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A Coastal Arctic Food Web
Students create a food web of the arctic ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students explain how global warming affects this ecosystem. They explain how losing a species affects the entire community.
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Ecological Organization
Students examine the concepts in the ecological organization unit. In this ecological instructional activity students explore news articles that have to do with the study of ecology.
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Are You Related?
High schoolers study microsatellite markers and explain how they might be used to identify populations. They use data to make inferences about the populations of deep-sea corals.
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Into the Pond
Seventh graders use a pond to explore macroinvertebrates and other organisms. They use a dichotomous key to classify the organisms and maintain a journal recording their findings.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Biology: Threats to Biodiversity
Looks at the impact of overharvesting, such as overfishing, on biodiversity. It talks of the 'tragedy of the commons,' where harvesters do not feel responsible for protecting a species because they fish in shared areas. It also touches...
Other
Explore Biodiversity: Major Groups of Fishes: Acanthuridae
Information about many species of fish in the Family Acanthuridae. Brief descriptions of physical characteristics, behavioral characteristics, and scientific names of several surgeonfish species are given.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 1: Plenty of Fish in the Sea?
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that investigate fisheries. In this lab experiment, students learn about the future of the global fishing industry by reading an article and analyzing oceanic biodiversity.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Future of Marine Fish Resources
An article and supporting resources address the potential of fish populations significantly decreasing with overfishing, careless fishing, and pollution from nautical vessels and runoffs.
University of Guelph
Fish of Canada: Introduction to Fish
Great site that provides all types of information on fish ranging from fish ecology to funky fish. Entails links to sites on fish evolution and morphology.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Aquarium Fish 'Threaten Biodiversity'
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article on aquarium biodiversity explores the problems associated with the large numbers of exotic fish imported yearly into Australia.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Decline of North American Freshwater Fishes
An article addressing the need of immediate action to repair damages of declining life in the ecosystems of North American inland bodies of water.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Coral Reefs: Dissappearing Resource
Why are the reefs disappearing? Use this site to explore the science behind the issue. Useful at several grade levels.
Other
Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Animals
This online site for the Australian Museum introduces the nature and culture of this unique continent. This particular section focuses on the creatures of Australia including spiders, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, frogs,...
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: History of the Endangered Species Act
The Florida Museum of Natural History offers a review of the rationale for and basic components of the law. There are sections about how one can become involved with the protection and restoration of endangered species.
Other
The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
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Unesco: Brazil: Central Amazon Conservation Complex
The Central Amazon Conservation Complex makes up the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin (over 6 million hectares) and is one of the planet’s richest regions in terms of biodiversity. It also includes an important sample of varzea...
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Unesco: Colombia: Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Located some 506 km off the coast of Colombia, the site includes Malpelo island (350 ha) and the surrounding marine environment (857,150 ha). This vast marine park, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a...