Environmental Education

• Environmental Action Center (EAC), Normal, IL
• Edu-Source: Environmental Resources for Education (Free Posters!)
• EE-LINK (Main Home Page)
• EE-Link Toolbox: Using Computers in Environmental Education
• EE-Link: Classroom Activities for Environmental Education
• EE-Link: NAAEE's Environmental Communicator
• Enviroleague
• Environmental Education Network (EnviroLink)
• NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education)
• Project Learning Tree
• Project WILD
• Sierra Club--Environmental Education
• Critical Ecoregions Program
• You Can Make Paper
• AP Environmental Science (College Board Online)

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Environmental/Ecology ON-LINE GAMES

• Energy Quest
• E-Patrol
• Captain Planet
• Eddy the Ecodog
• PlanetWorks
• Terraquest

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Environmental "CENTERS" at UNIVERSITIES

• Cornell University Center for the Environment
• Information Center for the Environment (ICE), University of California at Davis
• Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES), Marist College, New York
• Texas Environmental Center

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Environmental LINKS (LISTS/DIRECTORIES)

• The AMAZING Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
• DataPoints -- EGJ Environmental Resources Bibliography
• EcoLink Links (EnviroLink)
• Ecological WWW Site List (Itialian)
• EcoNet Environmental Issues Resource Center (IGC)
• EcoNet's Environmental Organizations Page (IGC)
• EE-Link Envir.Education Classroom Resources Directory
• EnviroLink List of Environmental Organizations
• EnviroLink Student Resources
• EnviroLink Teacher Resources
• Environment (TradeWave/Galaxy: Community)
• Environmental Data/Facts/Statistics (EE-Link)
• Environmental Education Organizations and Projects (EnviroLink)
• Environmental Information (U.K.)
• Environmental Information Services (List of...), Friends of the Earth
• Environmental Journalism Home Page
• Environmental Resource Jump Point (Cygnus)
• Geosciences Online Resources (CO-VIS Project, Northwestern Univ.)
• Environmental Science Online Resources (CO-VIS Project - NWU)
• Environmental/Educational Databases & Resources
• Environmentally Related Sites, List of... (at Cornell University)
• ERIC Clearinghouse Environmental Education Resources
• IGC Directory of Organizations
• My Virtual Reference Desk - Environment and Nature Links
• NSTA List of Major Environmental Information Sources
• Organizations/Directories, List of... (Environmental, & other "Human Rights" areas, etc.)
• Science and the Environment - A Learning Tool
• Sierra Club: Web Pages for Kids
• Wildlife and Conservation Links
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biodiversity, Ecology, & Environment (Biosciences)
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment
• Yahoo! Ecology Directory
• Yahoo! Environment and Nature Directory
• Yahoo! Environmental Education Directory
• Yahooligans: Environment
• Yahooligans: Endangered Species

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Environmental MONITORING PROJECTS

• PLAN-IT Illinois (a.k.a. Plan-It Earth)
• Illinois RiverWatch Network
• Illinois ForestWatch
• DEED (Dynamic Environmental Education Data) Project -- Chicago Academy of Sciences
• The GLOBE Program
• EnviroNet Index of Envir.Monitoring Projects

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Environmental "NETWORKS"

• Earth Day Network (Cornell University)
• EcoMall
• EcoNet Home Page (IGC)
• EcoNet's Earth Day Resources (IGC)
• EcoWeb
• Envirolink Home Page
• EnviroNet at Simmons College - Boston
• GREENlink
• IGC (Institute for Glogal Communications)
• International Rivers Network (IRN)
• Solstice Online (Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology)
• The ECOLOGY Channel

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Environmental NEWS/REPORTS

• CNN - Environment News
• E! Magazine Online
• Earth Matters -- CNN
• Earthweek
• EcoLink -- An EcoWeb Journal
• EcoMall's "Daily Eco News" DIRECTORY
• Electronic Green Journal (EGJ) -- Univ. Idaho
• Environmental Action Magazine
• Environmental News Network
• GreenBeat! Magazine (Tex.Env.Ctr.)
• Multinational Monitor Online (Essential Information)
• NRDC Web: E-Amicus
• NRDC Web: Legislative Watch
• The Prairie Flyer
• TERRA NOVA: Nature and Culture
• Today's GREEN-LINES (GREEN's Daily Newsletter -- Defenders of Wildlife)

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Environmental ORGANIZATIONS, Associations, Clubs, etc.

• Audubon Society (National)
• CharitiesUSA -- Conservation & Preservation
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Earth First!
• Earthwatch Int'l
• Federation of American Scientists
• Friends of the Earth Int'l
• Greenpeace Int'l
• League of Conservation Voters
• Native Forest Council
• NCAMP (National Coalition Against Misuse of Pesticides)
• Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
• NRDC Online (Natural Resources Defense Council)
• NRPA (National Parks & Recreation Association)
• PETA On-Line (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
• Rainforest Action Network (R.A.N.)
• Sierra Club
• Illinois Chapter, Sierra Club
• Local Sierra Club: The Prairie Group (Chm-Urb)
• Temperate Forest Foundation
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Illinois Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
• The Wildlife Society

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"ECOTOURISM", TRAVEL, etc.

• EarthWise Journeys
• Ecotourism: an Overview
• Yahoo! Directory: Recreation -- Outdoors
• Yahoo! Directory: GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Yahoo! Directory: Recreation -- Backpacking
• Yahoo! Directory: Recreation -- Travelogues

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Environmental / Human Rights ACTIVISM/POLITICS

• Locating Your Members of Congress
• Contacting the 104th (U.S.) Congress (Addresses)
• Illinois Legislative Information (How To Contact...)
• 20/20 Vision!
• Campus Green Vote Project
• EcoMall's Environmrntal Activism Directory
• Environmental Activism (from EcoMall)
• Essential Information (Ralph Nader)
• GREEN (Grassroots Envir. Effectiveness Network -- Defenders of Wildlife)
• Green Market
• Green Parties of North America
• Nationwide Green org's in the USA (Green Parties)
• NRDC Web: Earth Action
• Public Citizen (Ralph Nader)
• SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition)
• SEACnet
• SEACweb
• WebActive
• SEEDWeb (Students for Environmental & Ecological Development)
• Youth In Action Network Home Page
• Kids' Action

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ENERGY

• Illinois DCCA: Energy Programs
• EnergyNet Community Web (DCCA/ISBE)
• School Energy Doctor Online

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GEOGRAPHICAL/GEOLOGICAL INFO

• GIS (Global Information System: Maps, Imaging, etc.)
• USGS Maps List
• USGS Maps Order Form

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U.S. GOV'T Envir. / Natural Resources Programs

• A Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Dept. of Education
• BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
• DOE (U.S. Department of Energy)
• DOE - Office of Science Educ. & Technical Info.
• DOE Office of Environmental Management
• DOE Programs, Offices, Labs etc. (WWW Virtual Library)
• DOI (U.S. Dept. of the Interior)
• Earth and Environmental Science Internet Resources, Registry of...
• Ecological Research & Investigations ("USBR")
• Endangered Species Program (USFWS)
• Environmental Science Internet Resources, Registry of... (USGS)
• ERL Home Page (NOAA)
• Investigating Your Environment (NRCE/USFS)
• National Biological Service (DOI)
• Natural Resources and Environment Unit (USDA Research, Educ. , & Econ.)
• NatureNet I {with low level graphics} -- (National Parks Service)
• NatureNet II {with high level graphics} -- (National Park Service)
• NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. (Dept. of Commerce)
• NRCE: Natural Resource Conservation Education (A USFS Program)
• NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service -- A USDA Subdivision)
• PARKNET -- National Park Service (DOI)
• Science & Education Resources Devel. Unit (USDA Research, Educ. & Econ.)
• The Learning Web (USGS)
• U.S. EPA Region 5 Home Page
• U.S. Government Information Sources (WWW Virtual Library)
• U.S.D.Ed. (U.S. Department of Education)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA)
• USBR (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
• USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• USFS (U.S. Forest Service -- USDA)
• USFWS (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- DOI)
• USGS (U. S. Geological Survey)
• White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

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STATE OF ILLINOIS Envir. / Natural Resources Programs

• Yahoo! - Regional:U.S. States:Illinois:Government
• STATE OF ILLINOIS
• State of Illinois SEARCH
• Statewide AGENCIES, BOARDS, & COMMISSIONS; Illinois
• Illinois State BOARD OF EDUCATION (ISBE)
• ISBE Home Page (Text Only)
• Access Illinois
• Department of Commerce & Community Affairs (DCCA)
• EnergyNet Community Web
• DCCA: Energy, Coal & Recycling Programs -- Energy
• DCCA: Energy Programs
• DCCA: Recycling and Waste Reduction Programs
• Illinois DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DOAg)
• Division of NATURAL RESOURCES & AGRIC. INDUSTRY REG., Bureaus within...
• IEPA (Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY)
• Division of AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (DAPC), BUREAU OF AIR (BOA)
• Div. LAND POLLUTION Cntrl (DLPC) & Div. REM. MGMT. (DRM), BUR. OF LAND (BOL)
• SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Section (SWMS), DLPC
• Div. WATER POLL'N Cntrl (DWPC) & Div. PUBL. WAT. Suppl (DPWS), BUR. WATER (BOW)
• Illinois CLEAN LAKES PROGRAM (ICLP) -- CONSERVATION 2000, Planning Section, DWPC
• Illinois POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (IPCB)
• Illinois DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) [Text-Only]
• Office of MINES AND MINERALS (OMM), DNR
• Office of Water Resources
• Office of SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & ANALYSIS (OSRA), DNR
• Illinois State GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (ISGS), OSRA
• ISGS Available Services and Data
• ISGS Divisions, Programs, & Projects
• Illinois NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY (INHS), OSRA
• INHS VIRTUAL LIBRARY
• EDUCATION LINKS, INHS
• PLAN-IT ILLINOIS (A PLAN-IT EARTH Project),
• Biodiversity: Comparison of Illinois & the Earth ( A PLAN-IT ILLINOIS Lesson), INHS Ed. Links
• Center for BIODIVERSITY, INHS
• Center for ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, INHS
• Center for AQUATIC ECOLOGY, INHS
• Center for WILDLIFE ECOLOGY, INHS
• GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (G.I.S.) at INHS
• ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY (ISWS), OSRA
• ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Division, ISWS
• CHEMISTRY Division, ISWS
• HYDROLOGY Division, ISWS
• HAZARDOUS WASTE RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER (HWRIC), OSRA
• ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM (ISM)
• Search ISM
• ISM Departments
• Educational Programs
• Research Programs
• Physical Exhibits
• On-Line Exhibits
• Illinois State Academy of Science
• Division of LAND MANAGEMENT (DLM), Off. of LAND MGMT. & EDUCATION, DNR
• Natural Areas, State Parks, and Outdoor Recreation
• Office of RESOURCE CONSERVATION (ORC), OSRA
• Divsion of FOREST RESOURCES (OFR), ORC
• Illinois NATURE PRESERVES COMMISSION (INPC), ORC
• Illinois CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, DNR
• Office of REALTY & ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING (OREP), DNR
• Division of ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EEA), (OREP)
• Illinois NATURAL RESOURCES INFORMATION NETWORK (INRIN)
• List of Bicycle Trails
• Snowmobile Sites
• Illinois Greenways Program
• Illinois Environmental Quality
• Natural Resource News and Publications
• Illinois Ecosystems
• Critical Trends Assessment Project (C.T.A.P.) -- Phase I
• C.T.A.P. -- Phase II
• Illinois RiverWatch Network -- Introduction
• Illinois Climate Change Project
• Natural Resources Education Materials: Stuff For Teachers and Kids
• Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.)
• G.I.S. AT INHS
• Minerals and Energy
• Natural Resource Laws, Regulations, Programs & Policies
• Conservation 2000 Program
• Ecosystem-based Management
• Ecosystem Monitoring & Long-Range Planning
• Water Law & Policy
• Illinois Lake Management Program
• IEPA Clean Lakes Program
• Agricultural Resource Enhancement

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SEARCH ENGINES (Specialized for Environmental/Education Focus)

• Search EE-LINK
• SIERRA CLUB KeyWord Search
• Search Environment
• Thunderstone's Webinator
• NSTA Web Pages Search Engine
• Infoseek Guide: For teachers

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CURRENT LOCAL WEATHER

• U.S. WEATHER SERVICE Local Weather Forecasts/Info for Bloomington, IL
• WEATHER CHANNEL Forcasts/Info for Bloomington, IL [TWC HomePage]
• Current Surface Weather Map (TWC)
• This Afternoon's Forecast Map (TWC)
• Tomorrow Morning's Forecast Map (TWC)
• Tomorrow Afternoon's Forecast Map (TWC)
• "Current" CLOUD-COVER SATTELITE IMAGE for Peoria/Bloomington IL Region
• CNN Satellite image for North Central North America
• "Current" RADAR IMAGE for Peoria/Bloomington Area
• CNN Radar image for North Central North America
• CNN Weather Forecast for Peoria, IL
• INTELLICAST (NBC): Peoria/Bloomington Weather
• LIGHT-HOUSE (M.I.T.) Weather for Bloomington, IL
• PATHFINDER (The WeatherChannel) Forcast/Info for Bloomington, IL
• WEATHER-UNDERGROUND Report for Bloomington, Illinois

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GENERAL WEATHER STUFF

• U.S. National Weather Service
• NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
• The Daily Planet (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)
• Storm Chaser (Northern Illinois Univ. Geography Dept.)
• WeatherNet: WeatherSites (Univ. Michigan)
• Purdue Weather Processor
• Michigan State Univ. Weather Info
• Purdue Weather Processor
• The Weather Channel ® Home Page
• Weather Now (Pathfinder)
• INTELLICAST: USA Weather (NBC)
• WebWeather
• Accu-Weather

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MAGAZINES/JOURNALS

• netMEDIA by GO PUBLIC
• American Scientist
• Discover
• EurekAlert!
• Nature - International weekly journal of science
• New Scientist home page
• Popular Science magazine
• ScienceDaily Magazine
• Science News
• Science On-Line (A.A.A.S.)
• Scientific American
• E-NEWS (The Electronic NewsStand)

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TELEVISION

• PBS ONLINE®
• PBS "Nature/Science" Programming
• NOVA(TM) Online
• NOVA Teacher's Guide Library
• CNN Interactive - Text-Only Version
• Earth Matters
• Discovery Channel Online
• Today's Program Schedule: The Discovery Channel
• Today's Program Schedule: The Learning Channel
• WILL Channel 12 -- PBS: Champaign-Urbana
• WTVP - Channel 47 - PBS: Peoria

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GENERALIZED SEARCH Engines

• All-in-One Search Page
• Netscape "Net Search"
• Search The Internet with The Internet Sleuth
• MetaCrawler Searching
• WebCrawler Searching
• ARCHIE (SHAREWARE Searches)
• VERONICA (Info Searches by TITLE)
• JUGHEAD (FULL TEXT Searches, by KEYWORD)
• Internet Address Finder

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GENERAL REFERENCE

• Hypertext Webster Interface
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Hypertext Thesaurus Interface
• BASIC REFERENCE MATERIALS
• My Virtual Reference Desk - Welcome
• FREE Internet Encyclopedia
• Britannica Online Free Trial
• Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations

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WEB PAGE / COMPUTING Resources (ISU)

• ISU Academic Computing's Bookmarks
• EAF 493 Web Page Development

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EAF 493 Home Page

General K-12 Resources

K-12 Resources By Subject

K-12 Lesson Plans, etc.

On-Line Internet Tutorials

Webpage Development