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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Making of Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive module explores the environmental factors and species involved in five major mass extinctions.
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Other

Hvpm: Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the mass extinctions throughout earth history. Each mass extinction has a link to its own page with a list of its possible causes and the species that were most affected.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: A Modern Mass Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
Are we in the midst of a mass extinction? Is Homo sapiens triggering this mass extinction? Four expert panelists have written responses to the aforementioned questions for this highly informative site.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how human actions are resulting in a sixth mass extinction.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Causes of Extinction

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out, and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Learning the Causes of Extinction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are five major causes of extinction: habitat loss, an introduced species, pollution, population growth, and overconsumption. Through this activity, students will create a list of reasons why animals can become extinct.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
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Website
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: History of the Endangered Species Act

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
Read Works

Read Works: Endangered Animals at a Glance

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about endangered animals and a zoo that is working to try to help them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Kids Do Ecology: Endangered Species and Conservation Biology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about conservation biology as it relates to endangered and threatened species. Learn about the factors contributing to the loss of species and what efforts have helped bring some animals back form the brink of extinction.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: How Will the Sixth Extinction Affect Evolution of Species?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of what might happen in the next mass extinction event on Earth.
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Website
Bagheera

Bagheera: Endangered Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Bagheera provides an education site devoted to educating people about vanishing and extinct animals and their impact on the environment.
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Website
Other

Australian Government: Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the program that effects animals from becoming extinct. There are links to other organizations that work with the program.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Biodiversity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the American Institute of Biological Sciences contains articles on a wide array of issues related to species diversity and extinction. Many articles available in Spanish.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Where Is the Vaquita?

For Students 2nd
Learn some facts about the vaquita, a type of porpoise that is endangered. Book includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera.com: Extinct in the Wild Passenger Pigeon

For Students 9th - 10th
The passenger pigeon was once "the most abundant bird species on earth" but is now extinct. This article investigates the causes for extinction and then has several thought provoking questions to consider at the end.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species. Fossils provide a record of organisms that lived a long time ago. They also...
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera.com: Extinct in the Wild Caribbean Monk Seal

For Students 9th - 10th
Though short, this article brings up some important points about extinct animals and how related species may go the same way. Be sure to read the "Questions for Thought" at the end.
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Handout
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Modern Extinctions on Mainland North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Since 1850 North America has lost three bird species--the Labrador Duck, Passenger Pigeon, and Carolina Parakeet--and the continued existence of another three is unlikely, namely the Eskimo Curlew, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and Bachman's...
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Article
Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: How They Become Extinct

For Students 1st - 9th
How do endangered species and animals become extinct? Hunting, pollution, loss of habitat, and introduced species all play a part and are discussed on this site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids: What is an endangered animal? Many species are in danger of becoming extinct. How can we help?
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Endangered Species

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The topic of endangered species is one that needs to be addressed with every student. As more and more plants and animals become extinct, students, as inhabitants of this ecosystem, need to be aware that human actions affect the planet....

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