Environmental Science

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  Welcome to Environmental Science!

  

  • News forum
  • Syllabus Page
  • Science in the News File
• Topic 1
  This topic
  

  Topic 1

  Tree Identification

  

  • Leaf Identification Steps File
  • Leaf Identification File
  • Tree ID Book Requirements Page
  • Tree Poster Project Page
  • Wild Grape Jelly Page
  • Planet Earth-Seasonal Forests File
  • Forest Health Checkup File
  • Tree Quiz
  • What Tree is That? URL
  • Walk in the Forest URL
  • Leaf Scavenger Hunt File
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  Geocaching

  
  

  • How GPS Works URL
  • Geocaching URL
  • Geocaching Intro Activity File
  • Geocache Scavenger Hunt Project File
  • Centennial Park Geocache File
• Topic 3
  

  Topic 3

  Ecology and Ecosystems
  
  

  • Ecological Pyramids Worksheet File
  • Carbon Cycle Game Board File
  • Carbon Cycle Game Questions File
  • Ecological Succession Worksheet File
  • Nitrogen Cycle Animation URL
  • Carbon Cycle Animation URL
  • Climatographs Worksheet File
  • The Cove Study Guide File
  • Vocab Quiz
  • Food Chain Checkers File
  • Symbiosis Worksheet File
  • Ecology Review Sheet File
  • Interactive Map: Endangered Species Hot Spots URL
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

  Conservation and Climate Change

  
  

  • What's My Carbon Footprint? URL
  • USEPA-Climate Change URL
  • Biodiversity URL
  • Global Warming Poster Project Guidelines Page
  • Global Warming: The Signs and the Science video worksheet File
  • The Lorax File
  • The Lorax Environmental Issues Page
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  Water Resources
  
  

  • The Groundwater Story Animation URL
  • The Water Cycle URL
  • US Watersheds Map URL
  • Island Watershed Activity File
  • Superfund Webquest File
  • Water Pollution Whodunit File
  • Marcellus Shale Horizontal Drilling URL
  • Gasland Movie Worksheet File
  • Love Canal Video: Part 1 of 2 URL
  • Love Canal Video: Part 2 of 2 URL
  • Love Canal Forum
  • Gasland Discussion Forum
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Winter Ecology
  
  

  • Frogsicles File
  • Frozen Frogs Video Clip URL
  • Goldenrod Gall Fly Information URL
  • Goldenrod Gall Lab Notes File
  • Bugsicles File
  • Whale Winter Adaptations File
  • Holidays in Yellowstone File
  • Interactive Map: Animals of Yellowstone URL
  • NYS Animal Tracks 1 File
  • NYS Animal Tracks 2 File
  • Hibernation URL
  • Planet Earth: Ice Worlds File
  • Polar Discovery URL
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  Marine Science
  
  

  • Ocean Regions Online Activity File
  • The Seafloor Puzzle File
  • NOAA Ocean Floor Features URL
  • Ocean Salinity Lab File
  • Ocean Animation URL
  • Dive and Discover: Hydrothermal Vents URL
  • Discovery Shark Week URL
  • State of the Shark File
  • Sharkwater Study Guide File
  • Ocean Giants URL
  • Whale Facts Page URL
  • Shark Quiz
• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8

  The Wacky World of Invertebrates
  
  

  • Fun Insect Facts Page
  • Insects Notes File
  • Life: Insects URL
  • Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis URL
  • Social Insects Webquest File
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9

  Plants

  • Seed Germination Process File
  • Flower Structure and Reproduction File
  • Roots and Shoots File
  • Seed Quiz
  • Flower Parts and Pollination File
  • The Silence of the Bees URL
  • Pick the Pollinator File
  • TED Talk: The Hidden Beauty of Pollination URL
• Topic 10
  

  Topic 10

  Vermicomposting

  • Vermicomposting Information Packet File
  • How Vermicomposting Works URL
• Topic 11
  

  Topic 11

  Pond Ecology
  
  

  • A Virtual Pond Dip URL
  • Key to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates URL
  • Frog Life Cycle URL
  • Infographic: All About Frogs URL
  • Salamanders of NYS URL
  • Frogs and Toads of NYS URL