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Adopt-A-Beach
(http://ceres.ca.gov/coastalcomm/publiced/aab/aab1.html)
When a group "adopts" a beach, they commit to cleaning it at least three times per
year, although school groups can fulfill their obligation with a single cleanup. The process is
simple and well received by hundreds of California schools. This site also
includes other resources from the California Coastal Commission, including how
to be involved in California Coastal Cleanup Day.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
(www.nyelabs.com)
This site includes a TV schedule, episode guides, home demonstrations,
suggested reading, and an interesting biography of Bill Nye himself.
California Coastal Clean-Up
Day (http://ceres.ca.gov/coastalcomm/publiced/ccd/ccd.html)
This event is a statewide annual shoreline cleanup that all Californians can participate in, organized by the California Coastal Commission's Adopt-A-Beach
Program and supporting organizations. Through the process of cleaning up, collecting data, and
recycling, the event demonstrates that environmental stewardship protects our coast and waterways
and is everyone's responsibility.
Earth
911 Kids (www.1800cleanup.org/Kids/kids_teachers.asp)
This site gives you access to songs, games and activities,
books and lesson plans, the Environmental News Network, and other tools to help
you and your students learn about the environment.
Ecosystem
Matters (www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/misc/eco/)
This resource guide provides activities for k-12 environmental educators.
EEK!
(www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/)
Environmental Education for Kids is an electronic magazine for kids in grades 4-8. The
teacher pages contain classroom activities and other educational resources.
Energy Quest
(www.energyquest.ca.gov/)
This Web site contains stories, science projects, puzzles, an almanac, interactive
games, pictures, and other enjoyable energy education activities for students.
Food and Agriculture Kids
Page (www.cdfa.ca.gov/kids/)
The California Department of Food & Agriculture has a kids page
with games, facts, links to teacher resources, and agricultural educational materials for grades
kindergarten through grade six.
Generation Earth
(www.generationearth.com)
This is an environmental program of the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Works, presented by TreePeople. This site goes over small choices people make in everyday life
that can dramatically affect the amount of waste produced, and how teachers and students can take
action.
Igniting
Creative Energy Challenge (www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org)
This program challenges students to learn how an individual's own wise energy choices and environmental stewardship can help reduce energy consumption and improve the community in which we
live; ignite creative energy to explore new and creative ways to make a difference in the way
they use energy; use their creative talents to communicate their energy ideas and actions to others.
Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality
Challenge (www.jceckids.org)
The Environmentality Challenge inspires students to learn more about the environment and to apply their understanding of environmental issues to
everyday life. The Walt Disney Company and several state government agencies sponsor this
program.
Kids Do
Ecology (www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/)
Educational activities focus on marine ecology, geology, policy, and history of
the ocean and its adjacent land.
 Make-Stuff.com
(www.make-stuff.com/recycling/index.html)
Check out this site for crafts that kids (and adults!) can make using old stuff.
OLogy (www.ology.amnh.org/)
OLogy means "the study of." Here on the American Museum of Natural
History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies.
Ranger Rick's Kids Zone
(www.nwf.org/kids/)
This Kids Page has games and enjoyable activities for students from the National Wildlife Federation.
Recycle Rex
(www.consrv.ca.gov/dor/rre/)
The spokesdinosaur for the Department of Conservation, Recycle Rex, encourages
students to recycle, reduce, reuse, and close the loop. Activities include a calendar contest,
crafts, games and the RecyCool Club.
Smile Program Biology
(www.iit.edu/~smile)
This list of nearly 200 classroom activities and games focused on the topics of biology, technology, zoology, and environmental issues. Below are three activities that
focus on source reduction or recycling.
Solid Waste
Activities (www.beesinc.org/resource/actsolid.htm)
Are there any hazardous materials in my home? How can I help prevent
pollution, starting at home? Your students will answer these questions when they complete
activities provided by BEES.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Solid
Waste (www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/students.htm)
The kids page activities provide an opportunity for students to expand their critical-thinking skills by solving a series
of questions related to solid waste management.
Welcome to
Recycle City! (www.epa.gov/recyclecity/)
Games, activities, facts and graphics provided by Region 9
of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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