All sites in this category are geared toward kids and teens ages 3-18 and provide information or activities related to nature and environment.
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- Planetpals Earthzone A children's interactive web site about the environment, with card games, a free recycle kit to print, coloring book, and lots of interesting facts.
- Soil-net.com Learn about the functions and negative impacts of soil. Includes activities and games.
- BBC Really Wild Zone A site for those interested in animals and the natural world around them; has wild life facts, games and competitions. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.
- Kids for Saving Earth Preschoolers through teenagers will find great ways they can help take care of the earth.
- Earth and Animal Facts An educational web site about earth ecology, plant and animal life, and wildlife.
- Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures Every 8 weeks, Maggie is sent on a "Mission Impossible" style adventure that teaches kids about the environment. Each mission features an 8-minute cartoon with music, games, gadgets, and factual content. Requires Flash plug-in.
- Earthforce National non-profit youth organization empowers kids to help solve local environmental problems.
- Children of the Earth United A non-profit organization which helps young people learn about animals, plants, ecology, and nature centers. Site also provides a forum for people to share their creative ideas and knowledge of the environment.
- Environmental Literacy Council Looks at a variety of issues related to the environment, including topics such as air, food, energy, water, population, and waste.
- Eddy the Eco-Dog Features interactive entertainment and education with games, puzzles, jokes, and cartoons designed to help kids discover cool things about nature, science and ecology.
- Envirofun Captain Earthworm, Captain Redbird, and Captain Bluegill present information about recycling, pollution, and tips for keeping the environment healthy. Includes activities.
- Kids R Green From the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), kRg offers educational activities and games about many aspects of the environment. Also offers crafts and a theme of the month.
- E-OK Kids New site promoting environmentally friendly activities. Includes links.
- Backyard Nature Nature study basics, with an emphasis on backyard plants and animals. Includes a section on naming and classification, list making, and "why bother with nature?"
- Ollie's World Looks at sustainability with a focus on the three R's: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Includes a club, games, and news.
- Oil and You FAQ about the world's oil supply.
- Dimdima Kids Indian online children's magazine for ecology. Read nature notes, tales, about culture, plants, animals, environmentalists, endangered and extinct species.
- Explorers Club U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site for kids. Lots of fun and interesting things to read and do to learn about the environment.
- Ecokids Online Provides environmentally educative games, stories, a picture gallery, calendar of events, contests, and facts about Earth's environment. Membership is free to schools and youth groups in Canada.
- Change the World Provides simple suggestions for kids and teens to help prevent environmental problems like pollution, urban sprawl, and mistreatment of wildlife.
- Tunza United Nations program for children from all over the world who want to help the environment. Includes facts, games, competitions, and resources for making a difference.
- Department of Environmental Protection Kids Page Find out about Florida state parks, air and water resources, and waste management. Take a quiz or read fast facts.
- Ecosystems Interactive examination of ecological concepts including natural selection, population balance, exchange cycles, and environmental protection. Includes quizzes, activities and project ideas.
- Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Learn how students help by collecting local environmental data and sharing their observations between schools and with scientists via the Internet.
- Project Wild Information about and sample materials from an interactive, interdisciplinary wildlife conservation and environment.
- Project Learning Tree Helps you learn how to think, not what to think, about the environment.
- The Environment Looks at the need to protect the environment as well as the challenges involved. Focuses on the importance of preserving history, conserving natural resources for future use, and developing earth-friendly habits.
- Young People's Trust for the Environment Information written for young people and teachers on environmental issues.
- Tammy the Turkey's Shoppers' Checklist Examines how people's shopping habits can affect the planet. Includes interactive quiz.
- Earth and Space Week Flag design competition by children aged 5 to 19, from Norway, Switzerland and countries in the European Union. Includes illustrations of winning projects.
- EduGreen From air pollution to energy, learn more about the world in which you live through games, poems, stories, and ask-an-expert.
- National Wildlife Federation For Kids Play games, go on a virtual tour and meet Ranger Rick in this fun website.
- BLM Learning Landscapes Learn about public lands, plants and animals, and how to volunteer in your state. Activity booklets with tips to help protect the land. From the Bureau of Land Management. [Booklets require free Adobe download.]
- NIEHS Kids Pages Features environmental games, science, puzzles, and research information.
- Nature Challenge for Kids Ten ways that kids can protect nature. Also features challenge activities kids can do at home, as well as subject links.
- Environmental False Alarms Op-Ed article discusses claims about Montana's declining environmental health. Includes reported problems, facts about the state, statistics for parts of the world, and government regulation versus private enterprise.
- EEK - Environmental Education for Kids Interactive online magazine by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Designed for children in grades 4-8.
- Exploring the Environment More than a dozen interactive studies related to the environment. For middle and high school students. Includes teacher guides for classroom use.
- Tiki the Penguin Explores topics such as pollution, climate change and food. Also has quizzes, jokes and puzzles.
- Environmental Awareness: Knowing Your World Learn about global warming, acid precipitation, earth's energy systems, natural resources, and water conservation.
- RSPB: Green Living The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds tells about recycling, saving water, using less energy and protecting wetland habitats.
- Discover the Forest Find activities and games, animal sounds and learn ways to help conserve the environment.