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Weeds: Dandelion Annual Sowthistle Carpetweed Crabgrass Decoration:
Tiger Lily Cattails Rose Sunflower Toxic: Autumn Olive Wisteria Foxglove Lily of the Valley Oleander Edible:
Rhubarb Mustard Mint Asparagus Coniferous: Lodgepole Pine mugo pine colorado spruce tree scots pine white spruce Deciduous:
Green Ash Russian Olive Tree Amur Cherry Mayday Category: Coniferous Deciduous
Category: Toxic Edible Category: Weeds Decoration Category: Fruit Vegetable Category: Medicinal Food Category: Shelter Clothing What is the most serious environmental issue Earth faces on this Earth Day? Is it… - vanishing species? - overflowing landfills? - air pollution? - forest destruction? - water pollution? - energy depletion? The Task The Help Our World (HOW) Foundation has announced that it will give $1 million to help solve the most serious environmental problem Earth faces. Your job is to prove to HOW that your team deserves that money because the problem you are working on is the most serious threat to Earth. Use Internet and library resources to make the case for your team’s cause. Your team will have 3 minutes to present your case to the board of the HOW Foundation. Based on that presentation, the board will decide which problem they will invest $1 million to solve. Task Sheet Resources:
Air Pollution* The Air That We Breathe http://whyfiles.org/030air_pollution/ * The Last Gasp Gazette (pages 1,2) http://www.aqmd.gov/ej/CAC/kids/kidspages.pdf * Environmental Explorers Club: Air http://www.epa.gov/kids/air.htm * World Almanac for Kids: The Air We Breathe http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wak-009007 * Air Quality: Just for Kids http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/kids/Kids_Page.htm * Clean Air Kids: Air Quality http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/airquality.html On the Trail of the Missing Ozone http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/missoz/ What's All the Fuss About Air Pollution? http://www.hcdoes.org/airquality/kids/Pollution.htm Motor Vehicles and Air Pollution Quiz http://www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/quiz/quiz-env.htm Protecting Your Health: Air Pollution http://www.lungusa.org/healthy-air/outdoor/protecting-your-health/ Cars and Trucks and Air Pollution: Clean Vehicles http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/vehicle_impacts/cars_pickups_and_suvs/cars-trucks-air-pollution.html Indoor and Outdoor Pollution http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html The Science of Ozone Depletion http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/ EPA Student Center: Air http://www.epa.gov/students/air.htm Energy Depletion* Energy Quest http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html * Energy Information Administration Kids Page http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/ * Kids Saving Energy http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/ * Department of Energy for Students & Kids http://www.energy.gov/forstudentsandkids.htm * Energy Guide for Kids http://tiki.oneworld.net/energy/energy.html * Energy Star Kids http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index * Touchstone Energy Kids Zone http://www.touchstoneenergykids.com/ * Alliant Energy Kids http://www.powerhousekids.com/KIDS/index.htm A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency http://www.eere.energy.gov/consume/ Natural Resources Defense Council: Energy http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/default.asp Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/ EIA (Energy Information Administration) Energy Kids http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/ National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/ Overflowing Landfills* Environmental Explorers Club: Garbage and Recycling http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm * The Rotten Truth About Garbage http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm * Trash Facts (from Keep America Beautiful) http://web.archive.org/web/20040227133904/http://www.kab.org/trashfacts.cfm Planet Protectors Create Less Waste in the First Place http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/jellyjar.pdf Trash and Climate Change http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/k00-001.pdf Museum of Solid Waste: Introduction to Solid Waste (pages 10-17) http://www.need.org/needpdf/Museum%20of%20Solid%20Waste%20&%20Energy.pdf Museum of Solid Waste: Landfilling (pages 38-41) http://www.need.org/needpdf/Museum%20of%20Solid%20Waste%20&%20Energy.pdf Museum of Solid Waste: Introduction to Recycling (pages 18-37) http://www.need.org/needpdf/Museum%20of%20Solid%20Waste%20&%20Energy.pdf Museum of Solid Waste http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/recycling/ Garbage: How Can My Community Reduce Solid Waste? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html Looking Into Landfills http://www.acnatsci.org/research/kye/landfills.html Brown County Landfill Kids Page: Fun Factoids http://www.browncountylandfill.com/kid.html Rain Forest Destruction* Rainforest Heroes http://www.rainforestheroes.com * Amazon Interactive http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html * Take a Walk in the Rain Forest http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainwalk.html * Rain Forest Rescue http://www.arborday.org/programs/RainForestRescue.html * Exploring the Tropical Rain Forest http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/explore/valley.htm Tropical Rainforest Information for Kids http://kids.mongabay.com/ Rainforests 2015 http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/amazon/index.html Tropical Rainforest: Rainforest Biomes http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm Forest Facts http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources.cfm?id=facts Journey Into Amazonia http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/ Rain Forest Action Network http://www.ran.org/ Rain Forest Facts http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm Amazon Life http://library.thinkquest.org/20248/inicio.html Vanishing Species* EndangeredSpecies.com http://endangeredspecie.com/ * Kids Planet E-Species Animal Fact Sheets http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html * Endangered: Exploring a World at Risk http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/index.html * Return of the Species http://whyfiles.org/015species_restore/index.html Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Web Site http://www.bagheera.com/ Endangered Animals: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Animals and Mammals http://www.animalinfo.org/ Endangered Animals http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/e-animals.htm/ Endangered Species Map (U.S.) http://www.endangeredspecie.com/map.htm Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Web Site http://www.bagheera.com/ School World's Endangered Species Project http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/species.html Endangered Species (World Wildlife Fund) http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/index.cfm Endangered Species of the Next Millennium http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/english.index.shtml Fish and Wildlife Species http://species.fws.gov/ Endangered Species at EE Link http://eelink.net/EndSpp/ Water Pollution* Water Pollution Kids Page http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/kids/ * Environmental Explorers Club: Water http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm * Especially for Kids: Clean Water http://www.oceansidecleanwaterprogram.org/kids.asp * Water Pollution Guide http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/ Clean Water: Water Pollution http://www.chewonki.org/cleanwater/water_pollution.asp EPA Student Center: Water http://www.epa.gov/students/water.html InfoPlease: Water Pollution http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0851609.html The Quality of Our Nation's Water (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/305b/ |