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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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses Damaging Australian Alps
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about damage caused by herds of wild horses in Australia s Alps. Park managers ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSoil in the Amazon
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life Sciences, Earth & Space ScienceThe difference between the soil of the Amazon and soil found in more temperate climates is striking. In this lesson, students wi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to Coral Reefs
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis student created resource, which is part of the Miami Museum of Science Web site, provides information about coral reefs. S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkRoad Rubber
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Health Education, Science, ChemistryIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear a toxicologist describe research being done to find out how rubber pa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkContaminants in the Water Cycle
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography 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 / HyperLinkWashington State Drought Leaves Some Salmon High and Dry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, ScienceWashington s winter drought the worst since 1976 is a mixed bag for fish, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. In s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn Age of DNA, Genetics Offer Conservationists New Hope
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceAs we enter the 21st Century, loss of habitat, habitat degradation, invasive species, overharvesting, pollution, and climate cha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrog Extinctions Linked to Global Warming
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a study linking global warming to a die-off of harlequin frog species in Ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomegrown Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports that homeowners can help a surprisingly large number of sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Thaw
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Earth & Space ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on global warming. There is an excerpt from an article about the changes that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHundreds Prep for "Bioblitz" of New York's Central Park
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the Central Park BioBlitz. During this biodiversity survey, hundreds of sci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere Have All the Pronghorn Gone?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, Roger Di Silvestro reports on the struggle of the pronghorn sin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGlobal Invasive Species Database
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from the Invasive Species Specialty Group, provides global information on invasive alien species to agencies, res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvasive Species
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate species relocation and the effect it has on the environment. They then outline a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSardines
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how the humble sardine could save the lives of countless sea cr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGorillas Make Home in 'Impenetrable' Forest
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Electives, Psychology, Geography and 4 additional..In central Africa s Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest, humans and gorillas are struggling to survive in the face of political and biolo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHimalaya Forests Vanishing, Species May Follow, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Geography, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how nearly a quarter of the species unique to the Himalayas could vanish by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands on Biodiversity: Networking Students and Their Biomes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this Access Excellence activity, students from five biomes across the United States network to study biodiversity. Students m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0