Dr. P's Environmental Science Teacher Resources
This website is an accumulation of my science teaching resources for the past 15+ years. I am a terrible organizer of hardcopies, so have started to save my teaching documents online. Feel free to use them to enhance the learning of your students. The majority of the worksheets and resources are Biology and Environmental Science, since that is what I have been assigned to teach/develop most often. Check the student pages for additional materials not listed here.
Science Education Organizations

Science Education Organizations

NSTA (National Science Teachers Association)

NWF (National Wildlife Federation)

 

NRC (National Research Council)

 

NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers)

AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

 

NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

 

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching)

 

GSTA (Georgia Science Teachers Association)

 

 

Standards & Benchmarks

 

Standards & Benchmarks

Local Science Standards

 

National Science Standards

GLC (Georgia Learning Connections)

Georgia Department of Education

 

NSES (National Science Education Standards)

 

GPS (Georgia Performance Standards Science)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music & Humor in the Classroom

 

Music & Humor in the Classroom

Music Alone

Lyrics Alone

Music & Lyrics

Humor

·  Popular Music Midi Files

·  Nature Sound Effects Archive

·  Kiddie Songs Midis

·  Disco Midis

·  Simply the Best Nature Sounds     

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·    Songs for Learning Life Sciences  

·    Science Songs Sung to Common Tunes  

·    Dr. Chordates Songs

·    Virginia K-5 Songs

·    Physics Songs

·    PhysicsSongs.org

·    Teacher & Rockbots Lyrics, Riddles and answers

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·      Biology Karaoke

·      Greg Crowther Science Songs

·      NIEHS Sing Alongs

·      Bioluminescence Song   

·      How to Make Science Karaoke

·      Science Court

·      Dr. P’s Biology Karaoke for DOWNLOAD!

·      Songs for Teaching (For Sale)

·      Science & Nature Music   (for sale)

 

·  Jokes & Science  

·  Science Humor

·  Science Jokes (by topic)

·  Beguiling Ideas About Science

·  Science Cartoons Plus

·  Science Perspective Cartoons (Nearingzero.com)

·  Chemistry Cartoons

·  Physics & Astronomy Fun

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Additional Links

List of Resources for Music & Humor in the Science Classroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Science

Environmental Science

 

My Assignments & Rubrics

Animations & Movies

Online Resources

Virtual Labs & Activities

Air/ Atmosphere

·Smog City

·     Biodiversity: Wild About Life

·     Dante’s Peak Video Questions

·     Greenhouse Effect

· Science of Ozone Depletion

· Earth’s Precious Atmosphere  

·    Atmospheric Properties

·    Air Pollution Allowance Trading

·    Air Pollution Chemistry

·    Astro Venture

Biodiversity

·Endangered Species Activity

·Biodiversity WebQuest  

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Biomes

·1 Biome Project

·1 Biome Project Template

·8 Biomes Project

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· Biomes & Climate

· World Biomes

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Careers

·Alphabet Careers

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Cycles (biogeochemical)

·Water Cycle GIZMO

·Water Cycle Take Home Lab

·Cycles WebQuest

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· Captain Carbon ThinkQuest

·    Carbon Cycle Labs

·    Carbon Cycle Game

·    Carbon Cycle Game 2

 

Ecology

·Eco Column

·     Global Mind Shift: All is One

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·    Examining Stages in Ecological Succession

·    A Walk in the Woods

Energy

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·     Global Energy Balance

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·    Energy & Recycling

·    Energy Transformations

·    Appliance Explosion

Food Chain

·Food Web Menu

·Collecting Decomposers

·Food Chain GIZMO

·Mushroom Dissection  

·Owl Pellet Lab

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· Food Chains & Webs

·    Eating at a Lower Trophic Level

·    Lesson of the Kaibab

·    Deer Predation or Starvation

History of Environmental Science & Human Impacts on the Environment

·PSA

·Public Service Commercial

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· Environmental Movement Timeline

· Important Events in the History of Mankind

· Ecology Hall of Fame:

· EcoEthics:

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Individual Accountability

·What’s Wrong with this Picture?

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·    Eco-Ethics

·    Calculating your Carbon Footprint

Land/ Lithosphere

·NPK Questions

·Recycle City

·     Harvest of Fear (GM Crops)

· Lawns

· Soil Use, Sustainability & Conservation

· Cyber-Help for Organic Farmers

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Marine

·A Chronology of Undersea Exploration Game

·Reef Relief Coral Reef WebQuest

·Coral Reef WebQuest2  1

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·    Effects of Oil Spills on Birds

Population

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·    Random Sampling

·    Estimating Population Size

·    Graphing Human Population

·    Interpreting Ecological Data

Searchable/ MISC

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·     Nat’l Geog: Videos in the News

·     Nature Database

·     The Futures Channel

·     NOVA Teacher’s Guides

·     NHC Science Animations, Tutorials & Interactive Links

· Pollution Page

·    Busy Teacher’s Website

·    Earth System Module

Videos

·Ice Age Questions

·Princess Mononoke Questions

·Finding Nemo

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Waste

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·  Household Hazardous Waste Mapper

· Municipal Solid Wastes

·    Defining Hazardous Wastes

Water/ Hydro-sphere

·Coral Reef WebQuest1

·Coral Reef Web Quest 2

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· Water Conservation Meter

· Clean Water for the 21st Century

· Earth System Science Lessons

· Water Pollution Guide

·    An Undersea Chronology of Exploration

 

 

Online Assessments

Online Assessments

Ecosystems Quiz:

 

Principles of Ecology:

 

Population Biology:

 

Interactions of Living Things:

 

EPA Water Cycle Quiz:

 

EPA Global Warming Quiz:

 

EPA Carbon Cycle Quiz:

 

Cycles Quiz:

 

Populations Biology:

 

Populations Ecology:

 

More Population Ecology:

 

Conserving Resources Quiz:

 

Origin & Distribution of Communities:

 

Communities & Biomes:

 

Biomes Quiz:

 

Coral Reef Quiz:

 

Dynamics of Ecosystems:

 

Interactions of Living Things:

 

Ecosystems How They Change TF:

 

Ecosystems How They Change MC:

 

Humans and the Environment:

 

Economics, Public Policy and Environment T/F Quiz:

 

Economics, Public Policy and Environment M/C Quiz:

 

Water Pollution Quiz:

 

Water Cycle Quiz:

 

Water Cycle Quiz 2:

 

Hydrologic Cycle Quiz:

 

Water Pollution & Its Prevention TF:

 

Water Pollution & Its Prevention MC:

 

Planet Ocean Quiz:

 

The Great American Ocean Quiz:

 

Oceans Quiz:

 

Trash Quiz:

 

Soils for School:

 

Land Quiz:

 

Agricultural Soil Quiz:

 

Biodiversity 911 Soils:

 

Global Warming Quiz:

 

Global Warming Quiz 2:

 

Earth’s Atmosphere:

 

Atmosphere Quiz:

 

National Weather Service Quiz:

 

What is Air Pollution:

 

Air Pollution Quiz:

 

Air Pollution Quiz 2:

 

Air Pollution and You:

 

Conserving Life Quiz:

 

Forestry/Biodiversity Quiz:

 

Biological Diversity and Conservation:

 

Endangered Species Quiz:

 

Conserving Energy Quiz:

 

Energy Quiz:

 

Types of Energy Quiz:

 

Environment Quiz:

 

Renewable Energy Quiz:

 

Energy Gap Fill Quiz:

 

Energy Kids Page:

 

Additional Links

Env Sci Agencies

 

·       Environmental Education for Kids

·       Environmental Literacy Council

·       Environmental Protection Agency

·       G.L.O.B.E.

Env Sci Texts

 

·   Holt Environmental Science Textbook

·   NYS Regents Prep Living Environment

Lorax Links

 

 

·         The Lorax & Sustainable Development

·        The Lorax Save the Trees Game 

Earth Day

 

 

April Resources

AP Env Sci

 

 

·    APES

·    Ecology Labs

·    Environment & Ecology Labs  

·    Environmental Science & Ecology Labs

·    Environmental Literacy Council Labs & Activities

·    Ridgefield APES Labs

 

Online Assessments & Answers

 

Online Assessments & Answers

Biology Regents Exam Questions

 

Biology Regents Tests   

Hargett’s Notes & Review

 

Practice Quizzes

 

Additional Links

Biology References

Assessment

My Other Science Pages

AP Biology Resources (see also AP Biology student page)

Games & PPT Templates

·      Biology Web Site References

·      High School ACE Science Resources

·      Science PPT Presentations

·      Biology PPT Lectures

·      More Bio PPTs

·      Ask An Expert & Homework Help

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·      Alternative Strategies for Science Teaching & Assessment

·      Science Fair Websites

·   My Environmental Science Teacher Page

·   My Anatomy & Physiology Teacher Page

·   My Chemistry Teacher Page

·   My Physics/Physical Science Teacher Page

·      Stoneleigh-Burnham

·      Kim Foglia’s AP Bio

·      N. Warren Regional H.S.

·      Massengale

·      Bruce Faitsch

·      LABS

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·      PPT Activity Templates

·      Jeopardy Games & Templates

 

 

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