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Ecotourism in National Parks and Wilderness

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop a plan for ecotourism after researching a nearby national park or wild area.
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Ecotourism

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a brochure with the perfect vacation to Costa Rica in mind. They make sure that the brochure includes environmentally responsible tourism (ecotourism) after brainstorming what might or might not be included.
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Case Study - An Ecotour

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students plan an ecotour of the Australian rainforest. They prepare fact sheets about animals, create a mural, prepare a advertising brochure and a guided tour of the rainforest.
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Great Barrier Reef-Guarding Nemo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the Great Barrier Reef. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students conduct research regarding the Great Barrier Reef and examine methods to preserve the Reef. Learners apply the RAFT method to prepare a final...
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Sensational Soil

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders explore soil by taking a simulated field trip under the earth. They go to an Internet site that runs a simulation which charges them with finding a source of pollution that could destroy all of Earth's soil, and...
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Map-A-Buddy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of tracking and spatial movements of animals in relation to the environment in which they live. They participate in an interactive activity by tracking one another over a pre-defined region,...
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Dry Season and 'Green' Season in Costa Rica

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the seasonal changes in Costa Rica.  In this dry season lesson students use the Internet to locate science data then generate data for precipitation. 
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The Influence of Human Activity on the Environment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The surge in human population in the last 2,000 years, due in large part to better health care, has brought a surge in the demand for resources and in pollution. The graphics, photographs, and real-life examples in a thought-provoking...
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Costa Rican Sea Turtles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read "One Tiny Turtle" by Nicola Davies. Using the internet, they research the characteristics of turtles off of the Costa Rica coast. In groups, they complete a worksheet and define vocabulary words they are unfamiliar with. ...
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Symbiotic Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the different interspecies relationships namely mutualistic, commensal and parasitic. For this ecology lesson, students investigate an ecosystem disrupted by humans. They formulate an action plan to save it and present...
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The Important Role of Biomes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Travel the world from the comfort of your classroom with this unit on the Earth's biomes.
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Failing Ecosystems: Haiti and the Caribbean

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the impact that climate has on the land. They discuss how deforestation leads to erosion and soil damage and how trees and vegetation help to stabilize the land. They draw a large map of the Caribbean and show Haiti...
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Can Land Ethics Work?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students evaluate the various purposes and issues surrounding the management of a nature preserve. They participate in discussion on whether there is intrinsic value in nature for its own sake.
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Natural Vegetation

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to natural vegetation. There are 21 earth science terms located in the word search.
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Shark Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
Shark Watch is a 3-in-1 multi-functional and multi-awarded ecotourism and conservation enterprise aimed to entertain and educate visitors.
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Teaching Tropical Rainforest Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explores the numerous benefits of teaching and learning about tropical rainforests, while addressing the bioethical and environmental concerns facing rainforests.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sharks in Our Future

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area. [1:41]
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Glover's Reef Marine Reserve

For Students 9th - 10th
This Glover's Reef Marine Reserve site gives information one of Belize's marine reserves. It discusses all aspects of the reserve including why it is necessary and what types of wildlife and plants live there. This site offers links to...
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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Podocarpus National Park: Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park. This park has an extremely large number of bird species, 600 species recorded so far and many more on the way.
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Bagheera: Elephant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a detailed look at elephants and the current threats to their existence. Content includes a focus on the elephant's role in the ecosystem, relationship with humans, and more.
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Scholastic: Science Explorations: Animals, Adaptations and the Galapagos Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the effects human impact has had on the native organisms of the Galapagos Islands.
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Gorp: Using Clouds to Forecast the Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the four main types of clouds that form in the atmosphere. There are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and clouds with vertical development.

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