Social Studies

Transportation, land use, natural resources and trade are natural ways to tie environmental topics to social studies lessons. Encourage students to: analyze environmental legislation, use Geographic Information System resources (such as Google Earth) to look at environments globally, and explore the impacts of climate, environment and natural resources on historical events. Use the search function to the right to explore other ways to incorporate environmental themes into social studies lessons.

Smithsonian Education Online Conferences

Smithsonian Education offers free online conferences for educators on a variety of science and history topics. Access archived versions of past conferences and learn more about upcoming events on the website. 

Energy vs. Water

Scientific American Special Edition, October 2008.

The Power of Water

An interactive site from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill News 21 project. Watch a video introducing energy's drain on water, take part in an interactive challenge to balance a town's water and energy needs and investigate the water requirements of energy production across the country. 

Energy Savers: Energy-Efficient Water Heating

This resource is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy on increasing the energy efficiency of your household water heater.

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