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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrairie Restoration and Prairie Ecology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence project, students learn about prairie ecosystems. They learn the answers to questions regarding the va...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlains Drought Cycle Has Long History, Ominous Future
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about a study revealing that cyclical droughts have ravaged the U.S. Great Plains...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPesticides in Ground Water
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, ScienceThis USGS resource features information about ground water contamination. The discussion focuses on pesticide use and how the ch...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOverfishing Long Ago Tied to Modern Ecosystem Collapse
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceThe collapse of many of the world s coastal marine ecosystems is usually blamed on modern human impact. Now, a team of internati...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOceans Found to Absorb Half of All Man-Made Carbon Dioxide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about two new studies that suggest that around half of all carbon dioxide produce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNow What?
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on sudden climate change. There is an excerpt from an article about the study ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNature's Fury: Wildfires
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceThis National Geographic Eye in the Sky feature presents information about the effect of wildfires and details the controversies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLow-level Nuclear Waste: A Geographic Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Health Education, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students learn how to analyze the problems surrounding nuclear waste. They compare and contrast low- ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLow Sperm Counts Blamed on Pesticides in U.S. Water
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Science, Personal and Community Health, Health & Physical Education and 6 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how toxins in water may be affecting humans and wildlife alike. Low sperm c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLast in Line
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Laura Tangley explains that since water is scarce in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Acid Rain Killing Off Wood Thrushes?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, American Democracy, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the decline of the wood thrush. Researchers at the Cornell Laboratory of Or...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvasive Species
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate species relocation and the effect it has on the environment. They then outline a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to Coral Reefs
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis student created resource, which is part of the Miami Museum of Science Web site, provides information about coral reefs. S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn Age of DNA, Genetics Offer Conservationists New Hope
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceAs we enter the 21st Century, loss of habitat, habitat degradation, invasive species, overharvesting, pollution, and climate cha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHundreds Prep for "Bioblitz" of New York's Central Park
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the Central Park BioBlitz. During this biodiversity survey, hundreds of sci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHumans Put Squeeze on Ancient Pronghorn Migration
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, American Democracy, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about changes in the migration routes of the Yellowstone pronghorn. Using GPS to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHuman Impacts in the African Rainforest: What We Can Do
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social Science, ScienceThis lesson, from Xpeditions, asks students to examine the human impacts that conservationist Michael Fay noticed on his Congo T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomegrown Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports that homeowners can help a surprisingly large number of sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHimalaya Forests Vanishing, Species May Follow, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, American Democracy, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how nearly a quarter of the species unique to the Himalayas could vanish by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands on Biodiversity: Networking Students and Their Biomes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students from five biomes across the United States network to study biodiversity. Students m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0