Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Biology: Threats to Biodiversity
Looks at the impact of overharvesting, such as overfishing, on biodiversity. It talks of the 'tragedy of the commons,' where harvesters do not feel responsible for protecting a species because they fish in shared areas. It also touches...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Speciation and Biodiversity
Dr. E.O. Wilson, known internationally as the dean of biodiversity, answers several probing questions about speciation and biodiversity.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Biodiversity in an Estuary
This activity introduces students to the amazing biodiversity of an estuarine environment, focusing on the habitats in the Rookery Bay National EstuarineResearch Reserve, Florida. They begin by exploring the estuary using Google Maps....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Building a Biodiversity Timeline
Students learn how various kinds of data and information can be gathered to create a biodiversity timeline that serves as evidence of changes in a population of a species.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Agroforestry and the Maintenance of Biodiversity
Aligned with National Science Education Standards, this article details the goals and processes of agroforestry. Agroforestry is a system of growing trees among areas populated by crops or livestock in an effort to maintain and encourage...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity
A large collection of articles, news items, photos, slideshows, animations, and scientific reports, all related to biodiversity. Many articles on different ecosystems, e.g., deserts, grasslands, forests, etc. An excellent resource for...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity
A collection of three lessons where students learn about abiotic factors in marine ecosystems, about marine food chains and biodiversity, and about marine food webs and trophic levels. Includes handouts, website links, and a vocabulary...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Populations, Biodiversity and Politics of Sustainability
Students explore the value of biodiversity, the impacts that humans are having on the Earth's biodiversity, and measures that can be taken to preserve biodiversity.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Biodiversity
Through an interactive learning module, students investigate the importance of species richness and biological diversity.
Other
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is a collaborative effort by ten major natural history institutions in the U.S. to bring together their biodiversity resources collected in the past 200 years into a single online space. You can view...
Other
Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Illinois Biodiversity Basics [Pdf]
A 185-page collection of activities for learning about biodiversity in Illinois, that can easily be adapted for other places.
Other
University of the Western Cape: Department of Biodiversity: Abiotic Components
The Department of Biodiversity at UWC presents the impact different abiotic components on plants and animals. Some factors are light, temperature, and wind.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Biodiversity in a Wetland Ecosystem
In this lesson, students learn about the biodiversity of a wetlands ecosystem, then focus on the Barataria Preserve near New Orleans. They then research five species that live there, and follow up by trying to identify the land type in...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Hawaii's Vulnerable Biodiversity
Because of Hawaii's isolation, endemic species evolved in their own unique way. With the arrival of foreigners and colonization, new species were introduced to the islands. The result being a crisis within the Hawaiian ecosystem,...
Other
Biodiversity Tool Box: About Biodiversity
An extensive site detailing Australia's committment to biodiversity conservation, including a list of threats and proposed plans of action as outlined in the "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Biodiversity is a measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area. More specifically, biodiversity can be defined as the variety of life and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Answers to the Exploration Questions: Biodiversity Hotspots
Get answers to questions about biodiversity such as threats to biodiversity and what is an endemic species.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes of species diversity in an ecosystem, why it is important for an ecosystem to have stable biodiversity, what happens if it becomes unstable, and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity Hotspots
Research biodiversity a hot spot near you to investigate the animal life that lives there and how you can protect that biodiversity spot.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Planetary Biodiversity Inventories: Taxonomic Crisis
For reasons such as lack of funding and decreased biodiversity the science of taxonomy is dwindling but Planetary Biodiversity Inventories might help according to this article.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Biodiversity So Important?
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the meaning of biodiversity. Includes videos and review questions.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Biodiversity: The Magic of Our Planet
An introduction to biodiversity, offering a look how the planet is "losing" biodiversity and how this loss affects humans and Earth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Biodiversity Analyses and Unknowns
An activity to show how microscopes are used to reveal biodiversity.
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