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5.1
Bear Necessities |
Polar
Bears Alive. A non-profit organization dedicated to the
worldwide protection
of the polar bear and its arctic habitat.
The
Official Polar Bear Page. Polar bears are the world's
largest land carnivore. Find out about Klondike & Snow - two
bears born at the Denver Zoo who were raised by humans. |
5.2
The Organization of Life |
Living
Things: Habitats & Ecosystems Model
Module. This module is one of a series within environmental
biology and is designed to provide students with knowledge and
understanding of aquatic ecosystems. |
5.3
Adaptations for Survival |
Adaptation
Game. In order to help you better understand the term
adaptation and how it is used in the animal world, you will identify
adaptations and create a new animal.
TrackStar:
Animal Adaptations. This track organizes Web sites that
could be useful to
students as they research information on animal adaptations. |
5.4
A Landfill Ecosystem |
A
Landfill Is More Than a Dump!!! Plan an experiment to
investigate what happens to waste in a landfill and a dump.
Rotten
Truth (About Garbage). A School Trash Audit.
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5.6
A Landfill Ecosystem |
Food
Web Wonders. What exactly is a food web, you ask?
Food
Web & Chains. The plants and animals in a given
ecosystem are linked by their feeding relationships. |
5.7
Microbes in Ecosystems |
Microbes
- Invisible Invaders Amazing Allies. Get an overview of this
travelling exhibit on microbes, including cartoons and activities
on the history of deadly diseases and healthy microbes.
The
Microbe Zoo. An educational resource about ecology and
microbiology. Includes information about microbes and the habitats
they dwell in as well as dozens of images of microbes. |
5.8
Nutrient Recycling and Plant Growth |
Fertilizer
- Agriculture Net Links. Companies, associations, research,
and controversies surrounding fertilizer.
Nutrient
Cycling. Although water and sunlight often set limits
to the amount of plant growth on land, the abundance of certain
chemical elements, known as nutrient elements, is generally limiting
when water and sunlight are abundant.
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5.9
Field Biologist |
Krakauer,
Alan. Scruffy field biologist likes to photograph cool
critters. Learn about his academic career and projects. |
5.11
Pesticides: Poisons in the Food Chain |
All
You Can Eat. What if you did eat an apple a day? You'll
be stunned to see how many pesticides you eat in a year.
Website
on Biodiversity. Website with information on several
aspects of biodiversity: biological, ecological, physical, chemical,
social-economical, ethical issues. |
5.12
The Water Cycle |
Ground
Water -Primer-Hydrologic Cycle. Water is constantly moving within
and above the earth in a cycle called the hydrologic cycle.
Water:
Each Drop Counts! How many days do you think you can
survive without a drink of water? When you finally get that drink,
could it be the same water the dinosaurs drank?
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5.13
Choosing a Waste Disposal Site |
Waste
Isolation Pilot Plan. Visit this site in New Mexico to
see a radioactive waste disposal facility which offers general information,
a fact sheet, new releases, photographs, contacts, and related sites. |
5.14
Rethinking Before Recycling |
Biodegradable
Materials. Learn how to make, test, and evaluate biodegradable
films and gels in order to design materials that control the time
release of a dye, simulating controlled drug delivery.
Crab
Shell Fibers - Composite Materials. Huh? Visit this
site and find out about a Biodegradable Composite for Burn Wound
Dressing. |
5.15
Garbage and the Community |
Garbage:
How can my Community reduce
waste. Facts about garbage and suggestions
for improving the handling and disposal of
waste materials.
Canadian
Waste Services. Meet the Garbage Engineers
Garbage:
The Game. A game about garbage.
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5.16
Acid in the Water Cycle |
Canadian
Coalition on Acid Rain. Presents the history of one of
Canada's first acid rain awareness groups, the results of many of
its studies, and other acid-rain related issues.
Acid
Rain 2000. Join this group of schools across Europe
in monitoring acid rain to increase students' awareness of its
harmful impacts, or read acid rain facts.
You
Can and Acid Rain. Question: How can rain be acid? Answer:
That's a question more and more Canadians are asking the United
States. More and more rain in Eastern Canada is acidic.
Acid
Rain General Information - Environment Net Links. Links
to introductory information about acid rain and its consequences.
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| 5.18
The Carbon Cycle
5.19
Solutions for Global Warming |
Carbon
- Carbon Cycle. Provides information regarding earth's
carbon cycle and the use of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and
complex carbohydrate generation.
Chemical
Carousel A Trip Around the Carbon Cycle. Meet Captain
Carbon, the man of steel... well, only 1.5% of steel. On this
adventure, you will explore both the traditional, scientific side
of the carbon cycle as well as enjoy an inside tour through every
process.
Greenhouse
Effect. Explains the causes of the problem and the difference
between global warming and ozone depletion. Find out some possible
solutions.
What
is the Greenhouse Effect? The greenhouse effect has
been described as potentially the most dangerous environmental
problem facing mankind.
NASA
Earth Observatory. Monitor regional and global changes
on our planet almost as they happen. Here you can explore with
NASA scientists the causes and effects of climatic and
environmental change through the use of real satellite data.
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5.20
Acid in the Water Cycle |
Plant
Succession. Wetland, Forest & Other Biomes: "A
major community of living organisms; a complex of climax communities
of plants and animals in a major region." Beech-Maple
Forest. An excellent example of the climax stage of
ecological succession. In this case, Beech and Maple trees will
dominate the area until something happens to destroy it. |
5.21
Logging Old Growth Forest |
Old
Growth Forests. Only 22% of the world's old growth forests
are still intact in self-sufficient sized tracts. -70% of the world's
remaining old growth forests are in Russia, Canada, and Brazil.
Ontario's
Ancient Forests. Through the mist rising off the lake
where you’re camping, a loon wails. Another answers. Here,
in 1988, Dr. Peter Quinby found a forest that authorities claimed
didn’t exist: an old-growth white-pine forest.
Coastal
Rainforest Coalition (CRC).
Dedicated to protecting the ancient rainforests of British Columbia
by redirecting U.S. markets toward ecologically and economically
sound alternatives.
Forests
and Forest Industry Facts & Statistics. Let's hear the
other side of the story from the logging companies. |
