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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYellowstone Wolves
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, United States History, Science 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 / HyperLinkWreaking Havoc with Life: Minute Atrazine Levels Lead to Hermaphroditic Frogs, Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, Health Education, Science and 2 additional..This article, written by Dr. Tyrone Hayes and presented by Beyond Pesticides, discusses how frogs can reveal information about t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld's Wading Birds Are Vanishing Fast, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Geography, Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about plummeting wading bird populations. A warning from ornithologists follows a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld's Tiniest Wild Pig Subject of Big Rescue Effort
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the pygmy hog, the smallest wild pig in the world, which has been hovering ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorking Together for the Manatee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social 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 / HyperLink"Wonder Drug" Snails Face Threats, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWith Only 400 Left, Wildcat May Be on Its Ninth Life
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the plight of the Scottish wildcat. New research suggests only some 400 gen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildlife Conflicts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Science, History-Social ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkWildfires: The Phenomena
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social ScienceThe National Geographic web page discusses the benefits and drawbacks of allowing some wildfires to burn under carefully control...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWildfire Fuels Debate Over Land-Burning in Africa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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 / HyperLinkWildfire!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, ScienceRead 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 / HyperLinkWild-Farm Salmon Hybrids Not Reaching Spawning Grounds?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Oral Presentations, Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Geography 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 / HyperLinkWild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Orangutans: Extinct by 2023?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Horses: Public Property?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social 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 / HyperLinkWild Horses Damaging Australian Alps
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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 / HyperLinkWild Holly, Mistletoe, Spread With Warmer Winters
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that warmer winters in Europe could be causing the traditiona...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Preserve Biodiversity?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, students discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystems and find out about the various arguments that people m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Is Seaweed Killing Florida's Coral Reefs?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Geography, Science 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