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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson from Xpeditions, students learn what coral reefs are and about the different types of reefs, study the ecology su...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkContaminants in the Water Cycle
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..In this Xpeditions lesson, students review the water cycle and investigate how a region's water supply can become contaminated. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConservationists Name Nine New "Biodiversity Hotspots"
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about biodiversity hotspots. The label highlights the identified regions as prior...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about threats to little-known but species-rich cold-water coral reefs. Chief amon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging Nature's Course: A Look at the Kissimmee River
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways in which humans modify the natural environment. They examine the Kissim...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCauses of Rainforest Destruction
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis resource, from The Rainforest Information Centre, features a discussion about the causes of rainforest destruction. Immedia...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCane Toad
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, History-Social Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine resource focuses on the cane toad. This venemous toad has a large population in Australia, whe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBioinvasion: Fighting the Invaders
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceEcological communities throughout the United States and the world are facing an invader. A bioinvader. Non-native species, broug...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity Survey - A Unit Study
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, MathematicsIn this Access Excellence activity, students carry out a terrestrial biodiversity survey to determine the impact of humans upon ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity Expert Urges "Buying" of Endangered Ecosystems
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Economics, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 2 additional..With plant and animal species disappearing from the Earth at unprecedented rates, biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson has proposed a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity and Conservation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis hypertext book, from the University of California Irvine s School of Biological Sciences, draws together resources from all...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArgentine Ant Invasion Ripples Across Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Life Sciences, Science, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the many adverse effects of the Argentine ant on foreign ant species and ec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how lemurs may be the only animals that can spread the seeds of certain tre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcid Rain Research
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, ChemistryIn this Access Excellence activity, students study acid rain. They design an experiment, identify research study areas, and desi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbrupt Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Earth & Space Science, Science, Weather, Climate & AtmosphereThis Science NetLinks lesson focuses on a current issue in science in order to help students understand the process by which sci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbout Estuaries
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis resource, from estuaries.gov, features information about estuaries. Users can learn what an estuary is, find out why estuar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbout Coral Reefs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis resource, from the EPA, features information about coral reefs. The importance of coral communities and solutions to proble...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Whale of a Problem: Evaluating the Effects of Tourism and Other Variables on the Killer Whale Population
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate the possible causes contributing to the decline of t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Natural History of Water in America
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Jessica Snyder Sachs explains the fragile linkage that e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Living Watershed
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this Access Excellence project, students learn about their local ecosystem. The project focuses on watersheds and ecological ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0