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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rolling Blackouts & Environmental Impact

For Teachers 11th - 12th
The goal is for the students to understand the environmental design considerations required when generating electricity. The electric power that we use every day at home and work is generated by a variety of power plants. Power plants...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Ocean Zones

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the underocean environment at this site that surveys animals, environmental factors such as light and temperature, currents, animals, plants, and the like.
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Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Forests of the World: Deciduous Forests

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students discover facts of deciduous forests concerning climate, range, habitat, plants, and animals.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
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Globio

Glossopedia: Borneo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Borneo's vast biodiversity, natural resources, and geology are discussed. The history of indigenous peoples as well as the effects of colonization and overuse of natural resources are...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Introduced Species Summary Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of this website is to provide information that would help a natural resources manager or concerned citizen to understand the basic biology of a non-native species and whether and how to respond to its arrival. Most of the...