Environmental Science

State Curriculum Standard: 6-8 grade
Tennessee Standard 2.2b:
Any change or error in design may affect function. The survival of individual organisms and entire species is dependent upon environmental conditions.

Interactive Links for Students/Lesson Plan Ideas
 

• The Virtual Field Trips Site:  Students are able to take a "field trip" covering various topics.  Some environmental topics include Natural Wonders, Endangered Species, and a Rain forest Field Trip.  Along with the field trips, there are links to other sites concerning that topic.

• Paper or Plastic?:  The site can be found through WebQuest.  It gives students a chance to work on cooperative learning skills and ways to improve the environment by deciding the importance of recycling paper and plastic bags.

• Bottle Habitat:  Bottle Habitat lays a good foundation for getting students interested in studying habitats.  This one comes with a lesson plan.

• Acid Rain:  Students are able to better understand the causes of acid rain on this planet through this site.  There is also an activity for students to do in order to test the acidity of water in their community.

• The Globe Program:  This site can be used for gathering research or for getting involved in the fight for protecting the global environment. GLOBE students "make a core set of environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data via the Internet.

• Learning about Biodiversity:  This is more of an interactive lesson plan for students that lets them talk with people from the community, visit natural areas in the community, and make a presentation of the data collected.  This makes it not only good idea for helping students learn science, but they can also learn about using presentation software such as Power Point.

• What's So Hot About Deserts?:  Students go through this web site finding information about the deserts of the world and the plants, animals and people that live there.

• Weather Around the World:  Student learn about how weather affects various parts of the country and how it effects the impact is has on the U.S.  They are also able to pick up on key weather terminology.

• Environment Webliographer: This has a list of links that you can add to your own collection by requesting an account. It contains a list of links to available resources on the Internet.

• Interesting Recycling Facts:  This is a very good general site for students to learn important facts concerning recylcing.  This can lead to good class dicussions as to which facts are the most important.

• Technology and Learning Software Reviews:  This site has a large variety of Science software to choose from.  It also comes with a description of the software and its price.  Some key environmental software are:
• Natural Resources:  This one is focused on water, and its impact in various aspects of out lives.  Through this you'll study local weather, coral reefs, water conservation, and others.
• Out Environment:  This is available on either Windows or Mac CD.  Students will study how humans impact our natural resources.  This CD ROM covers all aspects of the environment through a database of information.

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