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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign a Regional "Eco Park"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Xpeditions lesson, students use the Internet to find out about the plants and animals that live in their local area. The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll About Ponds and Lakes
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Earth & Space ScienceThis page, from Missouri Botanical Garden, features information about ponds and lakes, including their water temperatures, plant...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAntarctica: A Cold Desert Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Geography, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students construct a rough map of Antarctic ecosystems and explore relationships among the crea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOh, Give Me a Home
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, History-Social ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson explores ways in which the environment influences the design and construction of homes around the world. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Arctic and Antarctic Circles
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, Science, Life Sciences, History-Social ScienceIn this student activity from Xpeditions, students research the ends of the Earth--the Poles--to compare and contrast the region...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGot Broccoli?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Nutrition and 2 additional..The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson, one of a three-part series on nutrition, is to understand why the body needs food, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBird Beaks
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Number Sense, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students explore the relationship between a bird's beak and its ability to find food and surviv...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow a Blue Crab Changes as It Grows
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & EcosystemsThe purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to understand the changes that a blue crab goes through during molting, and why i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiving Through a Drought
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Earth & Space Science, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students practice map-reading skills. Using a drought map of Afghanistan, students learn how to recog...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGerms and the Body
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Health EducationThis Science NetLinks lesson explores germs--where they exist, how they can get into and affect the body, and how the body defen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEco-Cycle
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, Science, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis Xpedition Hall interactive surveys how different plants and animals survive in an Alpine Desert, Lava Field, Grassland, Ope...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreate a Wetland Scene
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about the importance of wetlands. They learn about the different types of freshw...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging With the Tide
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about and act out the functions of the salt marsh habitat. They learn about the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Touch of Class
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis Science NetLinks lesson, the second of a two-part series on classification, extends the investigation of living organisms c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEco-Cycle: Finding the Parts of an Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This lesson from Xpeditions uses the Eco-Cycle Station in National Geographic's Xpedition Hall to introduce students to ecosyste...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Happening to the Emperor Penguins?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about emperor penguins' habitat and behaviors through Web sites such as National...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhich Turtle for the Tiger Shark?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Life Sciences, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students consider the reasons for the significant difference in vulnerability between the turtle spec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Do Humpback Whales Feed?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, Science, Life Sciences, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the "bubblenet feeding" technique of humpback whales and conduct their own simul...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroducing Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students use online resources to identify the basic components necessary for biodiversity and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroducing Biodiversity E-Sheet
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & EcosystemsThis E-sheet, from a Science NetLinks lesson, guides students through various Web sites to answer questions about ecosystems and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0