Conserving Resources
Now there is one outstandingly important fact
regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no
instruction book came with it. -- Buckminster Fuller
• What is a natural resource?
– Defined
• What is a renewable resource?
– Eco-Pros
• What is a nonrenewable resource?
– Eco-Pros
• Environmental Literacy Council
• Eco-Kids
• Hydroelectricity (Water Power)
– Energy Kid’s Page
– EPA – Hydroelectricity
• Wind Power
– American Wind Energy Association
– Energy Kid’s Page
• Nuclear Power/Energy
– Energy Kid’s Page
– How Stuff Works
• Geothermal Energy
– Energy Kid’s Page
– Geothermal Education Office
• Solar Energy
– Energy Kid’s Page
– Energy Story
• Solar Cells
– Energy Kid’s Page
– How Stuff Works
• Air Pollution (Inside or Outside)
– Berkeley Lab
– Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Pollution
– Think Quest
– USGS Water Science for Schools
• Soil Pollution
– Environmental Protection Agency
– Environment and People
• Acid Precipitation
– Environmental Protection Agency
– USGS Water Science for Schools
• Greenhouse Effect/Global Warming
– EPA Kids Site
– Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment
• Ozone Depletion – UV Radiation
– Thinkquest
– EPA – UV Radiation
• National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
• National Resources Defense Council
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Don’t forget your works cited section
• Remember to use Citation Maker to help you
put your citations in proper format
• Citation Maker is a clickable link found on the
Library webpage under citing sources
• Or you can click on the icon below