Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity
A large collection of articles, news items, photos, slideshows, animations, and scientific reports, all related to biodiversity. Many articles on different ecosystems, e.g., deserts, grasslands, forests, etc. An excellent resource for...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity
A collection of three lessons where students learn about abiotic factors in marine ecosystems, about marine food chains and biodiversity, and about marine food webs and trophic levels. Includes handouts, website links, and a vocabulary...
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Biodiversity
Through an interactive learning module, students investigate the importance of species richness and biological diversity.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is a collaborative effort by ten major natural history institutions in the U.S. to bring together their biodiversity resources collected in the past 200 years into a single online space. You can view...
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Illinois Biodiversity Basics [Pdf]
A 185-page collection of activities for learning about biodiversity in Illinois, that can easily be adapted for other places.
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University of the Western Cape: Department of Biodiversity: Abiotic Components
The Department of Biodiversity at UWC presents the impact different abiotic components on plants and animals. Some factors are light, temperature, and wind.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Biodiversity in a Wetland Ecosystem
In this lesson, students learn about the biodiversity of a wetlands ecosystem, then focus on the Barataria Preserve near New Orleans. They then research five species that live there, and follow up by trying to identify the land type in...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Hawaii's Vulnerable Biodiversity
Because of Hawaii's isolation, endemic species evolved in their own unique way. With the arrival of foreigners and colonization, new species were introduced to the islands. The result being a crisis within the Hawaiian ecosystem,...
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Biodiversity Tool Box: About Biodiversity
An extensive site detailing Australia's committment to biodiversity conservation, including a list of threats and proposed plans of action as outlined in the "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Biodiversity is a measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area. More specifically, biodiversity can be defined as the variety of life and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Answers to the Exploration Questions: Biodiversity Hotspots
Get answers to questions about biodiversity such as threats to biodiversity and what is an endemic species.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes of species diversity in an ecosystem, why it is important for an ecosystem to have stable biodiversity, what happens if it becomes unstable, and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity Hotspots
Research biodiversity a hot spot near you to investigate the animal life that lives there and how you can protect that biodiversity spot.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Planetary Biodiversity Inventories: Taxonomic Crisis
For reasons such as lack of funding and decreased biodiversity the science of taxonomy is dwindling but Planetary Biodiversity Inventories might help according to this article.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Biodiversity So Important?
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the meaning of biodiversity. Includes videos and review questions.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Biodiversity: The Magic of Our Planet
An introduction to biodiversity, offering a look how the planet is "losing" biodiversity and how this loss affects humans and Earth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Biodiversity Analyses and Unknowns
An activity to show how microscopes are used to reveal biodiversity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
An activity for students to document biodiversity and observe ecological interactions in their own backyard.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity Fieldwork
Students get the opportunity to do some field work on biodiversity in this lab activity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Answers to the Exploration Questions: Biodiversity Fieldwork
A question and answer about the biodiversity fieldwork.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Selected Ref: Harnessing Sci & Ed for Biodiversity Conservation
This source is a series of links to references related to harnessing science for biodiversity conservation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Modern Biodiversity Study Guide
A general overview of modern biodiversity.
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