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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWill Climate Change Cause More Atlantic Hurricanes?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this Goddard Institute for Space Studies Science Brief, read about the effect of climate change on hurricanes. The authors ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildlife Conflicts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about the conflicts relating to humans and wildlife in prairie habitats. Student...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfires: The Phenomena
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThe National Geographic web page discusses the benefits and drawbacks of allowing some wildfires to burn under carefully control...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfire Fuels Debate Over Land-Burning in Africa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the impact of fire on the biodiversity of Madagascar. When fire engulfed t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfire!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceRead about wildfires in this National Geographic WORLD story. Should they be allowed to burn or should we put them out? Give you...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild-Farm Salmon Hybrids Not Reaching Spawning Grounds?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Oral Presentations, Reading Comprehension, Geography, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkWild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkWild Orangutans: Extinct by 2023?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses: Public Property?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to the challenge of maintaining balance among the "competing" species that coexist on...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses Damaging Australian Alps
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkWild Holly, Mistletoe, Spread With Warmer Winters
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that warmer winters in Europe could be causing the traditiona...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy the Earth Shakes: Seismic Science
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis Exploratorium resource focuses on earthquakes. The illustrated module walks students through plate tectonics, fault types, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Stars and Planets Exist
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, PhysicsIn this Goddard Institute for Space Studies Science Brief, read about the stability of structures such as planets and stars. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Preserve Biodiversity?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this lesson, students discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystems and find out about the various arguments that people m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Is Seaweed Killing Florida's Coral Reefs?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how scientists are studying the rapid growth of brown seaweed, which threat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Does the Ozone Hole Vary in Size?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this Goddard Institute for Space Studies Science Brief, read about why the Antarctic ozone hole varies in size. An understa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Are Species Endangered?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis lesson from Science NetLinks is the first of a two-part series on endangered species. This first lesson introduces and expl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho's Afraid of the Reintroduced Wolf?: The Effects of Reintroducing Species Into Habitats Changed by Humans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the impact of the reintroduction of animal specie...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to learn about the problems in the Aral Sea region and to figure out how the sea's water lo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0