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Try a fun quiz about environmental protection. Can you get all seven correct?

How can I learn more about our environment?
Whether you are a teacher or a student in kindergarten, or doing postdoctoral research, EPA has many educational resources to offer you when you visit our educational resources web pages.
For more information:

• Educational resources
• Recursos para estudiantes y maestros

How can I learn about national environmental conditions and trends?
EPA's "Environmental Indicators Initiative" seeks to improve the Agency's ability to report on the status of and trends in environmental conditions and their impacts on human health and the nation's natural resources.
For more information:

• Environmental Indicators Initiative

How can I learn more about toxic releases in the environment?
EPA's report, "How are the Toxics Release Inventory data used?" contains case studies of how government, business, academic and citizens are using EPA's Toxics Release Inventory.
For more information:

• How are the Toxics Release Inventory data used? (67 pages, 791 Kb, about PDF)

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How can I protect my kids from the harmful effects of the sun?
Overexposure to UV radiation can lead to serious health effects, such as skin cancer, cataracts, and immune suppression. EPA's SunWise Program can help you protect yourself and your students from overexposure to the sun through the use of classroom-based, school-based, and community-based advisories.
For more information:

• SunWise
• El programa SunWise

Where can I find proposed environmental regulations?
Regulations.gov enables you to search, view, and comment on regulations, topic-by-topic, that are being proposed from all federal agencies.
For more information:

• Regulations.gov

What about pollution from school buses?
The goal of Clean School Bus USA is to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust, and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses. Consider honoring Earth Day by planning a clean school bus event in your community.
For more information:

Clean School Buses Earth Day Event Planning Materials

• Earth Day Ideas
• Earth Day Resources

What about pesticides in schools?
Ask your school administrator to use integrated pest management as a safer and often less costly alternative to regularly scheduled spraying.
For more information:

• Pesticides in schools

Is my classroom environment safe?
The Healthy School Environments Web pages are intended to serve as a gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools.
For more information:

• Healthy School Environments

How can I improve the indoor air quality at my school?
EPA's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit shows schools how to carry out a practical plan of action to improve indoor air problems at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff.
For more information:

• EPA's Tools for Schools Kit

Get free wallpaper images for your computer desktop
Enjoy the environment with images of the earth, rivers, wetlands, and other natural scenes as "wallpaper" or "desktop" images for your computer.

• Get wallpaper