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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkState of Thirst: California's Water Future
Grades: 5 to 6, 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Environmental Issues, Life SciencesAre we in danger of running out of water? California's population is growing by 600,000 people per year, but much of the state r...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiofuels: Beyond Ethanol
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Life SciencesFor years there's been buzz – both positive and negative – about generating ethanol fuel from corn. Meet the scientists investi...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcidic Seas
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Life SciencesFor years, our oceans have been hard at work absorbing the carbon dioxide that humans create through burning fossil fuels. But a...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring the Carbon Cycle
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesWhat is one of today s most popular buzzwords? If you said carbon , then this lab is for you. Students are inundated with comme...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAccumulation of Toxins in Food Web -- Beth Knapp
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis activity will take students through the process of bioaccumulation of toxins in the food web. Students will model how energ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEnergy Pyramid -- Holly Whitworth
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesIn this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of food chains and foods webs to then understand how energy is tra...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPopulation Trends -- Jennifer Terpstra
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis lesson will reinforce population growth, types of population growth, and the factors that affect population numbers; it sho...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNitrogen Cycle in Agriculture- Jennifer Terpstra
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis lesson will give students an example of how agriculture can use the nitrogen cycle to its advantage and provides a demonstr...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeography Awareness Week: Biodiversity
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis page from National Geographic was created as a resource for Geography Awareness Week 2000,which is based on the theme of co...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeography Awareness Week 2000: Oceans
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This page from National Geographic was created as a resource for Geography Awareness Week 2000, which is based on the theme of c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn Age of DNA, Genetics Offer Conservationists New Hope
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Life Sciences, ScienceAs we enter the 21st Century, loss of habitat, habitat degradation, invasive species, overharvesting, pollution, and climate cha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBrainPOP: The Water Cycle
Grades: 1 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis page is from BrainPOP, the Health, Science, Technology Animation and Educational Site for Kids. This page features a variet...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfire!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceRead about wildfires in this National Geographic WORLD story. Should they be allowed to burn or should we put them out? Give you...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmoggy Weather
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Personal and Community Health and 3 additional..In this segment from PBS s Online NewsHour, Jim Lehrer discusses the causes of, solutions to, and health risks from a heavy, fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArgentine Ant Invasion Ripples Across Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about the many adverse effects of the Argentine ant on foreign ant species and ec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTime and Cycles: Lesson
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis page, part of the U.S. Geological Survey s Learning Web site, features a lesson about reading tree rings. The page contain...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNature's Fury: Wildfires
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis National Geographic Eye in the Sky feature presents information about the effect of wildfires and details the controversies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfires: The Phenomena
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThe National Geographic web page discusses the benefits and drawbacks of allowing some wildfires to burn under carefully control...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Is Seaweed Killing Florida's Coral Reefs?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how scientists are studying the rapid growth of brown seaweed, which threat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNatural History of Mono Lake
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..Embracing 14 different ecological zones, over 1000 plant species, and roughly 400 recorded vertebrate species within its watersh...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0