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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity and Conservation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis hypertext book, from the University of California Irvine s School of Biological Sciences, draws together resources from all...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Natural History of Water in America
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Jessica Snyder Sachs explains the fragile linkage that e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLast in Line
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, 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 / HyperLink"Bizarre" New Dinosaur Shows Evolution to Plant Eating, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of the 125-million-year old fossils of Falcarius utahensis, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVideo: Wildlife Giants of the Indonesian Region
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceThis National Geographic News video clip presents information about the incredible biodiversity of the Malay archipelago. The is...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhale Birth Decline Tied to Global Warming, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkFrog Extinctions Linked to Global Warming
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a study linking global warming to a die-off of harlequin frog species in Ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEating Themselves Out of House and Home
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, explains how exploding populations of white-tailed deer are oblite...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFast Decline of Slow Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, describes the quiet crisis in America s rivers, lakes and freshwat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExotic Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports on Hawaii s efforts to keep the islands snake-free. This r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomegrown Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports that homeowners can help a surprisingly large number of sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhales at Risk From New U.S. Navy Sonar Range, Activists Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how military sonar could adversely affect marine mammals that use sound as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFugitive Rat Teaches Lesson About Invasive Species Control
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how an invasive rat evaded capture on one of New Zealand s islands for 18 w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Whale Lice" Genes Offer Clues to Whale Evolution
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how the evolution of tiny crustaceans called whale lice can reveal useful f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGene for Key Spider-Silk Protein Found
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how scientists have identified the gene for the main protein that female sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvolution Revolution: Two Species Become One, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of an insect that shows that two species can combine to creat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWithout Gene, Timid Mice Turn Into Daredevils
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Electives, Life Sciences and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about research into how fear is experienced and processed. Scientists say stathmi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFantastic Fossil: Examining the Impact of Tiktaalik on the World of Evolution
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Religion, Reading Comprehension and 5 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the discovery of a transitional animal and discus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Holly, Mistletoe, Spread With Warmer Winters
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that warmer winters in Europe could be causing the traditiona...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0