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Sustainability and the Environment
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Build and test a model of a rainforest canopy walkway. Rainforest researchers must consider materials, transportation, and cost so they don't damage the fragile canopy environment as they study it. Courtesy of TryScience. |
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Meet the Greens. A new Activity Guide which combines hands-on activities to deepen you understanding of topics like recycling and global warming with campaigns to reduce junk mail and get drivers to stop idling cars. Courtesy of WGBH. |
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The ice lid on the Arctic Ocean continues to melt. At summer's end, sea-ice coverage was one-third smaller than the average from 1979 to 2000. With the loss of ice, the seabed's natural resources become potentially more obtainable and its bordering nations more interested |
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Visit Recycle City! There's lots to do there - people and places to visit and plenty of ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste.
Ready for a challenge? Here are some really cool games focusing on Sustainability and the Environment!
Play the Sustainability Game: Come fish with us! Can you catch enough fish from Lake Cloud to support your family, while all your neighbors try to do the same?
Consumer Consequences: What would the world be like if everyone lived like me? Here is a game where you can see what would happen if everyone on the planet lived like you do.
Ollie's Super Hero Sorting Game: Help Super Hero save the world by recycling old newspapers and magazines.
The Great Green Web Game: We have scrambled all the words so they don't make any sense. See if you can unscramble them to see the correct words.
Meet Rustle the Leaf and all his friends!
He is driven by a dream: to reach out to humans with his message of environmental responsibility and the need for real change. To read more, visit Rustle the Leaf Comics website.
Image Credit: Dan Wright and Dave Ponce, Rustle the Leaf Comics.
Do As You Otter - Don't Pollute The Water - The Singing Scientist.
Kid's environmental education song by Peter Weiss - The Singing Scientist, whose mission is to heal the planet with music and science. This song describes how animals in the ocean are confused by a plastic bag that blows in the water.
Sustainability
Ready to rap? Listen to EarthTeam's theme song - written and performed by EarthTeam students.
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