Just five minutes of “green exercise” can produce rapid improvements in mental well-being and self-esteem, with the greatest benefits experienced by children. Free and unstructured play in the outdoors boosts problem-solving skills, focus and self-discipline, improves cooperation, flexibility, self-awareness, and reduces aggression.

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Links Galore for Fun & More!

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Especially for Kids!
• Students Page
• Educators Page
• Endangered Species Information
• National Digital Library (wildlife photos in the public domain)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Student Page

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Otto Otter Water Safety Program

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Reinforcement

Educational Learning Network – Reclaiming the Land Activity Workbook

National Park Service

• Go Zone
• Learn NPS – for educators and students
• Ranger Zone
• Web Rangers

Bureau of Management

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  Resource Explorers

• en Espagnol—Las Aventuras Salvajes: Explora Tus Terrenos Publicos
• Soil Biological Communities

 

U.S. Geological Survey

• Butterfly Site
• The Learning Web
• Earthquakes for Kids
• Terra Web for Kids
• Astrogeology for Kids

Minerals Management Service

• Kids Page
• Gulf of Mexico Kid’s Page

USDA’s Operation Full-Stop

Reserve the BugMobile!

The BBC

BBC Wild

U.S. Department of Forrestry

Where the Other You Lives

Protection of Endangered Species

Information about the Endangered Species Act and how it works.

What’s Your Carbon Footprint?