Responses:
Pollution
Prevention Exercises:
Neutralizing Hazardous Substances
Recycling Technologies
Landfill Life Expectancy
Spider Map of
Regulations that Govern Waste Streams
Most Hazardous Chemicals in Your
Community
Most Hazardous Household Chemicals
Hazardous Waste
Incineration in Your Community
... (12/3/03)
... an
extensive safety course ... A significant part ... devoted to a hazard
communication program, ... find, summarize and submit 16 articles
pertaining to workplace safety, regulatory and legislative issues ... I
gave them the ATEEC website and allowed them to use information catalogued
on the eERL site among others.
... (12/1/03)
eERL
Activities:
AIR EMISSIONS/RIGHT-TO-KNOW -
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE -
FOOD SAFETY -
ALLIED HEALTH -
WORKER, HEALTH &
SAFETY
... (11/29/03)
eERL
Activities:
WATER -
HAZARDOUS WASTE -
REGULATORY -
AIR
POLLUTION
... (11/29/03)
...take
two sites with a similar theme and then ask the students to compare and
contrast the two ... (11/11/03)
This
is a critical thinking exercise which probably should be used in all its
forms for maximum effect, so I think it qualifies as multiple "hands on"
uses....(11/8/03)
Next great idea? ... (could/should be
yours!)
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Responses:
Ag Biology Education Center
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/education.shtml
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ag Biology Safety
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/education.shtml
Ag Biology Education Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
AirHead (Air Pollution Emissions Calculator)
http://www.airhead.org/Calculator/
Basic Facts About Waste
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/teach_facts.htm
Educational Resources, US EPA
Biotechniques Laboratory
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/biotech/
The Genetic Science Learning Center
Building Technologies Program U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/index.cfm?flash=yes
Catamount Institute (Young Environmental Stewardship Pogram)
http://www.catamountinstitute.org/k-12.htm#techno
Chemistry-Based QuickTime Movies
http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
Clean Power Estimator British Petroleum
http://www.bpsolar.com/calculator/index.htm
Energy and Environmental Clip Art
(The Association for Science Education)
http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Science/
Energy_and_Environment_Clip_Art&img=0
Energy Guide Nexus Energy Software
http://www.energyguide.com/
Energy Savers Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/
energy_savers/virtualhome/
Engineers without Borders
(Opportunities for Engineering Students to Participate in Projects)
http://www.asme.org/students/ewb.html
Environmental Education and The Show-Me Standards
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/oac/educ.htm
Outreach and Assistance Center, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Sustainability Index
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/indicators/ESI/
Forest Simulator (SimForest)
http://ddc.hampshire.edu/simforest/software/software.html
Geography 210 Introduction to Environmental Issues
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/conted/onlinecourses/
geog_210/210notes.html
by Michael Pidwirny
Geography Department, Okanagan University (Kelowna, British Columbia)
Green Design Instructional Resources (Modules on Green Design)
http://www.idec.org/greendesign/modulesfm.html
Ground Water Modeling
http://www.ngwa.org/educator/lessonplans/aquifermodel.htm
"For those that
want to demonstrate various ground water concepts, this National Ground
Water Association site demonstrates how to build a ground water
model."
Haz-Map Occupational Health Information Database
http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov
Home Energy Saver U.S. Department of
Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://hes.lbl.gov/
Maps (Environmental Maps)
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
"This website
provides maps of various environmental aspects of a particular location.
Others that will do similar map/GIS searches are Window to My
Environment (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/index.html and
EnviroMapper at http://maps.epa.gov/enviromapper/."
Orion grassroots Network Internships and Job Opportunities
http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/ogn/ics.cfm
OSHA webpage
http://www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/outreach/materials.html
"This site is helpful for those in the safety and health field. This is
an OSHA webpage that connects to training materials that are user-ready.
There are .ppt presentations and handouts, good training references are
identified, and it has some good links to links of various safety and health
publications."
Resistance Management Curricula
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/res_curricula.shtml
Ag Biology Education Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Safety Training Presentations (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/outreach_materials.html
Smog City (interactive database on air pollution across the US)
http://www.smogcity.com/home.html
Solar Living Institute (Internship Program)
http://www.solarliving.org/internship.cfm
Sustainability Education Handbook:
Resource Guide for K-12 Teachers
www.urbanoptions.org/SustainEdHandbook
Theres Something in the Drinking Water!
A Look at Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water.
http://www.jyi.org/volumes/volume5/issue4/features/vora.html
Vora, Sadha, 2002.
Journal of Young Investigators. Vol. 5 Issue 4
Titrations: A Laboratory Simulation
http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/software/titr.html
Tox Town (National Library of Medicine)
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might
encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.
TravelMatters Emissions Calculator
http://www.travelmatters.org/
Tutorials for Selected Lab Activities
http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/publications/
ppt_presentations/default.html
Mize Zeller, Office of Biotechnology, Iowa State University
USGS website
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sq3.html
"This USGS website gets students to think about how much water they
use at home each day. After going through the pull-down menu
questionnaire, it will estimate your household water usage in gallons."
Water Jeopardy
http://ne.water.usgs.gov/Outreach/jeopardy/intro.htm
"Request a "Water Jeopardy" game to use in the classroom. A nice review
for hydrology classes."
Water Quizzes
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/gw/educate.htm
"This Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has some great
water-related quizzes, activities and publications. The activity
handouts, which can be found at
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/gw/
education/study_guide.htm
Wild Ones Scientist Network
http://www.thewildones.org/scientists.html
The Wild Ones is a question-answering service for those who are interested
in learning more about species and habitat preservation/restoration. The
site includes sample answers to questions, a curriculum library for
teachers, an index to articles on a variety of animals, biographies of
environmental scientists, and links to other print and online resources. |
