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About Estuaries
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis resource, from estuaries.gov, features information about estuaries. Users can learn what an estuary is, find out why estuar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Whale of a Problem: Evaluating the Effects of Tourism and Other Variables on the Killer Whale Population
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Science, Geography 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: 0The Fish Trade
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Number Sense, Economics and 2 additional..The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to examine the interdependence of global trade in the context of the econo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Who's Afraid of the Reintroduced Wolf?: The Effects of Reintroducing Species Into Habitats Changed by Humans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the impact of the reintroduction of animal specie...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Geography Awareness Week: Biodiversity
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Ecology & EcosystemsThis page from National Geographic was created as a resource for Geography Awareness Week 2000,which is based on the theme of co...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Venturing into Hawaii's Coral Reef
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis ThinkQuest resource features information about Hawaiian coral reefs. Visitors can read about the reefs, the individual cora...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about non-native feral pigs on California s Santa Cruz Island. A program is under...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0West Nile Weather
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Science, Health EducationIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear how hot summers can mean a higher risk for West Nile virus epidemics ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What is the Northern Forest?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, GeographyIn this resource, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, learn about the trees that make up the unique ecosystem known ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Wonder Drug" Snails Face Threats, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery of tropical cone snails, a discovery which has the potential ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0About Coral Reefs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from the EPA, features information about coral reefs. The importance of coral communities and solutions to proble...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What Has Been Happening to Polar Bears in Recent Decades?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from NOAA, features information about polar bears and the challenges they face. Users can also link to polar bear...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Nature's Fury: Wildfires
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Ecology & EcosystemsThis National Geographic Eye in the Sky feature presents information about the effect of wildfires and details the controversies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild Orangutans: Extinct by 2023?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about threats facing the world s wild orangutans. Illegal loggers in Borneo are m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Last in Line
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, GeographyIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Laura Tangley explains that since water is scarce in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wildfires: The Phenomena
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography, Ecology & EcosystemsThe National Geographic web page discusses the benefits and drawbacks of allowing some wildfires to burn under carefully control...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Time and Cycles: Lesson
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis page, part of the U.S. Geological Survey s Learning Web site, features a lesson about reading tree rings. The page contain...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild Horses: Public Property?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography, Ecology & EcosystemsThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to the challenge of maintaining balance among the "competing" species that coexist on...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Why Are Species Endangered?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsThis lesson from Science NetLinks is the first of a two-part series on endangered species. This first lesson introduces and expl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wild-Farm Salmon Hybrids Not Reaching Spawning Grounds?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Science, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the impact of aquaculture on the Atlantic salmon. Scientists think that int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0