Soil as a Filter
For information on soil composition and funtion see the Soil and Water Conservation Society's website at:
http://www.swcs.org/t_resources_critical_fact.htm
Household Hazardous Waste
For student website on household hazardous waste see:
http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/haz_waste_main.htm
For information on hazardous materials in Wichita see:
www.wichitagov.org/water_sewer/household.asp
Step by step guide to disposing of household cleaning products in an environmentally safe way:
http://www.sdahq.org/environment/whatcanido.html
Year of Clean Water Website has online children's books about pollution. Click on "Kid's Corner" and then " Reading room."../p>
http://www.yearofcleanwater.org
Soil Building : Mini-Composting
For facts and games about worm composting, your students may wish to check the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences web page at:
www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/soil/story2/goodworm.htm
Learn about worm composting (vermicomposting) and meet a 14 year old, Freshman from Los Angelos who shows you how and answers your questions on this subject. See him at:
http://www.compostworld.com/
The Travis County, Texas Agriculture Extension service has a slide show for kids on home composting bins and uses of compost.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/
Soil Erosion: Riparian Areas
Surf your watershed at:
www.epa.gov/surf/
An annotated bibliography on riparian topics can be accessed from the US Geologic Survey website. The site includes 1800 sources.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/riparian/riparian.htm
Journey to Planet Earth (san be found in the activity kit) includes a lesson called Sustainable Agriculture-It all Starts with Soil. Downloadable teacher lesson plans and related internet links are lovated on the PBS website at:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science_tech/
Year of Clean Water Website has online children's books about point and nonpoint source pollution and watersheds.
http://www.yearofcleanwater.org/play/Point/point.htm
http://www.yearof cleanwater.org/play/watershed/water.htm
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