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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Oral Presentations, English-Language Arts, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkLow-level Nuclear Waste: A Geographic Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Health Education, ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkZeolites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about a way to trap and seal up toxic waste using zeolites, a family ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorking Together for the Manatee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceIn 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: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, United States History, Number Sense 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 / HyperLinkAbrupt Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Number Sense, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkWorking to Save Endangered Species
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis Science NetLinks lesson is the second of a two-part series on endangered species. Students view an online presentation abou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkAdolescent Sleep
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Health Education, ScienceThe purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to discuss, summarize, and express alternative positions regarding a study on ado...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSplitting the Atom
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, History-Social Science, ScienceThe purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use the Internet to research the history of the splitting of the atom a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Types of Diseases Can be Predicted with Gene Tests?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Life Sciences, Health Education, Growth, Development & Aging and 2 additional..This page, from the Access Excellence Web site, features information about predictive gene tests and how they assist in identify...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildlife Conflicts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn 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 / HyperLinkThe Fish Trade
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, Humanities, Life Sciences, History-Social Science 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWest Nile Weather
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Health Education, ScienceIn 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Resources in Asia: Change and Challenges
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, Earth & Space Science, History-Social Science, ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to impr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses: Public Property?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to the challenge of maintaining balance among the "competing" species that coexist on...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToxicology and Living Systems
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, ScienceThis Science NetLinks lesson is part of a three-part series on toxicology, the scientific study of poisons and their affect on b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Woes: Not All Wet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis resource, from The Why Files Web site, features information about the global water shortage. Topics covered include areas o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0