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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Causing Bird and Amphibian Decline?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Science, 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Geography, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkOceans Found to Absorb Half of All Man-Made Carbon Dioxide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Geography, 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Geography, Life Sciences 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Science, 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 / HyperLinkWith Only 400 Left, Wildcat May Be on Its Ninth Life
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Science, 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Science, 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, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Geography, 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, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis 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: American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the controversy over whales role in declining fisheries around the globe. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPesticides in Ground Water
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, ChemistryThis USGS resource features information about ground water contamination. The discussion focuses on pesticide use and how the ch...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWreaking Havoc with Life: Minute Atrazine Levels Lead to Hermaphroditic Frogs, Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Education and 2 additional..This article, written by Dr. Tyrone Hayes and presented by Beyond Pesticides, discusses how frogs can reveal information about t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Thaw
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Geography, ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on global warming. There is an excerpt from an article about the changes that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNow What?
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Geography, ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on sudden climate change. There is an excerpt from an article about the study ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLow Sperm Counts Blamed on Pesticides in U.S. Water
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences and 6 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how toxins in water may be affecting humans and wildlife alike. Low sperm c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEndangered Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceIn this resource, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, learn about the Endangered Species Act, discover why we must s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is the Northern Forest?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this resource, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, learn about the trees that make up the unique ecosystem known ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere Have All the Pronghorn Gone?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, Roger Di Silvestro reports on the struggle of the pronghorn sin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFact, Not Fiction
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Geography, Science and 2 additional..In this Web exclusive, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Rene Ebersole reports on recent findings by two of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0