Here are some websites about environmental issues. Like most subjects on the web, there is a lot of information on this subject. The key is to do an effective search to find the information that you want. Whether or not you are specifically interested in environmental issues, this is a very good opportunity to practice your web-searching skills.
As in the Lesson on Searching the Internet, you can do a specific search on yahoo. For example, try going to yahoo, and then narrowing your search to find websites about Environmental Education. In any web directory on a specific subject like this, try looking for websites with educational materials for kids. The material is interesting, but it's written in simpler English than in more technical websites.
After you narrow your search to Environmental Education, you can start with a web directory:
Yahoo's
Web Directory on Environmental Education
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/Education/
Or you can look through these websites on a variety of topics:
A Truly Amazing Environmental Search Engine:
Amazing Environmental Organization
Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com
Earth Day (April 22):
Bay Area Earth
Day Event
http://www.bayareaearthday.net/region.html
Saving the Redwoods:
Headwaters Forest
http://www.headwatersforest.org
Julia Butterfly
http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org
Recycling:
San Francisco Recycling: http://www.sfrecycles.org
Environmental Education:
California Environmental
Education: http://www.ceres.ca.gov/education
Another General Website:
The
Green Pages
http://www.thegreenpages.ca/home.asp
This is Canadian, but it has a lot of interesting information.
Whales:
Whalenet
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Students.html
Wolves:
Alaskan Wolves
http://www.akwildlife.org
ASSIGNMENT:
Think of an environmental
issue that you are interested in, and try to do a search on it using the
skills you learned in the
Lesson on Searching the Internet and
this website: