UWSSLEC LibGuides: An Introduction to STEM for the science classroom: Environmental Science

Maps

Trace the migration of Monarch Butterflies on this source.

Mystery Class. An intereactive science mystery

Ocean Life Tracking

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Topp.org: Go here to follow the turtles.

Exploring Nature's Plumbing System

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Resources

Habitable Planet

The Habitable Planet is a superb resource for teaching and learning that offers online text, videos, and interactives. It is geared for educators and adult learners, not necessarily for high school students. However, some of the excellent free streaming videos and resources could be useful to high school students.

Interactive Resources

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Cleaning Up the Environment: Hazardous Waste Technology
ISBN: 0816071985
Provides an overview of current and emerging methods that are used to clean up pollution, describing the physical, chemical, and biological ways to remove hazardous waste from contaminated sites and explaining how to find, test, and clean hazardous waste.

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Environmental Engineering: Designing a Sustainable Future
ISBN: 0816072000
A comprehensive resource on environmental engineering that examines how engineers work to improve the quality of the land, air, and water, and provides detailed information on aerodynamics, eco-friendly architecture, energy-efficient electronics, automobile innovations, solar homes, transit systems, waste-water, and more.
Environmental Technology
ISBN: 1599201631
Describes new technologies that can help us reduce pollution and global warming, such as alternative energy sources, buildings that cost less to heat, reducing waste, reducing threats to endangered species, and combining all of these to promote sustainable living.
Environmental Science Fair Projects (Earth Science Projects Using the Scientific Method)
ISBN: 0766034267
Contains a number of suggestions and ideas for science fair projects where students explore air, water, soil, pollution, and other energy resources.
Renewable Energy: Sources and Methods
ISBN: 0816072035
Discusses various technologies in renewable energy, and how conventional sources of energy, including coal, oil, and gas, affect economies all around the world.