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One World Journeys: Where People and the Planet Connect

This unique website, sponsored by Fusionspark Media, enables visitors to experience exquisite photo-documentary expeditions around the world. Travel to the remote mountain forests of the former Soviet Georgia, track jaguars in Mexico, dive on pristine coral... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: One World Journeys

Pond life

The purpose of this lesson is to investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems using Internet resources; to explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments; to study the kinds of relationships that exist between organisms within... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science)

Provided by: Science Netlinks

Preservation issues: Competing interests

In this lesson, students explore scientist, Mark Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants, and consider the issues surrounding conservation efforts in a variety of contexts. Activities in this lesson engage students in small group collaboration,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)

Provided by: Xpeditions

San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes

The Conservation area of the official San Diego Zoo site provides resources for animal and ecology research. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: San Diego Zoo

The significance of private forests in the U. S.

The significance of Private Forests in the U.S. has students study the history of private forests and the values these lands have to the United States . Students will also examine family forests in America , and take a closer look at the challenges facing... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 Science and Social Studies)

Provided by: The Forest History Society

Teaching science through picture books: A rainforest lesson

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, a study of the tropical rainforest is introduced through the picture book Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen. This science lesson, which incorporates reading, writing, and technology, is a template... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Science)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink