National Geographic
National Geographic: Programs: Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Project
A project-based collaborative unit of study that teaches students about watershed health using real-time geospatial technology. Students engage in outdoor field experiences while using twenty-first century learning skills.
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Hot Zones
This online companion to the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth: Hot Zones" explores how changes in ecosystems can lead to increased risk and transmission of infectious diseases. Highlights include video clips and educational resources.
Other
Lehigh University: Land Use Change
An inquiry-based science unit for middle school students centered on how human activities affect environmental changes related to land use. The lessons integrate technology and lab activities while teaching about today's land use and how...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing the Ecosystem: Q & a [Pdf]
"Changing the Ecosystem: Q & A" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about how the loss of the prairie to farming and population growth impacts the ecosystem. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Changes in Ecosystems
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the natural changes that take place in an ecosystem, and the negative impact humans can have on ecosystems.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
University of California: A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems
Maps in different categories such as fishing, climate change, and pollution were pulled together into a composite map that shows the impact of humans on the world's oceans. Analysis at the time (2008) showed that 40% of the world's...
PBS
Nova: Earth in Peril
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
Other
Sustainable Scale: Ecosystem Functions and Services
Authors make a case for the delicate state of equilibrium of an ecosystem. Also describes the important functions and services of ecosystems.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Where Does Our Waste Go?
In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), waste disposal will be explored. The Pollution Patrol follows the steps involved in trash disposal, starting with a girl tearing a sheet of paper out of her...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Ryerson: Human Impacts on Ecosystems
Take this ten question quiz on human impacts on ecosystems. The quiz is multiple choice.
Other
West Virginia University Extension Service: Overgrazing Can Hurt Environment
This short article describes problems associated with improper farm management with regard to livestock overgrazing. Includes grazing management guidelines for healthy and productive pastures.