Education outreach is a key mechanism for achieving the mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA. The Environmental Health Science Education website provides educators, students and scientists with easy access to reliable tools, resources and classroom materials. It seeks to invest in the future of environmental health science by increasing awareness of the link between the environment and human health.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/about.htm





[PDF] Data support sheet on environmental issues in Scotland compiled as up-to-date resource for teachers. It provides material for use in Standard Grade Science, Geography and Biology, in Higher Grade Geography and Biology and in further Education. The booklet is quite big and it takes a while to load it down.

http://www.wwflearning.org.uk/data/files/dss-biodiversity-295.pdf




The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) of the United States provides a website for kids, students and teachers who want to learn about the environment. Separated in four target groups, the website features fact sheets, interactive games and a lot of information. Additional navigational links related to EPA organisation.

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/students.htm




Drylandscope sustainable drylands management reference and networking website. Focuses on the issues of widespread land degradation in drylands, and the need to develop new methods that will provide alternatives to existing, potentially unsustainable land use management practices. Website resources allow access to practical, ecological information available through an eLibrary, Resources section and Forums.

http://www.drylandscope.org/




WWF website featuring information on the possibility to save species from extinction. The site provides educative information on threatened species and their habitats, what we do, WWF behind the scenes, what you can do, interactive features, and your living planet. Navigational links to genuine WWF web pages.


http://extinct.wwf.org.uk/species/index.htm




Educative animation of the UNEP (United Nation Environment Programme) about biodiversity, explaining what it is and means for humans, and informing about the 2010 biodiversity targets, agreed to in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit.

http://www.unep.org/newscentre/animations/cbd_web.swf




The U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1800 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales. The mission of LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) Education is to use the uniqueness of the LTER Network to promote learning about long-term ecological processes and the earth’s ecosystem. The website provides many links to topics of interest, navigational links and also offers book recommendations.

http://schoolyard.lternet.edu/