Environment Links

Environment

Kansas Collaborative Research Network (KanCRN)

www.kancrn.org

The Kansas Collaborative Research Network is designed to use students as scientists in a collaborative setting to investigate issues beyond the scope of the classroom. Currently, KanCRN has 7 ongoing projects with 18 in development. Current projects in the area of environmental science include measuring ozone in your area, the effect of UV rays on certain strains of yeast, the effects of SO2 on lichens and tardigrades as well as stream monitoring and global warming. Students are encouraged to share their data with others as well as use mentors in guiding the direction of the research. Students are invited to post research related to these projects as well as any independent research they may have conducted on their own to the website.

Activities: Each project has a specified protocol for data entry providing opportunities to understand the importance of sharing information. Guide in developing research is given. Direction for developing your own collaborative research project is provided.

Natural habitats for British wildlife (age 13-16)

	What creatures thrive on nectar from the plant, Borage?
	How is the elder tree useful to us and insects.

For a rare collection of information about gardens and wildlife, visit British flora and fauna

Rainforests (Age 9-13)

Visit the Rainforest Action Network to find out what you can do to help save the Rainforest.

	Why do people want to save the rainforest?
	What is being done to save the rainforests?
	Which animals are under threat? Use your computer to make a catalogue of rainforest animal photographs and information.
	While you're here try the Rainforest quiz
	Make a poster about one of the things you can do to preserve the rainforest
	Make a story-board for 'The story from the forest'.
	Write five questions you want to ask a rainforest expert.

Marine Conservation Society
Marine Conservation Society strives to improve the British Coastline. Their pages include details of marine pollution, nature reserves and factsheets.

Explore link lists on environmental education (age about 14+)

A bundle of links to resources on earth science, planetary science and geology are at The Environmental Education Network

Remember to also see our Library pages on Plants and Animals.

Environmental Issues (Age 9-15)

Take a look at important environmental issues concerning the future of people and nature here at the site of the US National Wildlife Federation. Look under Issues and Actions to:

	List eight environmental issues mentioned here.
	Suggest what can be done about each of them.
	Go to the Classroom section and find out how to grow, care for, and learn from a habitat on school grounds.

Teachers should go to the Classroom section and look under Animal tracks to find background information, fun facts, things do to help and classroom activities.

Human interactions in the environment (Age 18+)

The Consortium for International Earth Science Information provides information to 'help people better understand their changing world'. It includes guides on issues such as agriculture, UV radiation, remote sensing and human health. It has plenty of esoteric material such as the text of international environmental agreements; as well as datasets on world population counts; weekly data on mortality due to AIDS; mappable census data and so on. There is a gateway - a search page that references many distributed servers, so for advanced work will be more useful for that. See The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network

Global warming information

Global Warming Update / Increases in mortality due to Global Warming / Global warming / Global warming - a UN report / Simulation of Global Warming / The ice in the Arctic is melting - a sign of global warming? / Global Warming: a boon for humans and other animals / Facts on global warming from NASA / How hot is it? / The policy aspects of climate change / Trends in climate during this century / Ice age climates and the evolution of intelligence

The Environment Agency
The Environment Agency's principal aim is to protect or enhance the environment as a whole and to compile various forms of information relating to the environment.
The Agency's responsibilities include the management of radioactive and other forms of waste, pollution control, the management of water including water resources, flood defence, freshwater fisheries and conservation - plus environmental and surveillance responsibilities.
This is a new site - not all the (promised) resources are there but probably worth keeping an eye on.