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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Stream Ecosystem in the Classroom
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Access Excellence activity, students work with a model of a stream ecosystem. They investigate physical parameters such ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Coast
Grades: 9Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students explore the unique ecosystems and culture found along the Georgia coast and the Geo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreate a Creature
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students design and build (or draw, or bake) a creature of their choice. They present inform...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands on Biodiversity: Networking Students and Their Biomes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students from five biomes across the United States network to study biodiversity. Students m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho's Afraid of the Reintroduced Wolf?: The Effects of Reintroducing Species Into Habitats Changed by Humans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Life Sciences, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the impact of the reintroduction of animal specie...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Whale of a Problem: Evaluating the Effects of Tourism and Other Variables on the Killer Whale Population
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Geography and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate the possible causes contributing to the decline of t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Oral Presentations, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension 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 / HyperLinkWhat's Causing Bird and Amphibian Decline?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a decline in amphibian and bird populations. While many factors may be caus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy 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 / HyperLinkLast Plant Standing: Farming for the Future
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Science, Career & Technical EdThis resource, from Television Trust for the Environment, focuses on farming for the future. The article discusses the future ch...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOceans Found to Absorb Half of All Man-Made Carbon Dioxide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about two new studies that suggest that around half of all carbon dioxide produce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFreed Pet Fish Threaten Native Species, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how freed exotic fish can threaten native species. Introduced species of fi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about non-native feral pigs on California s Santa Cruz Island. A program is under...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInsects Key to Rain Forest Diversity, Study Shows
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how insects help protect plant diversity in the Amazon rain forest. The pre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWith Only 400 Left, Wildcat May Be on Its Ninth Life
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the plight of the Scottish wildcat. New research suggests only some 400 gen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConservationists Name Nine New "Biodiversity Hotspots"
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about biodiversity hotspots. The label highlights the identified regions as prior...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses Damaging Australian Alps
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about damage caused by herds of wild horses in Australia s Alps. Park managers ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTsunami Clouds Future of Marine Animals
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 affected marine ecosystems. The impact...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbout Estuaries
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis resource, from estuaries.gov, features information about estuaries. Users can learn what an estuary is, find out why estuar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhaling Nations Blame Whales for Fish Declines
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the controversy over whales role in declining fisheries around the globe. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0