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Kids Be Green – Learn about how the 36 million people who live in California create the 6 million pounds of trash every day and what we can do to reduce, reuse and recycle!
Time for Kids – Stay current with this ‘kids only’ online version of Time magazine for kids and take advantage of the terrific Homework Helper tools!
The Litter Bug Blast - The town of Yardley needs your help. The Litterbug is on a crime spree and he is throwing garbage at the playground, the beach and downtown. Help the Mighty Bug 5 take this crafty critter down.
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The Ocean Conservancy – This organization believes it's time to look beneath the surface to see where the health of our planet really begins. This is a great site to discover how all living things are connected to the ocean.
Container-Recycling – Discover how your school can start its own recycling program. The Container Recycling Institute’s goal is to rapidly increase recycling practices, where no material is wasted, and the environment is protected.
Back2Tap – A resource offering eco-friendly, high quality, custom stainless steel bottles and other litter-less lunch and back-to-school accessories .
Stop Waste at Schools - StopWaste.Org provides a variety of services and resources to students, teachers, schools and districts in Alameda County to advance waste reduction education.
http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
Links, games, coloring pages and a page about sewage.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/index.htm Learn more about what causes a drought and how it affects the world around you. Track droughts, see what causes them and play games.
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=471936 Take a walk through the watershed with Carson the Falcon and learn about the impact of daily activities on our watershed.
http://www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html Activities, games, puzzles, coloring sheets and informative links to help learn more about groundwater, how it works and how to help protect it.
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html A short interactive video explaining the water cycle from rain to groundwater and back to the clouds.
Games-
Learn about the watershed with these fun interactive games.
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_wordscramble.html (interactive word scramble)
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_matching.html
(interactive fun facts matching game)
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html
(interactive question & answer game)
