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Exploratorium: Which Embryo Is Human?
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from the Exploratorium Web site, is a thought-provoking exhibit that compares a human embryo against a number of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0About Coral Reefs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from the EPA, features information about coral reefs. The importance of coral communities and solutions to proble...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Venturing into Hawaii's Coral Reef
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis ThinkQuest resource features information about Hawaiian coral reefs. Visitors can read about the reefs, the individual cora...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Chloroplasts and Pigments
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis page, part of the University of California at Berkeley s Photosynthesis Web site, features information about plant cells an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Evolution Library
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis PBS resource contains a wealth of information about evolution and related topics. Users can do a keyword search or choose t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Java Skull Raises Questions on Human Family Tree
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about a skull found in 2001 in central Java. The scientists who discovered the sk...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 01.8 Million-Year-Old Hominid Jaw Found
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, Science, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of a hominid jaw and artifacts in Tanzania s Olduvai Gorge. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Documentary Redraws Humans' Family Tree
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about a documentary that presents evidence that all humans alive today are descen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossil Implies Our Early Kin Lived in Trees, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about early tree-dwelling mammals. The discovery of a fossil skeleton of a 56-mil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossils Help Determine When Humans, Apes Diverged
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about new research into human evolution. An international team of medical researc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Monkeyflower Mutation Provides Evolution Insight
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about a study that shows that a single genetic mutation can trigger a color chang...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild-Farm Salmon Hybrids Not Reaching Spawning Grounds?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the impact of aquaculture on the Atlantic salmon. Scientists think that int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Two Forks, Idaho
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, ScienceThis tool, reviewed by Science NetLinks, is a science mystery story about food poisoning in which students assume the role of a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0World's Wading Birds Are Vanishing Fast, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about plummeting wading bird populations. A warning from ornithologists follows a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Wonder Drug" Snails Face Threats, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of tropical cone snails, a discovery which has the potential ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild Orangutans: Extinct by 2023?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about threats facing the world s wild orangutans. Illegal loggers in Borneo are m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecosystem a Unique Treasure
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the Hawaiian coral reef ecosystem. The area is of interest because of the f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Hundreds Prep for "Bioblitz" of New York's Central Park
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the Central Park BioBlitz. During this biodiversity survey, hundreds of sci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0U.S. Team Produces First Mule Clone
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, Science, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the birth of a cloned mule. Born on May 4, 2003, Idaho Gem is the first mem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Grasshoppers Used to Fight "Worst Water Weed"
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about how insects are used to control weed growth. Researchers are counting on a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0