Resource Library

ENTRI (Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators) is a comprehensive online tool for accessing international environmental treaty data. There is status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and tools for searching for treaties by subject or country.

Encourage your students to develop reading comprehension skills with Earth Gauge Climate Fact sheets and backgrounders. Students learn the basics of how climate and weather systems work, how changes in climate impact them and what scientists are doing to learn more.

Students research various epidemics that have devastated the world population at different points in history, focusing on the historical events taking place during the times of the epidemics and the epidemics’ effects on these societies.

Environmental themes can be included in lessons about World War II. The United States conducted a significant campaign to inform its citizens about the need for conservation during war time. Not only were these efforts meant to help with the war effort, but also teach about the necessity of conservation. Some examples of these posters are found below, and many more can be found on a variety of websites through a simple web search. Art classes can try and recreate these styles with modern environmental messages.

The polar regions are frequently neglected in discussions of the environment, but they shouldn't be. The environment of the polar regions is particularly susceptible to human impacts such as pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer. Moreover, the effects of global warming on the polar regions are likely to have major repercussions in the rest of the world.

This lesson asks students to consider how knowledge of geography and history can help prepare for the future. Students will research the geography and history of a city and write reports explaining how the city’s leaders can use this information to plan for the future. Lesson provided by National Geographic.

Students have probably heard about parasite-borne diseases, but they might not know the specifics of how these diseases are spread and how disease rates can be reduced. In this lesson, students will research some parasite-borne diseases and report on how parasites infect their hosts.

This lesson is correlated to National Geography Standards.

Water is an all-important resource for human and other life. On the vast Eurasian continent, access to water is of vital importance. This lesson plan uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to improve the standard of living for citizens and preserving resources to protect natural biodiversity and environment.

In this lesson, students will examine the role oil has played throughout human history, how that role has changed over time, and the repercussions of oil use on society and the environment. After brainstorming a list of oil's current uses, students will examine an online timeline to explore how its role has changed over the course of history.

In the last decade, many areas in the Sunbelt region of the United States have experienced tremendous population growth. The growth can be a result of enticing media campaigns or lifestyle and employment opportunities that a city offers. Moving to these "boom towns" can be very beneficial for families.