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The issues surrounding pesticides and their affect on indoor air quality are outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency on this webpage.  The site is organized into seven sections: Overview; Sources of Pesticides; Health Effects; Levels in Homes; Steps to Reduce Exposure; Standards or...

This resource, created by Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden of Arizona State University, serves as an electronic book on photovoltaics. Photovoltaics, as described by Honsberg and Bowden, "is a most elegant energy source," created when "light shines on a crystal and produces electricity." The...

This 40-page module, published by the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC), is part of a series of instructional materials on environmental technology and decision-making. This module focuses on the science-based background and research on point source water contamination. ...

This resource, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides a job description and task analysis listing/chart for a Pollution Prevention Specialist position. This position identifies, evaluates, recommends, and assists in implementing practices that result in waste...

This 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, instructs students on the principles of recycling waste stream reduction. The purpose of the activity is to create a display in a grocery store to show people how to reduce the amount of trash generated by their...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 12.990, Prediction and Predictability in the Atmosphere and Oceans.  Topics covered include: limiting factors for weather forecasting, atmospheric modeling, and mathematical tools for atmospheric modeling.  The...

In this 11-page exercise, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a critical thinking activity on social injustice, human health risks, and waste recycling. Students take on the role of a mayor, a presenter from a company that engineers and installs landfill...

An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) provides this interactive learning program that explains how people who live or work near hazardous waste sites can be involved in the public health assessment process. This...

This U.S. EPA site allows users to locate any United States public water supply and determine whether that water source has had any recent violations of regulatory standards.  Users can search via a map or by entering the water system ID number.  Links to additional sites for information regarding...

This 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, covers how aluminum is recycled. Special equipment, including a heat source capable of melting aluminum and an outdoor work area are required to complete the lesson. Extension activities are also provided.