Sites for Kids
Environmental
Education for Kids
EEK!
An online magazine created by the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, is packed with short articles and activities about
animals, plants and environmental issues. It’s a
place to share stories about your outdoor experiences, make nature-inspired
art projects and find out about seasonal events. Target Grades:
4-8.
Of special interest: Global
Warming Is Hot Stuff
UNFCCC
Children’s Page
Good animation on basic concept of atmospheric
and global warming, “Why
will the earth become hot?” Target Grades: 3–8.
EPA
Global Warming Kids’ Site
Educational but not overwhelming,
the site provides definitions of each scientific term used and
features simple global warming-themed games. Grades: 4-9.
Of special interest: Climate
Animations: Animations of how Global Warming
occurs and how it is linked to the Carbon and Water Cycles
EPA: Environmental Explorers
Club
Kids can explore their environment and learn about
neat things to protect it. There are games, pictures, stories,
and other fun things.
Recycle
City: A game, an interactive storybook, and other puzzles
will teach you hundreds of ways a whole town can reduce, reuse,
and recycle.
U.S. Department of Energy
Kids’ Zone
Fun kids’ site with good information
on both renewable and non-renewable energy including crosswords,
riddles, and experiments. Target Grades: 4–8.
Professor
Polar Bear's Education Center
This website, created by the Department of Energy's Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement Program, explains global warming in simple,
straightforward language. Target Grades:
K-12.
Of special interest: Study
Hall - Global Warming: Featuring a polar bear that's concerned
about melting ice and the warming environment, the site offers
up facts on the causes of climate change, weekly quizzes, and
an "ask a scientist" section.
Dr.
E's Energy Lab
A monkey named Dr. E will teach about renewable energy and energy
efficiency at this U.S. Department of Energy site.
Roofus’ Solar
Home
At this site, meet a dog named Roofus who's an expert on solar
energy and energy efficiency. As you visit different parts of
Roofus' energy smart house, you'll find energy saving tips and
simple experiments to help you understand how energy works.
Planet
Slayer
"Greena, the Worrier Princess" is an animated Australian
teenager with a sense of purpose-she's going to save the earth.
This website does provide lots of fun facts and a greenhouse
Q & A.
Clean
Air Kids
This site offers information fact sheets and games
for 5 to 11 year olds regarding acid rain, air quality, global
warming, ozone hole and recycling.
Of special interest:
EcoKids
Clubhouse
There are games, news and facts about animals, special guests,
gallery of children's art, and a discussion area.
Of special interest: The
CO2 Effect -- GAME
The
Case of the Warming Planet
Energy Hog
Energy
efficiency activities and games created by Energy Outreach Colorado
and the NEED Project. According to this website, energy hogs
are "nasty critters that hide all over your home
and
pig out on wasted energy." Battle the energy hogs online
by playing games at this website; completing all five games earns
you the title "Hog Buster.".
Kids For A Clean Environment
(Kids FACE)
Provides information on environmental issues to children, encourages
and facilitates youth's involvement with effective environmental
action and to recognize efforts that result in the improvement
of nature. There are more than 2,000 club chapters in 15 countries
and more than 300,000 individual members, making it the world's
largest youth environmental organization. Membership is free
to children and teachers.
UNEP – TUNZA
for Children
A fun site for children with information on nature, tips to
help the environment, environmental stories, and games and contests.
Includes a listing of events and competitions for children.
Contact Info: Theodore.oben@unep.org
Cool Kids
for a Cool Climate
This is a project created to minimize the pollution produced
by airline flights. The goal is to plant trees to offset the
carbon dioxide emitted by traveling. The site explains climate
change and features stories by real kids making a real difference.
Contact Info: coolkidsforacoolclimate@yahoo.co.uk
ESA
Kids – Global Warming
The European Space Agency created this site providing information
for kids. Issues range from aerosol can use, hurricanes, global
warming, and destruction of the ozone layer.
International Carbon
Bank and Exchange – Carbon for Kids
A section of the ICBE website that provides basic facts about
greenhouse gases and global warming. Also includes a number of
movies about CO2 and links to other ICBE fact pages.
Tiki
the Penguin
An extensive site detailing all aspects of climate change. Explains the arguments
and evidence for and against climate change, and twelve actions to help stop
it. There are lots of fun features throughout this website.