Green Science

Local:
See how we can impact our environment by going to Salmon Days in Issaquah this weekend, Oct. 1st and 2nd to visit the hatchery.

http://www.salmondays.org/

If you can't go yourself, check out the Salmon Cam! http://wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/salmoncam/video.html

Department of Fish and Wildlife site for kids on conservation: http://www.fws.gov/educators/students.html

City of Vancouver Salmon Page: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/watercenter.asp?waterid=24980&watersubid=27445

Best local places to watch salmon run: http://www.waterhavens.com/blog/attachments/king-county-salmon-runs-viewing-locations-seattle-area.pdf

Seattle Aquarium's Conservation page: http://www.seattleaquarium.org/page.aspx?pid=216

Global:

Audubon Society's Kids Web Page: http://web4.audubon.org/educate/kids/

Children of the Earth United: http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/

Energy Star Kids: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index

http://www.conservationfund.org/children_nature

http://www.kidsplanet.org/

http://www.smokeybear.com/kids/default.asp?js=1

http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html

http://thinkgreen.com/classroom

Evironmental Science Page from How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science

http://www.epa.gov/students/index.html

Books about being green:

My First Green book by Angela Wilkes

Team Green Science Series by Robert Gardner

Environmental science & protection : keeping our planet green / by Cordelia Strange

Save the Earth science experiments : science fair projects for eco-kids / Elizabeth Snoke Harris
Hoot / Carl Hiaasen - Teen Fiction

Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv

Reducing your carbon footprint in the kitchen / Linley Erin Hall

Not your typical book about the environment / Elin Kelsey ; illustrated by Clayton Hanmer.

Making good choices about renewable resources / Jeanne Nagle.

Natural resources : using and protecting earth's supplies / by Darlene R. Stille.

Websites for Green Science Fair ideas:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Green-Science-Fair-Projects---Creative-Ideas-For-Environmentally-Oriented-Projects&id=1755148

http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojectideas/a/pollution-green-chemistry-projects.htm

http://www.discoversolarenergy.com/DIY/sci-fair-proj.htm

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/a-science-fair-for-a-better-planet

What can I do?

Trick or Treat for Unicef : http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/

Tips for a green home: http://www.squidoo.com/go-green-in-your-home-today

PBS list of things kids can do to help the environment: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/action/way04.html

10 more things to do: http://www.seql.org/kids.cfm

Check out kidServe Seattle to see if there is a volunteer opportunity that's right for you: http://www.kidserveseattle.org/volunteer-kids.aspx

Help clean a trail or join a preservation society:

Washington Trails Association work party schedule (kids are welcome!) :

http://www.wta.org/kids/volunteer/trail-work-parties

http://www.trailvolunteers.org/

http://www.cedarriver.org/

Visit a Seattle Environmental Learning Center to see what else you can do: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/elc.htm