Introduction

The Internet Resources

• Watershed Student Opportunities - Scholarships, summer programs, other

Resources

• Library Spot - Great General reference

• Living in the Environment--14th ed - Latest edition: Chapter by Chapter: quizzes, resources etc. General Resources

• AP Environmental Science--The College Board page - Must register to use the page.

• Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion Electronic Almanac

• Living in the Environment 12th ed - Click on our Book--Env Sci 12th ed

• Science Santa Cruz - Info on Science Fair etc.

• Earth Data--A current view of the earth - weather, earthquakes, resource prices etc.

• Metric Conversions

• Chi Square

• Bonus Opps--CNPS--Santa Cruz Chapter - Note calendar--for restoration and extra credit opportunities.

• AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment

• APES: Credit Hours Equivalency for AP Exam Scores

• AP College Credit - 1. Type in the name of the college or university whose AP policy you want to view (or browse by letter of the alphabet). 2. You will see two things for each school that has provided their AP credit policy info: a. A link to the college's own web page that details its AP credit and placement policies. b. A statement by the college or university about their AP policy.

• Citation Styles - Use MLA format as given here for all bibliographies and footnotes.

• Citation machine - The primary goal of this tool is to make the proper crediting of information property so easy that it becomes a habit, not a laborious task that we stop doing outside of school.

• Wikipedia--free encyclopedia - Great general reference.

• Scirus--Science Search Engine - Searching more than 200 million science-related pages, Scirus helps you quickly locate scientific information on the Web.

• Earth Google - A 3D interface to the Planet

• 2006 Sanctuary Currents Symposium Poster Session

News

• Environmental News Network - Your link to environmental education and awareness

• E Magazine

• Santa Cruz Sentinel Online

• Find Articles

• Science Search Engine

• BEN: BiosciedNet - Welcome to the BEN portal, which provides access to resources from BEN Collaborative partner organizations and is managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Over 680 resources covering forty-six biological sciences topics and twenty-five different types of resources ranging from journal articles to simulations from the AAAS, American Physiological Society, American Society of Microbiology, Ecological Society of America, and Society of Toxicology are now available. Go to 'Use BEN', to find out more about the types of resources available, tips for locating resources, and the structure of the BEN catalog. Registration is required to use our search, advanced search, and browse services.

• MSNBC News on Environment

Organizations

• Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth - Bay Area Action is an environmental education and action organization. Our mission is to help people discover and strengthen their connection and concern for the natural environment through hands-on, action-oriented activities.

• Environmental Literacy Council - This web site is inteded to help students and teachers study environmental issues by guiding them to the best resources available on the internet.

• Union of Concerned Scientists - Info on agriculture, arms control, energy, global resources, global warming and transportation

• Sierra Club Homepage

• Audobon Society

• Retink Paper

• Ecology Action

• GLOBE homepage

• Earth Team

• Global Response

• Rainforest Action Network

• Earthfirst

• Environmental Defense Fund

• Econet

• Nature Conservancy

• Greenpeace

• Defenders of Wildlife

• Native Forest Council

• WorldWatch Institute

• Student Conservation Organization

• Conservation International

• Earth Island Institute

• Haven

• US Public Interest Research group - Lots of info--letter writing etc

• SIMON--Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Project:Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

• Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council - The Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council is a non-profit public benefit corporation whose purpose is to conserve native plant and animal biodiversity in the Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion.

Environmental History

• People's Century Environmental History Timeline

• Worldwatch Interactive Environmental History Timeline

Orbuch HotLists/Links

• APES Monitoring Resources

• Filamentality

• Country Project Resources

• Radar Ornithology Introduction

• Plate Tectonic Hotlist

• Biome Hotlist

• Fire Ecology Hotlist

• Nuclear Power Hotlist

• Climate Change Hotlist

• El Nino Hotlist

• Biodiversity Hotlist

• Soil/Winogradsky Column Hotlist

• Population Hotlist

• Air Pollution Hotlist - Air pollution, toxics, clean air act

• Acid Rain Hotlist

• Exploring Earth Science

• Watershed Student Opportunities - Summer ops, research ops, scholarships

• Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment plant

• Fisheries Issues

• Geological Time Hotlist

• Minerals by Name

• Scorecard--toxics in your environment

• Environmental Toxins Hotlist

• DEP WEb--sustainable development

• GM Foods Hotlist

• Arthropod ID Hotlist

• Heavy Weather Hotlist

• Your Ecological Footprint

• Exponential Growth and the rule of 70

• Garrett Hardin Society

• Rabbits and Wolves

• Energy Hotlist

• Clean & Waste Water Hotlist