Pumpkin and Company - TEACHERS/Web Resources

EPA Explorer's Club. Environmental Protection Agency's Kids Page. Topics: air, water, plants and animals, garbage and recycling, you and your environment. For games and activities, click on Kids' Stuff.

Explorer's Club's ABC of Superfund. To each letter of the alphabet corresponds an environment-related word. This word is used in a sentence together with an animated picture.

Explorer's Club's Garbage Games. "Many materials we use everyday can be reused and recycled. On this page, you can explore ways to reduce the amount of garbage you throw away."

Explorer's Club's What's Wrong with this Picture? "Some people are taking care of their home and car, but they are doing many things that can damage the environment, especially our water. Click on the spot where you think someone is doing something wrong for a surprise."

Earth Day at Kids' Domain. Links. Click on Earthday at the bottom of the page: you'll find lots of games and activities, downloads, online games (British Columbia Environmental Quiz, Animal games...).

Earth-friendly Househunt. "You can make your house -and the world outside of it- a better place to live by following some simple, earth-friendly tips. Just click on the items in the rooms of this house, one at a time, to see how it's done." Click on the pictures to gather information about protecting the environment at home. Useful to acquire or revise vocabulary (rooms, furniture, domestic appliances).

What's your E-Q? Test your knowledge about protecting our environment.

Tour of Heroes: "Take a trip around the world and meet amazing people who are saving animals and places on every continent. Just click on the animated pictures above for some really wild adventures!" Lessons plans and printable material for this page are available here.

Virtual House. "Inside the house are all kinds of things we use in our everyday lives.
Hit Enter House and you'll be asked a question. Nose round until you find the answer to the question." Five different topics for the game. A WWF page.

Biodiversity performs. Also check out Mapping biodiversity, quizzes and games (wild life, endangered species...).

16 Easy Steps to a Greener Home. "Click on any of the numbers in the picture and find out how you can make your home greener."
Also on the NWF site: Animal Tracks (a nature program for educators) and online, interactive games: Photo in the Everglades, Toxic Gobble. With the Cool tours you can "visit amazing environments without leaving your computer! These tours show you water, wetlands, endangered species and public lands like national parks."

Making Environmental Learning Fun for the Young. You'll find the following activities at this site:
1- Explore: life on earth, renewable energy, water, air pollution, climate change, solid waste quiz, story time, a timeline, environmental laws, multimedia, resources, environment calendar.
2- Play and learn: crosswords, word search, puzzles, memory games, cartoons, jokes,
3- Network: enviro-cards (excellent for partner class!), share experiences, ask an expert, green chat...
4- Surf: web site links, games sites, CD-ROMS...

Garbage. "How can my community reduce waste?"

EE-Link: Your Link to Environmental Education Resources on the Internet.