If your budget doesn't allow for exotic travels this summer, this site can help you "get away" while watching some stunning documentaries from locations around the globe. Although there are 12 destinations from which to choose, including China, Tibet, New Orleans, and India, there are three in particular that deal with environmental issues. Visit the Arctic and learn how global warming is affecting the region's people and their traditional ways of life; learn about Costa Rica's EARTH University and how they are teaching sustainable development in the tropics; and get to know several pods of Orca whales in the Pacific NW as they are being studied. http://explore.org/explore/arctic

This page on the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's site is a fun one for both children and adults. It contains information about lobster history, the lobster life cycle, lobster boats, lobster tales and trivia, and lobster-related games. There's even a fully illustrated guide to eating a lobster, answering such questions as "What's the green stuff?" and "What's the most humane way to cook a lobster?" http://www.gma.org/lobsters/

This site is not about how to buy or cook lobster, rather it is about the animal, its behavior, how it is harvested, and a way of life for those individuals who rely on them for a living. It is for anyone, anywhere who would like to know more about lobsters and how they are harvested. http://www.lobstermanspage.net/

Wolfram/Alpha is a long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. Enter a question or calculation and the site uses built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute your answer. If you're still not sure what this is all about, there are some ideas on the site to get you started, and once you get started.....it may be hard to stop! http://www.wolframalpha.com/