The links below take you to some Web sites that will help you learn more about our environment.

• Introduction to Exploring the Prairie
  CampSilos is an educational Web site focusing on the development of American agriculture. Targeting students in grades 4-8, the site provides online educational material related to the natural prairie, pioneer farm life, early agricultural technology, the story of corn from its early Indian origins to the present, and 21st century technological advances including applications of GPS and biotechnology.

• National Wildlife Federation Kids' Page
  Cool tours, quizzes, games, and Ranger Rick can all be found here. Be sure to take the tour of wetlands.
  
  
• Iowa Wetlands and Riparian Areas Conservation Plan Kids' Page
  An excellent page for kids in Iowa and the Midwest. The page has an introduction to wetlands, a section on "Cool Kids" in Iowa helping protect wetlands, and "Fun Stuff."
  

• EEK!
  Environmental Education for Kids! An electronic magazine for kids in grades 4-8 to learn more about the great outdoors. The site is sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

• EPA Web site for Kids
  Lots of fun things to read and do on this Environomental Protection Agency site.

• Arbor Day
  Find out what kids are doing to help get more trees planted on the Arbor Day Web site.

• Energy Quest
  Energy education from the California Energy Commission.

• Envirofun
  The Illinois Environmental Protection Web site will show you how you can help protect earth's air, land and water.

• National Library for the Environment
  Research environmental issues on this site sponsored by the National Council for Science and the Environment.

• Defenders of the Wildlife - Kids' Planet
  A great educational site with lots of fun online games!

• Iowa's Approach to Environmental Stewardship
  This link will take you to an article published in the 2001 July/August issue of Public Roads magazine about actions the Iowa Department of Transportation is taking to protect and enhance Iowa's resources while developing and maintaining the state's transportation system.