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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarnings from the Ice
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, World History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..Over the last half-century, the coastal ice on the Antarctic Peninsula has been gradually disappearing. Scientists are beginning...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Types of Diseases Can be Predicted with Gene Tests?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Health & Physical Education, Science, Health Education and 2 additional..This page, from the Access Excellence Web site, features information about predictive gene tests and how they assist in identify...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUltrasound: How Does It Work?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis tool, reviewed by Science NetLinks, is a simulation that explores ultrasound imaging as a technique used to see inside an o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Oral Presentations, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the moral, economic and ecological impacts of the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Woes: Not All Wet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis resource, from The Why Files Web site, features information about the global water shortage. Topics covered include areas o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Pressure
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the world s water supply. There is an excerpt from an article about groundw...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarming Will Lead to Major Disease Outbreaks, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Earth & Space Science, Science, Health Education and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a report suggesting that disease outbreaks in humans are likely to increase...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhales May Be Doomed by Russia Oil Project, Groups Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how whale conservationists have urged Shell Corporation to stop its Siberia...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Has Been Happening to Polar Bears in Recent Decades?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from NOAA, features information about polar bears and the challenges they face. Users can also link to polar bear...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater and Peace in the Middle East
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Electives and 5 additional..A 12th-century sultan ordered it built to carry water from the Nile to Cairo. Napoleon filled in the arches and turned it into a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe American Experience: Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Career & Technical Ed, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suddenly overheated, releasing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLow-level Nuclear Waste: A Geographic Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, Health Education, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this Xpeditions lesson, students learn how to analyze the problems surrounding nuclear waste. They compare and contrast low- ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAdolescent Sleep
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Health Education, Life SciencesThe purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to discuss, summarize, and express alternative positions regarding a study on ado...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSplitting the Atom
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, History-Social ScienceThe purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use the Internet to research the history of the splitting of the atom a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Fish Trade
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Number Sense, Economics, History-Social Science and 2 additional..The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to examine the interdependence of global trade in the context of the econo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYellowstone Wolves
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Number Sense, United States History and 2 additional..The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use the Internet to explore relationships between habitats and species ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, GeographyThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to learn about the problems in the Aral Sea region and to figure out how the sea's water lo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZeolites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, ChemistryIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about a way to trap and seal up toxic waste using zeolites, a family ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses: Public Property?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, GeographyThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to the challenge of maintaining balance among the "competing" species that coexist on...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorking Together for the Manatee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, GeographyIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students use the Internet to research the manatee to find out why it is endangered. They write ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0