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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkState of Thirst: California's Water Future
Grades: 5 to 6, 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLink6-Pack Loop Rings Photodegradable?
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry, Life SciencesIn 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 Living Watershed
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Life SciencesIn 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: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography 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: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, English-Language Arts, Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension 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 / HyperLinkArgentine Ant Invasion Ripples Across Ecosystem
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, 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: Science, Health Education, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, GeographyIn 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 / HyperLinkWorking Together for the Manatee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, GeographyIn 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYellowstone Wolves
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, United States History, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use the Internet to explore relationships between habitats and species ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPreserving Biodiversity
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this student activity from, Xpeditions, students take on the role of zoo director with a mission to teach people about the im...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbrupt Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, Number Sense, 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 / HyperLinkWreaking Havoc with Life: Minute Atrazine Levels Lead to Hermaphroditic Frogs, Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Health Education, Life Sciences, Chemistry and 2 additional..This article, written by Dr. Tyrone Hayes and presented by Beyond Pesticides, discusses how frogs can reveal information about t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcid Rain Research
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkWorld's Tiniest Wild Pig Subject of Big Rescue Effort
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the pygmy hog, the smallest wild pig in the world, which has been hovering ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, GeographyThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to learn about the problems in the Aral Sea region and to figure out how the sea's water lo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld's Wading Birds Are Vanishing Fast, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about plummeting wading bird populations. A warning from ornithologists follows a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging Nature's Course: A Look at the Kissimmee River
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space 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 / HyperLinkWildlife Conflicts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about the conflicts relating to humans and wildlife in prairie habitats. Student...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWith Only 400 Left, Wildcat May Be on Its Ninth Life
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the plight of the Scottish wildcat. New research suggests only some 400 gen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0