Current funding for the Gi21 program ended on September 30, 2008 and the information found in the program modules is up-to-date as of December 31, 2008. To facilitate use of the modules from now till the future continuation of the program, new documents can be posted from each module and sub-module main pages and the community discussions are open. However the main module pages and documents will not be updated. If you have any questions, please contact Kirsten Clark.
This subsection of the Kids Stuff module covers energy and natural resources for kids and teens. It includes information on natural resources, how people affect their environment, and how to save energy.
Kids (K-12) learn about the water cycle through games, activities, and resources. Classroom lessons, games, and activities are also offered for K-12 teachers as well.
Earth Science Enterprise: For Kids only NASA http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/ Learn about how people affect the earth and how NASA studies air, land, natural hazards, and water. Also includes educational links and games.
Energy Kid's Page (grades K-12) Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/
This site provides kids with energy facts, history, glossary, and energy conversion calculator. Fun games, puzzles and quizzes, as well as classroom activities and experiments, are included.
Lists the kids websites from all of the Department of the Interior's agencies (National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Minerals Management Service, and Office of Surface Mining).
The site has mining, miner, and minerals information for kids. It includes stories, slide shows, interactive activities, pictures, and some basic facts.
This site intends to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where one can give opinions and test their water knowledge. The site is topically arranged. This Web site is also available in Spanish.
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