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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGalápagos on Tour
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Geography and 3 additional..This National Geographic Adventure Magazine photo gallery highlights a journey through the Galápagos Islands, undertaken by West...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Biodiversity
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis resource, presented by the New York State Museum and the Biodiversity Research Institute, contains information about the im...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity and Conservation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life SciencesThis 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 / HyperLinkFrog Extinctions Linked to Global Warming
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy, Geography 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 / HyperLinkFast Decline of Slow Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis 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 / HyperLinkHomegrown Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life SciencesThis 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 / HyperLink"Instant" Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about an evolutionary change that took place in a single generation among a breed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Evidence That Wildlife Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about a five-year study of South Carolina pine forests that offers proof that con...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHimalaya Forests Vanishing, Species May Follow, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how nearly a quarter of the species unique to the Himalayas could vanish by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGorillas Make Home in 'Impenetrable' Forest
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Psychology and 4 additional..In central Africa s Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest, humans and gorillas are struggling to survive in the face of political and biolo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEndangered! Exploring a World At Risk
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis self-guided tour, from the American Museum of Natural History, draws on the combined strengths of the scientific, education...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life SciencesThis resource, from Sea World/Busch Gardens, offers an introduction to the concept of biodiversity. The goal is to raise awarene...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity Expert Urges "Buying" of Endangered Ecosystems
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Economics, Geography and 2 additional..With plant and animal species disappearing from the Earth at unprecedented rates, biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson has proposed a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Cultural Landscape
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, World History, United States History and 2 additional..This Xpeditions lesson focuses on sequential occupancy of a single habitat. Students learn to appreciate how cultural change cau...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Preserve Biodiversity?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this lesson, students discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystems and find out about the various arguments that people m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPreserving Biodiversity
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Life SciencesIn this student activity from, Xpeditions, students take on the role of zoo director with a mission to teach people about the im...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Life SciencesIn this lesson from Xpeditions, students learn what coral reefs are and about the different types of reefs, study the ecology su...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRivers: Lifelines of the Land
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to river ecology and addresses the societal and environmental impacts associated with...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPreserving Health Through Biological Diversity
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Science, Life SciencesIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students gain a greater understanding of why diversity within and among species is important. A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0