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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYour Carbon Diet
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Education, History-Social Science and 5 additional..In this PBS interactive activity, students learn about carbon emissions and how to conserve energy at home. They go on a virtual...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYou Can Fight Global Warming, Authors Urge
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, American Democracy, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about ways individuals can help fight global warming. Each household that makes t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrapper Roundup
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, SciencePart of The Rotten Truth - About Garbage, this experiment is designed to make students more aware of the packaging in products...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Life Gives You Lava . . .
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, World History, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis Marketplace feature, from American Public Media, focuses on Goma, Congo, a town that was devastated in 2002 when a volcano ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWelcome to Recycle City
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesRoam the streets of Recycle City in this Web site from the Environmental Protection Agency to learn how reusing, reducing and re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater-Diversion Plan Threatens California's Salton Sea
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, American Democracy, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about California s Salton Sea. The sea, which provides rich habitat for more than...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Rights and Wrongs
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Joe Holley writes about a controversial plan to divert f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTropical Forests
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis SeaWorld/Busch Gardens resource features information about the world s tropical forests. Topics covered include their distr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Roots of Trash
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Technology, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a two-part series on garbage and recycling, students identify the various natural ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Rainforest, Raw Materials, and You
Grades: 5 to 10Subjects: Geography, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from PBS Journey into Amazonia, students identify products made with materials that originate in the world s ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Rainforest, Raw Materials, and You
Grades: 5 to 10Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this PBS lesson, students learn about sustainable resources and identify products made from rainforest raw materials. They th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Energy Story: Wind Energy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: ScienceOn this page from the California Energy Commission s Energy Quest, discover how the wind can be harnessed to do a variety of wor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkState of Thirst: California's Water Future
Grades: 5 to 6, 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Environmental IssuesAre we in danger of running out of water? California's population is growing by 600,000 people per year, but much of the state r...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReuse and Recycling Centers
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis page, from the Earth 911 Web site, contains a listing of commonly used items with links to information about how to reuse o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRenewable Energy Sources
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, PhysicsIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students use Internet resources to investigate renewable sources of energy. They should already...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRain Forest Products
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this Access Excellence activity, students investigate products that come from the rain forest. In this walk-around lab they e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPower Up!
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Technology, ScienceThis tool, created by Science NetLinks, challenges students to think about the positive and negative consequences of various typ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPower Up!
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students compare and contrast different energy sources and the trade-offs of using them. This l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGarbage: There's No Away
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, SciencePart of The Rotten Truth - About Garbage, this page traces where garbage goes when it leaves our homes. The Rotten Truth - Ab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEngineering Solutions
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Engineering & Design, Technology, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Health EducationThe purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use Internet resources to explore the side effects of technology, and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0