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Get to Know: Virtual Hikes
Choose from eight beautiful locations around North America, and discover amazing facts about the plants and animals there. Each virtual hike is a perfect way to get to know a little about wildlife, biodiversity, and nature.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Man of Ideas
An ant specialist? Yes! Meet naturalist E.O. Wilson who specialized in the study of ants and who presented some controversial ideas. Learn more by watching the included video, and by visiting the main site.
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World Resources Institute: Global Forest Watch
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests. It uses advanced satellite data and crowd-sourced information to track deforestation and how forests are changing throughout the world...
University of California
Ucmp: Island Biogeography and Evolution
This is a lesson designed by a biology teacher. In it, students use maps and evidence of island age, molecular genetics, morphology, and distance apart to determine how the islands came to be occupied by different species of lizards. It...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline
This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Populations, Biodiversity and Politics of Sustainability
Students explore the value of biodiversity, the impacts that humans are having on the Earth's biodiversity, and measures that can be taken to preserve biodiversity.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Biology: Threats to Biodiversity
Looks at the impact of overharvesting, such as overfishing, on biodiversity. It talks of the 'tragedy of the commons,' where harvesters do not feel responsible for protecting a species because they fish in shared areas. It also touches...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Biology Teacher Resources
This in-depth site provides middle and high school science teachers with a wide array of free instructional resources, such as slide sets, streaming video presentations, and laboratory activities. Information is provided that is...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Biodiversity in an Estuary
This activity introduces students to the amazing biodiversity of an estuarine environment, focusing on the habitats in the Rookery Bay National EstuarineResearch Reserve, Florida. They begin by exploring the estuary using Google Maps....
Globio
Glossopedia: Species
A species is defined as a single kind of animal, plant or creature. Examples of different species are given and how the many species that exist relate to biodiversity. Scientific naming conventions are introduced.
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 5: The Impacts of Climate Change
This is the fifth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. Using scientific models, it takes a look at the effects of climate change on different parts of the earth. Five key ideas are explored: polar...
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The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
Globio
Glossopedia: Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are found along the Earth's equator. They possess a very special climate and are an integral part of the planet's natural system. Climate, plant and animal life, and indigenous peoples are discussed. Additionally,...
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Exploring the Environment: Tropical Poison
An educational module on biodiversity, economic growth, and medical research in rainforests. This can be used by students or teachers. It has a huge amount of information on agriculture, biodiversity, medicinal plants, animals, and more.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Nature Files
Resources to accompany a 16-episode science series created to help young minds better understand how plants and animals interact with their environment. A fantastic resource for elementary science teachers that includes state standards...
NASA
The Adventures of Echo the Bat
Remote sensing, false-color satellite images, and the electromagnetic spectrum are all covered in this fun site about Echo the bat. These topics are addressed in both a story book and text book fashion and are supported by a full set of...
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: A World of Change [Pdf]
The introduction of genetically modified organisms (animals, microbes, and plants) into agriculture has been accompanied by controversies over their potential impact on human health, the environment, and farming systems. Management of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Bats, Friend or Foe. An Argument Writing Activity
Students will state an argument with evidence, for or against, bats being removed from their environment by writing a letter to the editor and citing evidence for your claim.
PBS
Pbs: Plum Landing
Invite students to visit ecosystems around the world with this collection. This collection includes activities for the classroom, after school, and families. Also included is games.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Our Natural World
The focus of this guide is the natural world around us and its aim is to foster children's understanding and appreciation of the environment right outside their doors.
Open Ed
Open Ed Sci: 7.5 Ecosystem Dynamics
This unit on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity begins with students reading headlines that claim that the future of orangutans is in peril and that the purchasing of chocolate may be the cause. Students launch a scientific...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Building a Biodiversity Timeline
Students learn how various kinds of data and information can be gathered to create a biodiversity timeline that serves as evidence of changes in a population of a species.
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
This site can be viewed in 3 different languages. When a language is chosen information about the institute comes up and icons are presented for more information.
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Stories From the Fossil Record
This colorful, interactive site demonstrates how fossils can be used to discover a range of information about the past. Topics include Past Lives, Paleoecology, Geologic History, and Biodiversity.