White Oak Middle School

Environmental Problems & Solutions

 

General Resources - Worth trying for ALL of the Problems/Solutions 
If you are working from home, you need the logon & passwords given on your Reasearch Tips sheet. 

• World Book 
• Encyclopedia Britannica 

 

Greenhouse Gases/Acid Rain  

• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 
• http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/ 
• http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/acidrain.html 
  

 

Climate Change/Global Warming 

• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html 
• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/global.htm 
• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 
   

 

Limited Supply of Fresh Water  

• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/index.htm 
• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 
• http://www.epa.gov/watersense/kids/index.html 
   

 

Air Pollution  

• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/you.htm 
• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 
• http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/doingyourbit.html 
   

 

Littering/Waste/Trash  

• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/waste.htm#do 
• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/yardcare.htm 
• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 

Water Pollution  

• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/carcare.htm 
• http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/yardcare.htm 
• http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/kids/ 

 

Non-renewable Resources/Fossil Fuels  

• http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index 
• http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 
• http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/smart_home.html 
 

 

Ozone Layer Depletion  

• http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/kids/kids_ozone.html 
• http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/ozonehole.html 

 

Overuse of Land/Loss of Habitat  

• http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/landuse/index.cfm