| :: Pressure Groups & Charities :: |
Born
Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation campaigns for the protection and conservation
of animals in their natural habitat and against the keeping of animals
in zoos and circuses and as exotic pets. |
Countryside
Alliance
Useful to compare with Friends of the Earth etc. |
Friends
of the Earth
Obviously biased but a powerful, environmental force. worth looking
at. |
Greenpeace
UK
Obviously biased but like the FOE site worth looking at. |
Sussex
Wildlife Trust
Our local charity, HQ at Woods Mill near Small Dole. |
| :: Rainforests :: |
All
About Rainforests
is from the Enchanted Learning site. Do not be put off by the rather
young format. It has some excellent information and activities. |
Children's
Tropical Rainforests (UK)
has a user-friendly site map and is very informative. |
Heart
of the Rainforest
Another Thinkquest site, it is easy to navigate and its information
is about KS3+ level . |
Project
Rainforest
Another excellent Thinkquest site; very useful for study purposes. |
Rainforest
Action Network: Factsheets
Very useful for
homework / project work but not aimed at children so quite advanced. |
Rainforest
Alliance: Education
Has a very useful Rainforest Resources section with some good activity
ideas in these 'Kids & Teachers' pages. |
Rainforest
Live's 'Kidz Korner'.
Check out the Explore and the Media Gallery sections. |
Rainforestweb.com
A HUGE resources link site - try their Resources
for Kids page. |
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| :: Wildlife :: |
BBC: Science & Nature - Conservation
The usual high standard information and pictures. |
Born
Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation campaigns for the protection and conservation
of animals in their natural habitat and against the keeping of animals
in zoos and circuses and as exotic pets. |
Endangered
Species
Although it has a US bias, it also offers excellent information and
pictures on world wide concerns. |
Just
for Kids
This user-friendly site has an excellent 'Stuff to Do' section with
interactive crosswords, puzzles etc. It is part of the Rare
Species Conservatory Foundation website, useful for study purposes. |
Kids' Planet
Has some superb animal fact sheets and some excellent interactive
games. For anyone interested in wolves, their World Wide Wolves site
is worth investigating. |
Rainforestweb.com:
Animals
Resource list of sites - not just of rainforest animals |
Ranger
Rick's Kids' Zone
T he Cool Tours are worth a visit. It is part of the American
National Wildlife Federation site. |
World
Wildlife Fund for Nature
Excellent site for environmental concerns. |
Young
People's Trust for the Environment
A fairly new site so it is under development. Very good 'fact pages',
e.g. for animals. |
| :: General sites :: |
Amazon
Interactive
is an educational site. Try the Quiz or the Ecosystem Game. |
Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
UK government agency. |
The Eden Project
'The living theatre of plants and people
'
Cross-curricula activities, articles and games
- particularly useful for Geography and Science. |
Environment:
A Global Challenge
This looks at many aspects in an informative manner. It is a huge site. Possibly
the most useful section for study purposes is the 'Environmental
Problems. |
Care2
A commercial American site dedicated to saving the environment. It invites
people to lobby the US government on green issues. It also raises funds
by its 'click on the logo' tactic. |
Edugreen
India
This is the children's part of an Indian environmental site. Some of the
information is 1999 but still useful, particularly for Geography. |
Planet
Ark
The home page of the American Reuters Daily World Environmental News. Although
of an adult nature, it is certainly useful for study purposes, particularly
KS4 and above. |
Young
People's Trust for the Environment
A fairly new site so it is under development. Very good 'fact pages', e.g. for
animals. |
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Please note that both points of view are represented in these groups