Students investigate how excess nutrients enter a body of water, and the harmful effects they have on aquatic organisms.

Learners investigate threats to our oceans by investigating items found on a beach.  For this environmental safety lesson, students examine several items found on a beach and identify them as natural, harmful, organic or inorganic...

Young scholars discover the oceanic food chain.  In this healthy eating lesson, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat.  Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat...

Young scholars are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their...

Learners investigate the physical properties of fire by creating storyboards.  In this elements lesson, students view a video clip of forest fires and identify the cause.  Learners create large storyboards defining the three...

You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...

Home page of the Save Our Seas Organization which seeks to protect all the oceans of the world.

Excellent site covers all types of water pollution. Hundreds of links including books, articles, organizations, specific topics.