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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMap: World Biomes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis resource, from WorldBiomes.com, features a map of the five major biomes and their most important sub-categories. Users can ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Constructivist Version of the Snail & Elodea Lab
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Access Excellence activity, students work with snails and sprigs of Elodea to test hypotheses about whether or not each ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGrasshopper Mark and Recapture
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Mathematics, Calculus, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students estimate the density of a population of insects (grasshoppers) at a given life cycl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcidic Seas
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ChemistryFor years, our oceans have been hard at work absorbing the carbon dioxide that humans create through burning fossil fuels. But a...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiofuels: Beyond Ethanol
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ChemistryFor years there's been buzz – both positive and negative – about generating ethanol fuel from corn. Meet the scientists investi...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkState of Thirst: California's Water Future
Grades: 5 to 6, 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Environmental IssuesAre we in danger of running out of water? California's population is growing by 600,000 people per year, but much of the state r...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAccumulation of Toxins in Food Web -- Beth Knapp
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis activity will take students through the process of bioaccumulation of toxins in the food web. Students will model how energ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink6-Pack Loop Rings Photodegradable?
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ChemistryIn this lesson, from the Project LABS Web site, students take a closer look at the current status of an environmental problem: t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Limnology Study of Drainage Ditches
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ChemistryIn this Access Excellence activity, students collect water samples and then chemically test the water, observe microscopic organ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Living Watershed
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this Access Excellence project, students learn about their local ecosystem. The project focuses on watersheds and ecological ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, American Democracy 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 / HyperLinkA Natural History of Water in America
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn 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 / HyperLinkBiodiversity Resources
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis resource, part of the Canadian Museum of Nature s The Nature of the Rideau River feature, provides a selection of biodive...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Geography 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 / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Cultural Landscape
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, United States History, World History, Science and 2 additional..This Xpeditions lesson focuses on sequential occupancy of a single habitat. Students learn to appreciate how cultural change cau...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArgentine Ant Invasion Ripples Across Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkLow-level Nuclear Waste: A Geographic Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, Geography, Health Education, History-Social 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 / HyperLinkA Natural Habitat: What, How and Why
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this activity, from the Project LABS Web site, students design a working plan to establish their own habitat. Project LABS is...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Instant" Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about an evolutionary change that took place in a single generation among a breed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorking Together for the Manatee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students use the Internet to research the manatee to find out why it is endangered. They write ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0