Minerals are all around us. They're in our kitchens and bathrooms, our classrooms and school buildings, and our cars and bicycles. This interactive feature lets users discover which minerals are found in items they probably encounter every day. Rolling the cursor over items in an illustrated room accesses pop-ups that describe what mineral products may be found in them. A background essay and list ... Full description.

This fictional story about a real Superfund site is available in English or Spanish. The Secret of Bog Creek Farm is a story about a real Superfund site where children learn through the eyes of local residents. The story explains how soil can become polluted and how it can be cleaned up by incineration. Full description.

This lesson will help students to distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy, investigate a variety of renewable energy resources and compare the benefits and drawbacks of each. Students will use internet resources to investigate and compare alternative sources of energy. It is presumed that students have some basic prior understanding of the concept of energy. Full description.

This set of lab activities aims to arm students in the fight against water pollution with knowledge about the characteristics of water and how it interacts with other elements in the environment, including pollutants. To become an Aquatic Crusader, there are experiments with common materials that teach the characteristics of water. These experiments involve: creating an underwater scope; cleaning ... Full description.

This game will teach concepts and terms relating to air quality and air pollution. Students in teams will play the game by using one of the thirty three terms and its definition to draw or find in magazines a picture that represents the term. The game is over when all of the terms have been used. Full description.

This activity illustrates how water is stored in an aquifer, how groundwater can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in the drinking water well. They will also realize that many communities obtain their drinking water from underground sources called aquifers and that water suppliers or utility officials drill wells through soil and rock into aquifers to supply the public with drinking ... Full description.

This collection of activities and coloring book pages presents basic information about water for younger children. It offers crosswords, a word search, a maze and other activities, all conveying the message that water is very important and should not be wasted or polluted. Full description.

This activity will help students to recognize that there is a lot of water in the world, but that not very much of it can be used for our drinking water and other water supply needs. They will see that ground water is a very small percentage of the Earth's water, and understand how important it is that we take care of our ground water. Full description.

Resources available from this site include: a Word Search; Masterbug Theater, which is a slideshow about the metamorphosis of Macroinvertebrate indicators in a freshwater aquatic environment; and Darby Duck and the Aquatic Crusaders, which contains experiments about the properties of water. What's Wrong With This Picture allows students to identify several sources of pollution in a suburban environment ... Full description.

This downloadable booklet provides an overview of wetlands for younger students. Topics include what a wetland is, plants and animals that inhabit them, the many terms (marsh, swamp, etc.) used to describe them, what to do when visiting wetlands, and what functions wetlands perform in the environment. Full description.