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Lithium Springs Resource Type: Field Trip Green Design Projects Information/Statistics Speaker Description: A Web site for a filmed environmental folktale that teaches all ages about the environmental impacts of pollution on Florida's fragile water system. Cost: Yes Time: Ongoing Location: Florida	Rate this Resource: Average: 5 (2 votes) Topic: Habitat/Ecosystems Waste/Recycling Water Wildlife Grade: Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)
Mill Creek Restoration Project Resource Type: Field Trip Service Learning Projects Speaker Description: An interdisciplinary program featuring field trips to monitor water quality and service learning to help create Cincinnati's Mill Creek Greenway. Cost: No Time: 1-3 Days Location: Ohio	Rate this Resource: No votes yet Topic: Habitat/Ecosystems Sustainability Water Grade: Middle (6-8) High (9-12)
Celebrate Urban Birds! Resource Type: Field Trip Information/Statistics Lesson Plans Online Tool Service Learning Projects Resource List Description: This site offers a brief guided citizen-science activity with all the tools needed to participate and better understand nature in one's own neighborhood. No prior knowledge of birds is required. All materials (posters, stickers, seeds, illustrations, and a letter of instructions) are free. Cost: No Time: Ongoing Location:	Rate this Resource: No votes yet Topic: Habitat/Ecosystems Wildlife Grade: Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)
Global Warming Curriculum Resource Type: Curriculum Field Trip Information/Statistics Lesson Plans Online Tool Service Learning Projects Resource List Speaker Description: Curriculum connections and lesson ideas on how to design an interdisciplinary, project-based unit around global warming. See related units such as the one on <a href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Hurricane_Katrina_Curriculum.htm" target="new">Hurricane Katrina</a>, as well as the <a href="http://www.globaljohnnyappleseedproject.org" target="new">Global Johnny Appleseed Project</a>. Cost: No Time: Ongoing Location:	Rate this Resource: Average: 4 (1 vote) Topic: Air/Climate Energy Conservation Habitat/Ecosystems Sustainability Waste/Recycling Water Wildlife Grade: Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)
Hurricane Katrina Curriculum Resource Type: Curriculum Field Trip Lesson Plans Online Tool Service Learning Projects Resource List Speaker Description: This resource from the company 21st Century Schools, based on one of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, is suitable for multidisciplinary study in grades K-12 and beyond and discusses climate change, globalization, service-learning projects, and more. Find additional resources and links on the 21st Century Schools Web site at <a href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Hurricane_Katrina.htm" target="new">Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath</a> and <a href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Hurricane_Katrina_Unit.htm" target="new">Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath: An Interdisciplinary, Critical Inquiry</a>. Cost: No Time: Ongoing Location:	Rate this Resource: Average: 5 (1 vote) Topic: Air/Climate Energy Conservation Habitat/Ecosystems Sustainability Waste/Recycling Water Wildlife Grade: Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)