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Updated on Sep 29, 09
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debbie oestreicher's List: Science - Habitats
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Sep 10, 09
The Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools is part of a campaign to help combat climate change by addressing rainforest destruction. Schools can take part by signing up and learning more about rainforests. The site features lesson plans, videos, fact sheets, a live webcam of the rainforest, photos, sounds, games, and assembly ideas. The idea is to spread awareness about rainforest destruction.
Support the rainforest by signing up your school and taking part in the Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools. If you are teaching about the rainforest, make this site part of your teaching. The sounds, videos, and photos are excellent. Students can play games and complete activities that will help them learn more about animals in the rainforest. As students complete activities they can earn awards at each level.There are great free resources on this site, be sure to check them out!
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Sep 10, 09
Secrets @ Sea is the worlds first online ocean adventure learning game. This curriculum based adventure story is targeted for 4th through 7th grade students. The engaging website game complements ocean-theme units of study and enhances students learning experiences using the Internet. Student play the starring role of “Ace”, assistant investigator to Paula Pacific, who is assigned to examine unusual behaviors noticed in killer whale populations in the Alanamorris Strait. As Ace progress through the story, s(he) must successfully complete a number of ocean-related learning activities. The knowledge gained from completing these activities leads the student to the solution of the case.
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Sep 29, 09
NASA scientists have created a two-minute animated tour under the Pacific Ocean, based on real data about the sea floor's peaks and valleys. Submerge near Hawaii, run like a submarine to Japan, and finally dive to the ocean's deepest point, between Japan and New Guinea.
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Sep 29, 09
The oceans are alive! Our planet, mostly covered by water, is filled with movement and life. Learn all about our global seas in Oceans ALIVE!
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Sep 29, 09
This big blue planet we call home gets its fabulous blue color from the water that covers most of its surface. Over 70% percent of the earth is covered by ocean. Most of the world’s oceans are in the southern hemisphere, taking up about 85% of the surface area from the equator to the South Pole. Of all the water in the world 99% of it is seawater. There are more gallons of water in our oceans than there are numbers to count them with.
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Sep 29, 09
All about the ocean and sea dwellers, with interactive activities, games, and photography
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Sep 29, 09
Home to half of the continent's animal species, Africa's vast rainforests are falling silent. Deforestation, road construction and slash-and-burn farming have already wiped out roughly 90 percent of the West Africa's rainforests. Now, the rainforests of Central Africa's Congo Basin, the second largest in the world after the Amazon, have come under the axe, too.
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Sep 29, 09
Mangroves dominate the world's tropical and subtropical coasts, paralleling the geographical distribution of coral reefs. Ecological processes here are influenced by inputs from the land, sea, and sky, which result in extreme fluctuations of flooding, salinity, temperature, light, and nutrient availability.
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Sep 29, 09
The aim of this site is to tell of some of the issues facing forests today.
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Sep 29, 09
The Rainforest Alliance Learning Site offers curricula and resources to help students understand how rainforests contribute to our collective well-being. This program teaches science, math, language arts and social studies essentials while addressing the National Standards for Learning. The multidisciplinary curricula present information on forests, wildlife and local communities. It provides a global perspective on the importance of protecting the world's natural resources and gives students opportunities for direct action. All of these resources are easy to download or view on screen and are provided free of charge.
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Sep 29, 09
Educational resources for teaching about rainforests
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