Renew-a-Bean
Part of the Union of Concerned Scientists' "Renewables are Ready" materials (free download)
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/global-warming-materials-for-educators.html#rnr

City of San José, Environmental Services: South Bay Water Connections (activities, teacher training,
field trips/presentations, grants)
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/schools/schools_water-connections.htm

California precipitation and topographic maps
free download from the USGS Education site (dozens of CA maps, plus links to external sites)
http://education.usgs.gov/california/resources.html

California water maps
Water Education Foundation (also check out their "Delta" map)
http://www.watereducation.org/store/default.asp?parentid=2

GreenTeam of San José
http://www.greenteam.com/Randy Sweet (phone number at work) for tours

Santa Clara Valley Water District, teacher materials (plus how to contact Kathy Machado; remember that
she starts booking school visits on August 1)
http://www.valleywater.org/For_Teachers_and_Students/Teaching_materials/index.shtm

Population growth DVD
The Population Connection: $20 DVD; also $10 CD has ~40 lessons
http://www.populationeducation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=catalog&id=3&Itemid=10&type=fact&type=product

Peak Oil links:
LATOC (Life After the Oil Crash): http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
This is heavy reading; probably not for most 6th graders.

Luz (the comic strip about Life After Peak Oil):
http://www.transmission-x.com/luz/2007/10/26/hello-world/
Definitely appropriate for 6th graders; aimed at them, in fact.

How Cuba survived peak oil ("The Power of Community" documentary on DVD)
a. article: http://members4.boardhost.com/JohnShirley/msg/1213385588.html
b. $20 DVD: http://www.permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/vid%20dvd%20cd.htm
c. watch online:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/mercofspeech/CD893609A0CB495D9A9CF04AC9E4AEFF/power-of-community-how-cuba-.aspx
A hopeful example of how Cuba survived an energy famine in the 1990s.

Solar kits
PicoTurbine (deluxe solar kit): $23.95; also, see their windmill kit that demonstrates wind power
http://www.picoturbinesite.com/