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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot Just a Fish Tank
Grades: 4 to 6Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this lesson, from the PROJECT LABS Web site, students develop the skills of the scientific method through a series of activit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Natural Habitat: What, How and Why
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this activity, from the Project LABS Web site, students design a working plan to establish their own habitat. Project LABS is...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting the "Yuck" Out: Identifying and Removing Pollutants From Our Water Through Filtration
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this two-part lesson, from the Project LABS Web site, students learn about water pollution. In the first part, students exami...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLife-Cycle Sleuth: A Lesson Plan for Developing Hypotheses and Predictions About Migration
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this lesson, found on the Journey North Web site, students explore the reasons that animals migrate. By studying an animal s ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInquiry-based Investigations Into Pond Water Microorganisms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn these two Access Excellence activities, students investigate the microorganisms found in pond water. In the first activity th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorm Bins Turn Kitchen Scraps into Compost
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about worm composting. Bacteria and other organisms break down food scraps buried...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how lemurs may be the only animals that can spread the seeds of certain tre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Conservation
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, features a list of helpful tips on how to conserve water while sti...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is the Northern Forest?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this resource, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, learn about the trees that make up the unique ecosystem known ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Do You Know About Biodiversity?
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis page, from the American Museum of Natural History, features a quiz on biodiversity. After completing the quiz, visitors can...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGoing, Going.....Gone!
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis page, from the American Museum of Natural History, features information about extinction and its causes. In addition to det...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Quality
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis resource, from the Chesapeake Bay Program, features information related to the water quality of the Bay, including water qu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Z" Is for Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Jessica Snyder Sachs explains how understanding plains z...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen is a Pool Not a Pool?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, Mark Cheater writes about vernal pools, habitats that come and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorm Composting Basics
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, ScienceThis resource, from the Cornell Waste Management Institute, provides information about worm composting, including materials to u...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWetland Types
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, features information about specific types of wetlands. In ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll About Ponds and Lakes
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis page, from Missouri Botanical Garden, features information about ponds and lakes, including their water temperatures, plant...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLast in Line
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Laura Tangley explains that since water is scarce in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhale Birth Decline Tied to Global Warming, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how rising sea-surface temperatures may be harming the reproductive success...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about threats to little-known but species-rich cold-water coral reefs. Chief amon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0