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Environmental Information For Kids
EPA Climate and Waste Kids Activities
This page has publications and links to help educate kids about the relationship between solid waste and climate change.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/gw.html
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
Research into global climate change. Features a daily quiz, information on research locations, photographs and an explanation of global warming.
http://education.arm.gov/
Global Warming Facts and Our Future
Examines the greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, causes and effects, predictions, and responses to change. Includes teaching activities, links, and suggestions for further reading. From the Marian Koshland Science Museum.
http://www.koshlandscience.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp
Mercury Rising: Bearing Witness to Climate Change
photo-documentary production about Earth's response to global warming. Includes a 12-day web expedition in Costa Rica 's Monteverde Cloud forest, the location of important climate change studies.
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/climate/
Heat Watch
Interactive learning center designed to help students understand the problem of global warming. A Thinkquest site.
http://library.thinkquest.org/17471/
WeatherQuestions.com: What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Simple description of the greenhouse effect by a climate scientist.
http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_the_greenhouse_effect.htm
Carbon For Kids
Helps kids learn about greenhouse gases and global warming.
http://www.icbe.com/carbonforkids/
Global Warming
Summarizes current arguments concerning global warming. Includes various points of view and some of the basic problems in following the science.
http://www.abelard.org/briefings/global_warming.htm
Cool Kids For A Cool Climate
Explanation of global warming, causes and effects, kids' stories, ways to take action, links, and news.
http://www.coolkidsforacoolclimate.com
EcoKids: Planet Protectors
Stop carbon dioxide from taking over the world and changing the face of the planet forever in this interactive adventure.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/co2effect/index.cfm
The Case of the Warming Planet
Mr. and Mrs. Cool hire the Rain or Shine Detective Agency to investigate why winters are getting shorter and summers are getting longer.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/warming_planet/index.cfm
EarthPulse Center 's Global Warming Lab
Interactive site features the work and opinions of several scientists studying global warming and its impacts.
http://www.riverdeep.net/earthpulse/data/globalwarming/globalwarming_lab.html