This site is a special section of the Groundwater Foundation, dedicated to youth awareness and involvement with groundwater protection. There are tutorials, games, experiments, clubs, festivals, and "universities" designed expressly for students. Site pages: What is Groundwater, Kids Can Protect Groundwater Too, Easy Ways to Conserve H2O, Cool Groundwater Activity, The Awesome Aquifer Club, Meet G.W. ... 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 online collaborative project is part of the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) program, which has developed internet activities for the elementary, middle, and high school level student. Based on data collected by their household members and their classmates, students determine the average amount of water used by one person in a day. They compare this to the average ... Full description.

This activity is a fun and easy way to understand the geology of an aquifer. Students will build an edible aquifer, and learn about confining layers, contamination, recharge and water tables. This demonstration is designed to illustrate the geologic formations in an aquifer, how pollution can get into groundwater, and how pumping can cause a decline in the water table. Students will notice how the ... Full description.

This online game provides questions about what resources are used to produce certain products. The resources considered are air, water, fossil fuel, land, animals, plants, and minerals. Full description.

This series of activities is designed to educate young children about current problems the Earth is facing. Students will receive a general overview of the world's environmental dilemmas and gain an understanding of the global implications of their actions. They will learn about ten endangered species and understand the conditions which led to their status and identify five steps which they can take ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students about the energy that exists in our environment and how it is used. Through this lesson students learn to describe activities that require energy, match activities with their energy source, and apply this to means of transportation. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources, and about the conservation of these resources. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about alternative forms of energy while they design models to show how these energy sources can be used. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise the activity ... Full description.

These six reminders to younger students are about bad practices that waste or pollute water. These include waiting to fix a leak, using water from the hot water tap when cooking, carelessly discarding motor oil, tossing toxic materials in the trash, watering the lawn in the middle of the day, and using the garbage disposal too much. There is also a link that leads to information about composting. Full description.