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Lichenland: What Is a Lichen?

For Students 6th - 8th
What is a lichen? Why should I care about Lichens? This interactive site answers these questions and provides a query page to help you identify these organisms.
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Lichenland: Discover the World of Lichens

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site serves as a primer for learning about lichens. Physical characteristics, types of reproduction, surface texture, and more are discussed.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: We're Likin' the Lichen

For Students 4th - 8th
Lichen is made up of two organisms. Find out what those two are and how being a combination helps them to survive.
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Lichenland: The Fungus Meets an Alga

For Students 9th - 10th
This effective site explains how a lichen is formed and then delves into the sensitivity and usefulness of lichens.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hunting Bears With a Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this study, students will use lichens and tardigrades (water bears) to investigate their use as bioindicators of key air pollutants.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Lichenometry: An Accessible Method for Dating Recent History

For Students 9th - 10th
Geology and archeology are examples of historical sciences. Their practitioners rely on multiple methods for establishing dates and temporal sequences as they seek to construct a history from the available evidence. This project will...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Arches National Park: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the cacti, grasses, lichens, trees, shrubs, and wildflowers that grow in Arches National Park, located in Moab, Utah. Focus is placed on the adaptations of these plants that allow survival in a desert habitat.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Simple Organisms

For Students 9th - 10th
A worksheet regarding simple organisms, including protazoans, lichens and algae.
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Natural Perspective: Mosses and Allies

For Students 9th - 10th
An article covering the basics about mosses and liverworts.
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Tramline

Virtual Field Trip: Temperate Forest Biome

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Travel with your students on a Virtual Field Trip to learn about Temperate Forest Biomes. You will also discover many informative and interactive websites.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visitors of this site will discover what plant life is found in the tundra and how they are able to survive the adverse weather conditions. Click on the yellow flower to start.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles and news items on algae: what they are, different kinds, harmful effects of some (e.g., red tide), potential benefits (e.g., as a replacement for fossil fuels), their role in ecosystems, etc.
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Other

Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an overview of Antarctica. Find out what invertebrates, flowering plants, lichens, and mosses are living in this primitive ecosystem.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Animals

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this comprehensive resource on the birds and mammals of the tundra. This resource features information such as diet, class, order, size, habitat, conservation range and the like.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Radioactive Reindeer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Demonstrate how soil absorbs radioactivity by simulating the absorption of the radioactive isotope from the Chernobyl disaster into the lichen of Scandinavia. Use a chart to figure out the half-life of the isotope.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Caribou

For Students 4th - 8th
Caribou, or Reindeer, is the only deer species in which both males and females have candelabra-like antlers. They live in large, migratory herds along the tree line of northern forests, eating mostly grass-like plants and shrubs in...
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Clasificacion De Los Seres Vivos

For Students 9th - 10th
All known form of life gathers in large groups, which are called kingdoms. This site provides a thorough overview of the five kingdoms with many illustrations. The lessons contain 15 interactive activities.
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Weathering

For Students 3rd - 8th
A look at the different forms .. mechanical and biological .. that weathering can take. Each has its own unique processes including freeze thaw and salt wedging. Photos are included.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 6.11 Fungi Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the symbiotic relationships involving fungi.
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Other

42 Explore: Trees and Forests

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site with links covering multiple areas of tree and plant study. Great illustrations and information.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Biological Processes of Weathering?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Iceland: Surtsey

For Students 9th - 10th
Surtsey, a volcanic island approximately 32 km from the south coast of Iceland, is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions that took place from 1963 to 1967. It is all the more outstanding for having been protected since its birth,...
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Other

Perspective.com: The Fungus Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Fungi have a variety of roles in nature, including decomposers and parasites. This website from Perspective.com includes additional information on the Fungus Kingdom, and a breakdown of related phylums and classes.

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