Clean Water Act
Policy Issue of the Week highlights the ongoing battle to preserve and protect clean water throughout the United States.
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Coral Reefs
Fact sheet from Ecological Society of America. Brief summary on the importance of reefs and current threats to coral ecosystems.
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Drinking Water
fact sheet from the state of Florida.
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Environment Canada: The Nature of Water
This site provides detailed information about water and its properties, and different types of water systems (groundwater to wetlands). Activities and references can be found in most of the sections, and links to information on water policy are also available.
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Great Lakes Radio Consortium
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium produces weekly environmental stories about the Great Lakes Region. The stories are available in Real Audio format, and are searchable by topic.
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Groundwater Education
A site maintained by scientists from the Groundwater Remediation Project. A "gateway to educational resources that
focus on groundwater issues" is under development. The site currently has a
groundwater fact sheet, a quiz, and an interactive groundwater modeling
program for predicting leaching rates (interesting, though technical).
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Living Water
'Beo' is an environmental co-operative board game and educational resource concerned with global environmental issues. All players work together to find solutions to environmental problems. All profits raised by game are used to fund environmental initiatives.
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Marine and Environmental Education and Research, Inc.
MEER provides educational and
scientific information and resources about the marine environment and general environmental topics through electronic media, including the internet.
This site is intended to be used as a resource for science courses, distance learning, home schooling, independent study courses, and for use by the general public."
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Scorecard
Provides profiles of local enviromental problems (toxic chemical releases, agricultral pollution) searchable by zipcode or maps.
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Surf Your Watershed
Brought to you as a service of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help you locate, use and share environmental
information on your watershed or community.
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The Bridge: Ocean Sciences Education Resource Center
The Bridge is a collection of the best K-12 resources for marine science education on-line. It includes resources organized by topic area, a resource pavillion with a variety of informational resources, links to regional collections of information and an e-mail discussion group.
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The World’s Water
"A site dedicated to providing up-to-date water resources
information and data, and connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide
range of global freshwater problems and solutions."
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Water - BEES Curriculum Enhancers
Information and activities for middle school and up; from Building Environmental Education Solutions.
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Water Science for Schools - US Geological Survey
Offers student-level "information ... pictures, data, maps, and an interactive
center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge."
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Wetlands - Starting Points (miningco.com)
Key links on wetlands.
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