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\n\"Biomagnification\n\n
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\nBiomagnification and the Infamous DDT\n

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\nPeople once recommended that you should wear a mask when spraying DDT onto the skin of the food you would later eat. The video explains biomagnification and the impact that giving toxins to producers has on the largest consumers. It uses...\n
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\n\"Biomagnification\n\n
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\nBiomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins\n

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\nOur relationship with toxins is, well, a little toxic. Explore how harmful substances work their way throughout the environment with a video from an expansive biology playlist. Topics include DDT and mercury, trophic levels, and water...\n
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\n\"Biomagnification\n\n
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\nBiomagnification\n

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\nStudents use real data to create an algebraic equation. They explain how the build up of small levels of contaminates can quickly become detrimental to species higher in the food chain.\n
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\nKildare, USA: An Environmental Health Simulation\n

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\nYour biology class plays the role of epidemiologist when a mysterious illness breaks out in Kildare, USA. Using interviews with doctors, patients, and local citizens, maps, the results from different materials sampling, they work to...\n
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\nit's Lonely At The Top\n

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\nStudents explore the differnences between food producers in food webs and food consumers in food chains. Behavioral choices of primary and secondary consumers such as herbivores, vegetarians, carnivors, and omnivors are analyzed.\n
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\nThe Influence of Human Activity on the Environment\n

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\nThe surge in human population in the last 2,000 years, due in large part to better health care, has brought a surge in the demand for resources and in pollution. The graphics, photographs, and real-life examples in a thought-provoking...\n
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\nHow do pollutants bioaccumulate and biomagnify?\n

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\nStudents review the basic concepts of the food chain. In small groups, they research an organism and create a food web. In addition, they study biomagnifications and write a brief essay or make a poster informing others about the...\n
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\nHeat 1\n

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\nFor this heat worksheet, students determine the heat gained or lost when matter changes phases. Students review the energy flow through ecosystems by comparing trophic levels and food webs. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 5...\n
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\nIndustrialization, Chemicals and Human Health - Math\n

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\nStudents review the units of the metric system, and practice estimating measures before actually converting between the two systems of measurement. They participate in activities to visualize a concentration of one part per million....\n
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\nAquatic Science\n

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\nWhat a terrific way to explore the pond habitat! Learners discuss the animal and plant life found in the Long Island area. They also discuss vocabulary terms, identify pollution concerns, and resource conservation.\n
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\nGreat Lakes Food Web\n

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\nYoung scholars identify species and components of a Great Lakes food web. Using note cards, they place themselves in the correct order of the food chain based on the species present. They discuss what they believe happens to various...\n
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\nSomething Fishy - Bioaccumulation of Mercury\n

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\nHigh schoolers explore the dangers of eating high levels of mercury and how small amounts of mercury in water accumulate in greater quantities in organisms higher in the food chain. They list the health of effects of high levels of...\n
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\nFood Chains Are Not A Necklace!\n

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\nSecond graders examine how food chains interact with different plants and animals. They practice using new vocabulary. They also discover the role of pesticides in the environment.\n
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\nNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Ocean Pollution\n

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\nThis learning module explores the effects trash, toxins, oil and sound pollution are having on our oceans. Includes two short videos along with a brief exploration and two interactives. A brief assessment follows each interactive.\n
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\nPollution Probe: Mercury in the Environment [Pdf]\n

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\nHigh levels of mercury exposure can cause birth defects, permanent brain or kidney damage, and/or death. This resource focuses on the impacts of mercury in the environment. Learn how mercury can reap havoc on lakes and other aquatic...\n
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\nGa Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Toxicology and Human Health\n

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\nStudents investigate hazards to human health that are found where we live, work, and play, and begin to understand the risk analysis and system of evaluation that was developed to protect us from potential environmental dangers.\n
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\nMarietta College: Ecosystems\n

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\nComplete illustrated discussion of energy flow within ecosystems, including discussions of trophic levels, ecological pyramids, food chains and webs, biological magnification, and cycles.\n
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\nBiology Wise: Understanding the Process of Biological Magnification\n

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\nBiological magnification is the term used to described the increasing accumulation of substances in organisms as one looks at higher trophic levels in a food chain. When that substance is a toxin, such as a heavy metal or a pesticide,...\n
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