- Earth and Animal Facts - http://www.angelfire.com/ns/marianw/
An educational web site about earth ecology, plant and animal life, and wildlife.
- EduGreen - http://edugreen.teri.res.in/
From air pollution to energy, learn more about the world in which you live through games, poems, stories, and ask-an-expert.
- Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures - http://www.missmaggie.org/
Every 8 weeks, Maggie is sent on a "Mission Impossible" style adventure that teaches kids about the environment. Each mission features an 8-minute cartoon with music, games, gadgets, and factual content. Requires Flash plug-in.
- The Headbone Derby - Ecology Strikes Back - http://www.headbone.com/derby/eco/
Help Iz and Auggie solve a series of ecological problems happening on Planet Small by finding similar, real-life examples on Earth.
- EHC Kid's Corner - http://www.nsc.org/ehc/kidscorn.htm
Games, puzzles, and hands-on activities that help protect the environment. From the National Safety Council.
- Natural Resources Kids' Page - http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/
For kids interested in the environment, and in having fun. Includes games and features about salmon and wildlife, hazardous substances, recycling, and choosing recycled products.
- Planetpals Earthzone - http://www.planetpals.com
A children's interactive web site about the environment, with card games, a free recycle kit to print, coloring book, and lots of interesting facts.
- Exploring the Environment - http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
More than a dozen interactive studies related to the environment. For middle and high school students. Includes teacher guides for classroom use.
- Explorers Club - http://www.epa.gov/kids
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site for kids. Lots of fun and interesting things to read and do to learn about the environment.
- Earthforce - http://www.earthforce.org/
National non-profit youth organization empowers kids to help solve local environmental problems.
- Children of the Earth United - http://childrenoftheearth.org/
A non-profit organization which helps young people learn about animals, plants, ecology, and nature centers. Site also provides a forum for people to share their creative ideas and knowledge of the environment.
- Environmental Literacy Council - http://www.enviroliteracy.org/
Looks at a variety of issues related to the environment, including topics such as air, food, energy, water, population, and waste.
- Paper University - http://www.tappi.org/paperu/
Information and activities for students and teachers on papermaking, recycling, forestry, trees, paper crafts, careers, and the environment.
- EEK - Environmental Education for Kids - http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm
Interactive online magazine by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Designed for children in grades 4-8.
- Environmental Science - http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/8393
Offers environmental news, issues, quizzes, facts, and links in a kid-friendly setting. Also provides information for parents and teachers.
- Kids for Saving Earth - http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/
Preschoolers through teenagers will find great ways they can help take care of the earth.
- Eddy the Eco-Dog - http://www.ecodog.com/
Features interactive entertainment and education with games, puzzles, jokes, and cartoons designed to help kids discover cool things about nature, science and ecology.
- NIEHS Kids Pages - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Features environmental games, science, puzzles, and research information.
- The Environment - http://www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/netact/U8/U8frame.htm
Looks at the need to protect the environment as well as the challenges involved. Focuses on the importance of preserving history, conserving natural resources for future use, and developing earth-friendly habits.
- Envirofun - http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/
Captain Earthworm, Captain Redbird, and Captain Bluegill present information about recycling, pollution, and tips for keeping the environment healthy. Includes activities.
- Kids R Green - http://www.kidsrgreen.org/
From the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), kRg offers educational activities and games about many aspects of the environment. Also offers crafts and a theme of the month.
- Restoring Earth - http://www.restoringearth.co.uk
A student's personal site designed to teach its visitors about the science behind the earth. Includes environmental science, biology, Christianity, interactive quiz, and author bio.
- Elements - http://elements.nb.ca/kids/index.htm
Multilingual environmental magazine with activities and interactive games.
- E-OK Kids - http://www.e-okkids.com/
New site promoting environmentally friendly activities. Includes links.
- Elsa The Envirophant - http://www.geocities.com/elsa_the_envirophant
Learn about the environment from Elsa. Includes coloring pages,newsletter, fan club, and banner exchange.
- Backyard Nature - http://www.backyardnature.net/
Nature study basics, with an emphasis on backyard plants and animals. Includes a section on naming and classification, list making, and "why bother with nature?"
- Charlie's Corner - http://www.epa.gov/region7/kids/
Provides young children information on the environment while playing games and having fun. Maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Nature Challenge for Kids - http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
Ten ways that kids can protect nature. Also features challenge activities kids can do at home, as well as subject links.
- Mr. M's Reef Web Quests - http://www.geocities.com/dazgm/ReefWebQuests.html
Four different environmental online web-quests for students to be involved in. Students get to complete online challenges, learning about caring for the environment.
- Ollie's World - http://www.olliesworld.com
Looks at sustainability with a focus on the three R's: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Includes a club, games, and news.
- Oil and You - http://home.earthlink.net/~oilandyou/
FAQ about the world's oil supply.
- Dimdima Kids - http://www.dimdima.com/ecology/ecology.asp
Indian online children's magazine for ecology. Read nature notes, tales, about culture, plants, animals, environmentalists, endangered and extinct species.
- EPA Student Center - http://www.epa.gov/students/
Provides environmental basics, club projects, careers, internships, youth awards, fun activities and information on ecosystems, air, water conservation, waste and recycling, human health and neighborhood projects. Also has teachers' site.
- Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/index.html
Discusses air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. From Manchester Metropolitan University. In English and French.
- Global Response Kids - http://www.globalresponse.org/kidsactions.php
Tells kids what they can to do protect the environment.
- Coastal Explorer - http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/coasts/
Clear explanations of erosion, deposition, and other coastal features. With photos and glossary. Includes section for teachers.
- Earth and Space Week - http://www.esw.eun.org/
Flag design competition by children aged 5 to 19, from Norway, Switzerland and countries in the European Union. Includes illustrations of winning projects.
- Saving Our Environment - http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111401/
Provides young people with a forum for exchanging idea on protecting the environment.
- Backyard Jungle - http://pbskids.org/backyardjungle/
People network with each other about their local environment. Enables users to explore the natural world around them and report their findings online through photos, drawings, and maps.
- BBC Really Wild Zone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/
A site for those interested in animals and the natural world around them; has wild life facts, games and competitions. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.
- EcoMan Comix - http://cpsnetworkserver01.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ecoman/index.htm
EcoMan is an eco-friendly superhero who saves the world from the polluter, McEvil. Written in an interactive comic strip style.
- The Ranger Zone - http://www.nps.gov/learn/juniorranger.htm
Offers information to help young people learn how to become part of the junior ranger program. Includes links to participating park webpages, photo galleries, as well as creative works by young people.
- Ecokids Online - http://www.ecokids.ca/
Provides environmentally educative games, stories, a picture gallery, calendar of events, contests, and facts about Earth's environment. Membership is free to schools and youth groups in Canada.
- World Solar Challenge - http://www.wsc.org.au/
Describes the annual competition to design and race a car for 3000 kilometers across Australia using only the power of the sun. Some teams come from high schools and colleges around the world.
- 10 Things You Can Do To Save The Planet - http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/thesustainables/ten.htm
A list of simple things anyone can do in and around the home, that will help the environment. Includes animation of a family called The Sustainables.
- Teens For Planet Earth - http://teens4planetearth.com/
Learn about the planet and what you can do to help protect it. Read about people who work in conservation. Includes a special section for girls.
- Earth Life - http://www.earthlife.org
Collects and shares environmental information. Provides information on environmental issues.
- Change the World - http://www.members.tripod.com/nature210/id2.htm
Provides simple suggestions for kids and teens to help prevent environmental problems like pollution, urban sprawl, and mistreatment of wildlife.
- Smart Spark's Multi-Challenges - http://www.esb.ie/main/about_esb/smart_spark.jsp
A set of challenges for children on the topic of energy efficiency. Questions, puzzles and lots of fun.
- Glasgow Science Centre: Games - http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/kids/games/
Have fun learning about things that may effect climate change, river pollutants, energy usage, and weather symbols.
- Popular Planet Press - http://www.populationeducation.org/staticpages/PPP.jsp
Downloadable pages from a newsletter for children ages 8-12. Discover projects that other kids have started in order to help the environment, and read about how people affect the Earth. Features games, quizzes, and activities.
- Tunza - http://www.unep.org/Tunza/children/
United Nations program for children from all over the world who want to help the environment. Includes facts, games, competitions, and resources for making a difference.
- Pachamama - http://www.grida.no/geo2000/pacha/
Young people around the world have contributed personal accounts, poems, illustrations, and games to show the state of the environment and what can be done about it.
- Biomass FAQ - http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/faqs/
The U.S. Department of Energy explains the relationships between renewable energy and limited resources.
- RSPB: Green Living - http://www.rspb.org/green/
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds tells about recycling, saving water, using less energy and protecting wetland habitats.
- Educational in Nature - http://www.gp.com/educationalinnature/activities.html
Learn how to identify tracks from different mammals, create your own slime, or make recycled paper with these activities and experiments designed to teach kids about the environment.
- BLM Learning Landscapes: Students - http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/students.html
Learn about public lands, plants and animals, and how to volunteer in your state. Activity booklets with tips to help protect the land. From the Bureau of Land Management. [Booklets require free Adobe download.]
- Tammy the Turkey's Shoppers' Checklist - http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/features/shoppers/shopper_front.html
Examines how people's shopping habits can affect the planet. Includes interactive quiz.
- Tiki the Penguin - http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/
Tiki looks at the mess people have made of our planet. He suggests how kids can help make things better for all of us.
- The Academy of Natural Sciences - http://www.acnatsci.org/kids/
Learn how to help save the environment, about different types of scientists' work, programs for Boy and Girl Scouts, tips for wildlife photography, tools and quizzes.
- Create Microhabitats - http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?cid=43&id=198
Learn to make brush piles for song birds and small mammals, build rock piles for reptiles and amphibians, or make a log pile that many small creatures can use.
- Ode to Dead Wood - http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=162
Explains how fallen trees and snags are important to ecosystems. Learn what animals depend on this type of habitat.
- BLM Learning Landscapes - http://www.blm.gov/education/
Bureau of Land Management information site on American wildlife, plants, ecosystems and the great outdoors and the attempts to manage these resources.
- Earth Today and Tomorrow - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/earth-galleries/earth-today-tomorrow/index.html
A section of the Natural History Museum that provides a look at the planet on which we live and how we interact with it.
- Ecosystems - http://peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/Ecosystems/index.htm
Interactive examination of ecological concepts including natural selection, population balance, exchange cycles, and environmental protection. Includes quizzes, activities and project ideas.
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