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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFossils Challenge Theory of Rapid Animal Evolution in Cambrian
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Life Sciences, GeographyMost 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFossil Implies Our Early Kin Lived in Trees, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about early tree-dwelling mammals. The discovery of a fossil skeleton of a 56-mil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFood Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Life Sciences, Health Education, Health & Physical Education, ScienceIn this lesson, from Access Excellence, students are introduced to the immune system. The primary focus of this inquiry-based le...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFood and the Digestive System
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Health Education, Science, Life Sciences, NutritionThis Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a three part series on nutrition, focuses on what nutrients are needed to do particul...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlickers: Carving out Their Niche
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on flicker woodpeckers. There is a brief excerpt from an article about flicker...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFisheries Ebb and Flow in 50-Year Cycle, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Science, Life Sciences, GeographyIn 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Evidence That Wildlife Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about a five-year study of South Carolina pine forests that offers proof that con...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFins to Limbs: New Fossil Gives Evolution Insight
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of a 365-million-year-old fossil limb bone of an ancient tetr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding a Gene on the Chromosome Map
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesIn this activity, from the Genetic Science Learning Center, students work in pairs to locate a specific gene responsible for an ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFiji's Rainbow Reefs
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the resilliance of Fiji s coral reefs. There is an excerpt from an article ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFermentation, It's a Gas- Jennifer Terpstra
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesStudents will engage in an activity that allows them to see first-hand the process of fermentation by monitoring carbon dioxide ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFeeding Facilitation: A Lesson in Evolution and Sociobiology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students simulate feeding behavior in flocking, schooling, or herding animals. Acting as the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFats and Oils
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Health Education, Nutrition, Health & Physical Education, ScienceThis page, from the Science Is Fun Web site, contains information about fats and oils, which are in a group called lipids. There...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFat Digestion and Bile
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Life Sciences, Health Education, Health & Physical Education, ScienceThis page, from the Biology in Motion Web site, features a cartoon and a brief explanation of how our bodies process fat. Biolog...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFast Decline of Slow Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, describes the quiet crisis in America s rivers, lakes and freshwat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFantastic Fossil: Examining the Impact of Tiktaalik on the World of Evolution
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Christianity, Science and 5 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the discovery of a transitional animal and discus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFact, Not Fiction
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..In this Web exclusive, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Rene Ebersole reports on recent findings by two of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExtracting DNA
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Science, Life SciencesThis purpose of lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to develop understanding of DNA by modeling the process of DNA extraction. The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExtinct Giant Deer Traced to Modern Relative by DNA
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about DNA research that links a huge, extinct deer with its closets living relati...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExtinct Dodo Related to Pigeons, DNA Shows
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the evolutionary history of the dodo bird. Recent DNA analysis shows that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0