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Genes of Most Deadly Malaria Form Decoded
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Science, Personal and Community Health, American Democracy and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about new research into malaria. Two teams of scientists have decoded all the gen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Gene for Key Spider-Silk Protein Found
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about how scientists have identified the gene for the main protein that female sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Gases That Emit Light
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, ScienceThis page, from the Science Is Fun Web site, features information about gas-discharge lamps, most commonly known as electric lig...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Games and Activities to Teach Molecular Genetics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence unit, students learn about the functions of cells. The activity emphasizes the role of nucleic acids (...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Galápagos "Out of Danger"-For Now
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceAs mopping up oil which spilled from a wrecked tanker in the Gal pagos Islands continues, attention is now focused on refloating...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Galápagos on Tour
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science, History-Social Science, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This National Geographic Adventure Magazine photo gallery highlights a journey through the Galápagos Islands, undertaken by West...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Galaxy Clusters
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: ScienceThe site includes a PDF handout and coloring activity that acquaint students with X-ray images and the electromagnetic spectrum.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Fugitive Rat Teaches Lesson About Invasive Species Control
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about how an invasive rat evaded capture on one of New Zealand s islands for 18 w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Frog Extinctions Linked to Global Warming
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, American Democracy, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a study linking global warming to a die-off of harlequin frog species in Ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Freshwater Ecosystems
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis resource, from the USGS, features information about freshwater marshes. On this page, users will also find information abou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Freed Pet Fish Threaten Native Species, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, American Democracy, History-Social Science 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: 0Foxes Invade Tasmania, Create "Environmental Emergency"
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the apparent introduction of red foxes to the Australian island of Tasmania...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossils Show How Whales Evolved to Hear Underwater
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about whale evolution. Whale fossils found with tiny ear bones reveal for the fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossils Help Determine When Humans, Apes Diverged
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Electives, Science, Geography, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about new research into human evolution. An international team of medical researc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossils Challenge Theory of Rapid Animal Evolution in Cambrian
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceMost major animal groups appear for the first time in the fossil record some 545 million years ago in a relatively short period ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fossil Implies Our Early Kin Lived in Trees, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, 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: 0Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Growth, Development & AgingIn this lesson, from Access Excellence, students are introduced to the immune system. The primary focus of this inquiry-based le...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Food and the Digestive System
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Health Education, Science, Nutrition, Life SciencesThis Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a three part series on nutrition, focuses on what nutrients are needed to do particul...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Flickers: Carving out Their Niche
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on flicker woodpeckers. There is a brief excerpt from an article about flicker...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fisheries Ebb and Flow in 50-Year Cycle, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of a 50-year climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean that affects ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
