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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuest for Better Apples Bears Fruit for U.S. Botanists
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about the quest for better apples. The curator of America s apple collection is s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe ABC's of DNA: Learning the Basics of Genetics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Theatre, Science, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about key genetics terms. Through creating and acting o...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: English-Language Arts, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkWatching Nature Take Its Course: Celebrating Important Evolutionary Milestones in the Tree of Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Reading Comprehension, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students compare physical features among organisms and understand the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Geography, Oral Presentations 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 / HyperLinkHuman Fossil Adds Fuel to Evolution Debate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, Science, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery in Ethiopia of a one-million-year-old partial skull. Research...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLizards Help Explain Survival of the Not-So-Fittest
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about how environmental conditions and behavior affect natural selection. Two liz...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Causing Bird and Amphibian Decline?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography 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 / HyperLinkFossils Show How Whales Evolved to Hear Underwater
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about whale evolution. Whale fossils found with tiny ear bones reveal for the fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography 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 / HyperLinkThe Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Health Education, Science, Health & Physical Education, Life SciencesThis page, presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, features lectures, interactives, and information related to determ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOf Hearts and Hypertension: Blazing Genetic Trails
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Science, Health Education, Health & Physical Education and 2 additional..This page, presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, features exhibits, animations, and lecture notes from a series of l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Immune System: Friend and Foe
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Growth, Development & Aging, Health Education, Science, Life SciencesThis page, presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, features an interactive presentation about the human immune system....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDNA Interactive
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Growth, Development & Aging, Health Education, Science, Life SciencesThis page, presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, features the introduction to an interactive presentation about DNA....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Double Life of RNA
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis page, presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, features an interactive presentation about ribonucleic acid, RNA. I...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLast Plant Standing: Farming for the Future
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Science, Career & Technical Ed, Life SciencesThis 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: Geography, History-Social Science, 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: American Democracy, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography 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: American Democracy, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography 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: Geography, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about how insects help protect plant diversity in the Amazon rain forest. The pre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0