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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Human Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage discussing how human activity has impacted soil, populations, water composition, and temperature. Website includes an audio tour of the material. [1:53]
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Website
Other

Open2.net: Ecosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed by the Open University and the BBC, this website from Open2.net explores ecosystems. Included is a lengthy discussion on closed ecosystems and their importance to research, as well as a virtual ecosystem, an interactive showcase...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Adopt a Pond Wetland Curriculum Resource

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Adopt-A-Pond Program was created by the Toronto Zoo for teachers looking for a guide to wetland issues and resources.
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Website
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about forests throughout the world, deforestation, and efforts made to save the forests.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: The 6 Chief Levels of Organization in Ecology

For Students 5th - 8th
Describes six levels of organization in the biological world - individual species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Environmental Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will discuss the key concepts related to the human relationship with the environment.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of ecosystems. That is, ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with the nonliving part of their environment....
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Article
Other

S Cool: Engery Flow and Nutrient Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.
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Website
CNN

Cnn: Forests Shrinking at Alarming Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
News release citing global deforestation evidence.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Resettlement

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.