How Much Have We Polluted? - This Map Will Show You

Here's another resource that has an Earth Day connection. How Much Have We Polluted? is an interactive heat map that displays the per c...

14 Educational Resources for Earth Day 2014

Earth Day 2014 is coming up next week. As I've done in the past, I've compiled a list of resources for teaching about Earth Day and ...

By Request - 5 Resources for Teaching About the Forces of Nature

I'm starting to get caught up on a backlog of requests that have come through on the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page . If I h...

NOAA View - Visualizations of Environmental Data

NOAA View is a new project from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On NOAA View you can explore visualizations of data se...

Six Resources to Help Students See the Effects of Climate Change

This month's issue of National Geographic includes a feature on glacial meltdown. Part of the online complement to that article is the i...

Wildfires and Climate Change - Video

Earlier this week while exploring Climate Central I found a good video about wildfires in the western United States. The video ( available ...

Elephants in the Classroom

In National Geographic's video section I recently found this cute and interesting video about elephant communication. The video feature...

Dive Into the Dangers of Fracking On This Site

Dangers of Fracking is a beautifully designed site that tells the story of the dangers of fracking. As you scroll down the page, you learn ...

Ecology Project International Helps Students Learn About Conservation

This post is not about technology. It's about a nonprofit program that I think deserves a little attention. Last week I mentioned that I...

Timelapse Imagery of How the World Has Changed

This morning Google, NASA, USGS, and TIME released new timelapse imagery that depicts how the Earth's surface has changed over the last...

Climate Commons - An Interactive Map of Climate Change Stories

Climate Commons is an interactive map developed by the Earth Journalism Network. The map features weather data and emissions data related t...

10 Educational Resources for Earth Day

This coming Monday is Earth Day 2013. As I've done in the past, I've compiled a list of resources for teaching about Earth Day and ...

National Geographic Explains Fracking

Last fall I drove across North Dakota and I'm going back next month to deliver a keynote for NDATL's annual conference . Because Nor...

Three Quick Resources About How Maple Syrup Is Made

Today is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. That means that here in Maine Maple Syrup Sunday isn't too far away (March...

Tracking Polar Bears on Google Maps - And Polar Bear Lesson Plans

Bear Tracker is a feature of the Polar Bears International website. The Bear Tracker plots the travels of collared polar bears in Hudson Ba...

UN Environmental Fact Sheets, Posters, and Infographics

The United Nations Environment Program has developed a series of free posters based on data from the UNEP's Geo Data Portal . These pos...

Waterlife - An Interactive Story About Water

Earlier this week I shared a couple of animated stories about the water cycle . This morning I spent some time exploring Waterlife which was...

Animated Tours of the Water Cycle and Water Treatment Plants

This afternoon I spent a little time on the EPA website exploring the resources that it offers to teachers and students . Two of the EPA...

Discover Your World - An Activity Book from NOAA

Discover Your World is a free 158 page activity book from NOAA. The book is available as to download as a complete package in one PDF or yo...

Environmental Science Games & Lessons from EcoKids

EcoKids is a Canadian organization that provides free resources for teaching and learning about topics in environmental science. The resour...