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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfire!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesRead about wildfires in this National Geographic WORLD story. Should they be allowed to burn or should we put them out? Give you...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEcology and Biome Unit
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Earth & Space Science, Life SciencesIn this Access Excellence activity, students learn about biomes, communities, and human ecology. They research various aspects o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity Expert Urges "Buying" of Endangered Ecosystems
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Economics, Science, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkWildfire Fuels Debate Over Land-Burning in Africa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the impact of fire on the biodiversity of Madagascar. When fire engulfed t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSquirrel Hoarding
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how the loss of gray squirrels is affecting forests. Science Up...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeography Awareness Week 2000: Oceans
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..This page from National Geographic was created as a resource for Geography Awareness Week 2000, which is based on the theme of c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Best Hope for Northern Right Whales
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students research current and proposed methods of assisting the recovery of northern right whal...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Life SciencesIn 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 / HyperLinkHuman Impacts in the African Rainforest: What We Can Do
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkWhale Birth Decline Tied to Global Warming, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how rising sea-surface temperatures may be harming the reproductive success...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTsunami Barriers
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space ScienceIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how humans may have unwittingly aggravated some of the damage d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOverfishing Long Ago Tied to Modern Ecosystem Collapse
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & EcosystemsThe 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 / HyperLinkTree Torture
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about research being done to keep Arizona's San Pedro River from dryi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRivers: Lifelines of the Land
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to river ecology and addresses the societal and environmental impacts associated with...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVirtual World: Columbia River
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This EarthPulse site features an interactive virtual tour of the Columbia River. EarthPulse is an initiative of National Geograp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Chernobyl Disaster
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Health Education, Science, Life Sciences, PhysicsIn this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students discover how a nuclear accident can affect biological systems. By examining the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Is Seaweed Killing Florida's Coral Reefs?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Science, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how scientists are studying the rapid growth of brown seaweed, which threat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarming Will Lead to Major Disease Outbreaks, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Health Education, American Democracy, Science and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a report suggesting that disease outbreaks in humans are likely to increase...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStar Gardens
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Earth & Space ScienceThis lesson is part of the PBS educational series titled Secrets of the Ocean Realm. In this lesson, students will learn to us...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiodiversity and Conservation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesThis hypertext book, from the University of California Irvine s School of Biological Sciences, draws together resources from all...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0