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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Soil Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How human activities cause soil erosion.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Soil Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How human activities cause soil erosion.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Ivory Billed Woodpecker Returns

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was once perceived to be extinct due to excessive logging. This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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Handout
American University

Deforestation in Madagascar

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives history of Madagascar's cultural and economic development in relation to its land clearing practices. Cites biological species indigenous to the island, and their imminent destruction. Includes links to several case studies.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Logging

For Students 9th - 10th
For more than four centuries, North Carolinians have benefited from the commercial use of the state's timber resources. As early as the seventeenth century, the Carolina colony's rich forests gave rise to a lucrative naval stores...
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera: Tropical Rain Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the value and diversity of tropical rain forests. Learn about the rate of decline of these natural wonders, the causes of deforestation, and more.
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Handout
Other

Metla/fatal Mudslides Due to Clearcutting

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the effect of clear-cutting in the logging industry and the effects on the occurrences of mudslides.