Geography

NOAA's Ocean Service Education website provides educational games, resources, projects and activities for students as well as lesson plans, curricula and professional development for teachers.

The NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation protects, restores and promotes stewardship of coastal and marine habitat.

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System offers educators lesson plans and classroom activities as well as professional development and student programs focused on the diverse and dynamic environments of estuaries.

This website, produced by the University of Rhode Island, addresses hurricanes from both a scientific and societal perspective. The three main sections include Hurricane Science, Hurricanes and Society and Hurricane History. Not only does this website explain the what, why and how of hurricanes, but it also contains a Hurricane Katrina case study, interactive history timeline and information on hurricane forecasting.

Each activity listed on National Geographic's webpage on oil spill resources feature film clips, maps and photography from National Geographic's collection of online articles and visuals about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The activity pages contain the full text of each activity, along with related content and links. Educators also have the option to use the resources to put together their own curriculum.

What Happens When an Oil Spill Occurs is an interactive, online overview of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989. Along with images and animation depicting the extent of the spill and resultant clean-up efforts, the presentation creates a simulation using models that project the impacts of an oil spill off the coast of Connecticut. The presentation concludes with information about other past oil spills.

ARKive is an initiative that strives to promote conservation of threatened species through wildlife imagery. Through a partnership with Google and Google Earth, ARKive has created a layer within Google Earth Oceans focusing on hundreds of marine species around the world. Students can explore the globe and click on a link to learn more about a species by accessing ARKive's database of images, videos and information.

FOCUS is a nationwide campaign in partnership with the Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Wyland Foundation, which uses art and science to make kids aware of the shared relationship between the health of each ecosystem and the health of the planet. The FOCUS program features mural painting events in communities across the nation.

A program of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Plant for the Planet seeks to plant seven billion trees by the end of 2009 in an effort of offset energy usage and slow global warming. The program provides information on how to plant trees locally and encourages schools, businesses, and community groups around the world to take part in the pledge.

Earth: The Operators' Manual (ETOM) is a new PBS climate change program hosted by Richard Alley. The program presents an objective assessment of climate change as it takes viewers around the globe to investigate sustainable energy projects. The ETOM website for educators streams clips from each episode for use in the classroom. ETOM provides teacher tips, hand-on activities, an annotated script and a glossary to accompany each clip. The website also lists external resources in multiple formats including DVDs, books and useful links.