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Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
Goal 7, Objective 7.04
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- About a tree: The life and work of Emerging Explorer Mark Olson
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about National Geographic Emerging Explorer Mark Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants and the reasons for the plant losses. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Alarming frogs: The life and work of emerging explorer Tyrone Hayes
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about changes in frogs' appearances as they relate to chemical contamination of water. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Crane cam: Intended and unintended effects of conservation efforts
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the intended and unintended consequences of human environmental intervention. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Defining drought
- In this Science NetLinks lesson, students examine drought from a variety of perspectives. The lesson focuses first on the scientific definition of drought, including weather patterns, water cycles, water requirements by plants and animals, and physiological responses by plants and animals to drought. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Estuaries: Finding the balance
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the conflict between development and the environment, and the attempt to find a sound compromise. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- The Frog Squad: Atrazine and frog populations
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about frogs' developmental changes as they relate to chemical contamination of water. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Natural resources extraction
- This Xpeditions lesson encourages students to think about where the natural resources we use come from and the processes by which these resources are extracted. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Sprawl: The national and local situation
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate how urban sprawl impacts the environment, people's daily lives, and the local and regional economy. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies and Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Two threats to African wildlife
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate two of the most serious threats to African wildlife today: habitat destruction and hunting/poaching. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and English Language Arts)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Water resources in Asia: Change and challenges
- This Xpeditions lesson uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to improve the standard of living for citizens and preserving resources to protect natural biodiversity and environment. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Water, water everywhere
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine differences in the availability of fresh drinking water around the world. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
