |
How Does Nature Recycle Materials?
Materials on Earth are used and reused by living things. Click on these web pages to see how water, soil, air, and other materials are recycled. Get some ideas for your own investigations.
|
|
|
|