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This website is sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There are articles, contests, pages for kids, parents, and educators. There are many links to related websites as well.

Umass professor talking about education and climate change

The Children & Nature Network was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working nationally and internationally to reconnect children with nature. The network provides a critical link between researchers and individuals, educators and organizations.

SKYTRUTH is a bit like GoogleEarth plus science. It is of interest to me because it has material on gold mines and their impacts on the surrounding environment. In its own words, SKYTRUTH focuses on "our changing environment to stimulate changes in habitat protection, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable resource management."

An article about disaster tourism, which can be related to the trips taken to the ghost city of Chernobyl that I have been studying.

A letter to the editor about the Chernobyl disaster and the creation of a wildlife preserve. Many topics are discussed including biomass energy from burning irradiated plant life, the cost of the project, etc.

This website offers assistance in teaching children about nature. There are resources listed and curriculum.