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Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Invaders of the Forest [Pdf]
A 140-page teacher resource guide of lesson plans in environmental education for K-12. Students will learn how to distinguish between native, non-native, non-native invasive, and native invasive plants, and the impact invasive plants can...
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Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge
PBS presents this report by Bill Moyer on the current state of the earth. Information is provided on each of the planets ecosystems as well as ways to get involved. You are even able to access portions of the program that was aired.
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Eco Library: Panoramas
Features amazing 360 degrees interactive panoramas for students to help them better understand ecological variation on our planet. Searchable by biome/ecosystem type, location, or ecological phenomena they depict.
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Passport to Knowledge: Passport to the Rainforest
Explore the Rainforest by learning about the geosystem and ecosystem. Meet researchers who share their journals and biographies about the rainforest. Teachers are given links to other resources as well as lesson plans.
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Temperate Forest Organization: Temperate Forest
Provides links to sites such as forestry, population, management, diversity, and fire. There are lesson plans, tours and educational links for teachers.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Logs
Evaluate the importance of a fallen tree in a forest ecosystem.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Taiga Forest Biome
Kids learn about the taiga forest biome. The largest of the land biomes is known for its evergreen trees.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Temperate Forest Biome
Kids learn about the temperate forest biome. Four distinct seasons and lots of trees.
EL Education
El Education: Field Guide to the Aquatic Gardens at Forest Park
3rd grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts created this field guide as part of a learning expedition on ecosystems and pond life. Students did fieldwork in the city park and worked with local experts, closely examining the ponds....
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 1 Wetlands, Forests & Deserts
Learn about surface terrain and how plants and animals are affected by the temperatures and precipitation.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart covering the concepts and ideas required to understand ecosystems, with particular concentration on the tropical rain forest.
PBS
Nova: The World on Fire
During 200 the United States experienced one of the worst years for forest fires. The seasonal nature of this disaster is also typical of other countries. This interactive resource provides an overview of worldwide fires during 2000....
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World Biomes
World Biomes is a site covering five of the major world biomes: aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra. It gives information on the various sub-divisions of the biomes and provides numerous images.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Mangroves O Logy Card
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to learn about mangrove forests and their importance to coastal ecosystems.
Curated OER
Unesco: Thailand: Dong Phayayen Khao Yai Forest Complex
The Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex spans 230 km between Ta Phraya National Park on the Cambodian border in the east, and Khao Yai National Park in the west. The site is home to more than 800 species of fauna, including 112 mammal...
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Newton's Apple: Spotted Owls and Old Growth Forests
This site from Newton's Apple, which is a production of KTCA Twin Cities Public Television, provides insights, vocabulary, resources and a main activity on the subject of why owls are threatened.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Ecotourism and Its Impact on Forest Conservation
Get a handle on the benefits, both economically and ecologically, of ecotourism through this article and its additional resources.
US Department of Agriculture
White Mountain National Forest
Find current information about visiting the White Mountains at this resource. Be sure to click on Environmental Assessments for more clinical information and Notes from a Naturalist for general information about the mountain environment.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
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Wildlands League
Wildlands League is a registered charity in Ontario, and a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). It aims to preserve wilderness areas and the biological diversity of lakes, forests, rivers, grasslands and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Biomes
This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: What Do You Mean, We Are Different?
Across the state of Utah one will observe a variety of environments such as wetlands, desert, and forest. Here are several activities highlighting the many ecosystems found within one state.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
The youngest volcano on the Colorado Plateau, Sunset Crater, has been standing tall and setting the landscape and ecosystem for over 900 years. Explore the history, culture, nature and science connected with Sunset Crater and the greater...
PBS
Nova: Stories in Amber
Like a time machine, amber fossils take us back in the earth's history to discover the plants, animals and ecological relationships of prehistoric ecosystems. This resource has several interesting pictures of a variety of Dominican...
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