Wetland Threats
Visit the sites listed below. (Just follow the links from the SNOOPS Web Resources so you won’t have to key in the URLs.) Keep careful notes or print out what you discover. You will use this information to write a report on your Activity Sheet.
Wetlands Threats—on the Internet
Part 1:
Go to: Threats to Wetlands
http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/national_parks/wetlands/threats.html
http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/wetch4.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/pdf/threats/pdf
http://www.cas.umt.edu/evst/clarkfork/wetlands/threatstowetlands.htm
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chintro.htm
To learn more about wetlands, visit the websites on the page Wetlands for Kids [http://www.kathimitchell.com/wetlands.htm]
Part 2:
Go to: Fact Sheet: Case Study: Used Oil Recycling
http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/alaska/ak-fs17.html
Go to: Used Oil & Filter Facts
http://www.ciwm.ca.gov/UsedOil/Facts.htm
Go to: Kid’s Corner Recycling Facts
http://www.oroloma.org/resources/kidscorner/earthday/2005/recyclingFacts.html
Go to: Recycle Used Motor Oil
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/Oil/Documents/Oil_Brochure.htm
Go to: Used Oil Recycling/What Happens to Your Recycled Used
Oil
http://www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what--happens.html
Go to: The Many Uses of Recycled Motor Oil
http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=oil/uses.asp
Go to: Sea Empress Oil Spill
http://www.swan.ac.uk/biosci/empress/
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