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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll About Ponds and Lakes
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis page, from Missouri Botanical Garden, features information about ponds and lakes, including their water temperatures, plant...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 / HyperLinkWhat Do People Know About the Arctic and Antarctic?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, World History, Geography, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students research the landscapes, climates, and animal life of the polar regions. They then interview...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeather and Agriculture
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this Xpeditions lesson, students research, discuss, and write reports on the relationship between climate and agriculture. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Venn Diagrams to Compare Two Ecosystems
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson helps students identify and describe differences between two related ecosystems. Many students believe th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOwls: Top of a Food Chain
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis Science NetLinks lesson serves as proof that owls eat rodents and use this energy to survive. Owls excrete the parts of the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Matter of State
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Chemistry, Science, PhysicsThe purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to help students understand that particle movement changes as a substance changes...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEcosystem Services - Water Purification
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, ScienceThis lesson, provided by Science NetLinks, teaches students the importance of healthy ecosystems through the investigation of na...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCities Are Urban Ecosystems
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceThis Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a five-part unit titled "Urban Ecosystems: Continuity and Change," introduces some of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkThe Ocean and Weather: El Ni–o and La Ni–a
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students explore the weather phenomena El Ni–o and La Ni–a. They learn about when and where the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLife in a Drop of Pond Water
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Life Sciences, Technology, ScienceIn this Science NetLinks lesson, the second in a two-part series on microorganisms, students observe microscopic organisms found...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeriodical Cicada Survival
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students explore defense mechanisms involved in predatory/prey relationships. The periodi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeriodical Cicada Survival: E-sheet
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis E-sheet, from a Science NetLinks lesson, guides students through an online exploration of the life cycle and defense mechan...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo the Ends of the Earth: Research in Polar Seas
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about famous explorers of the polar regions and undertake a simulated polar exploratio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Column Mix-Up
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate three broad ocean habitats--the intertidal zone, the pelagic zone (open ocean), ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkParasites
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Geography, ScienceWe all know parasites: vile, squirmy intruders that hitchhike on unwitting hosts. Or do we? See for yourself. Follow the odyssey...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWashington State Drought Leaves Some Salmon High and Dry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, 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 / HyperLinkTropical Forests
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis SeaWorld/Busch Gardens resource features information about the world s tropical forests. Topics covered include their distr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBroom Forest: A Tall Trees Simulation
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Science, PhysicsIn this lesson, students will better understand how the environmental factors of an area affect a species characteristics over ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0