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Human Use of the Environment

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Human Use of the Environment

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Geography 430 is an active, creative learning community focused around understanding the changing relationships between people and their environments, the causes and consequences of environmental degradation, strategies for building a more sustainable world, and the methods and approaches that scholars have used to understand human-environment interactions. The primary course objectives are to help geographers, earth scientists, and other professionals to deepen their appreciation for the complexity of human-environment systems and to develop skills that allow them to interpret, analyze, and communicate effectively regarding human-environment interactions in their lives as students, professionals, and citizens.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Cultural Geography; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:: Travis Tennessen
Date Added:: 10/07/2019

Human activities that threaten biodiversity

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Human activities that cause a loss of biodiversity. Video by California Academy of Sciences. Created by California Academy of Sciences.

Subject:: Biology; Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: California Academy of Sciences
Provider Set:: California Academy of Sciences
Author:: California Academy of Sciences
Date Added:: 05/27/2014

Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic

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In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and navigating the landscape.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! - Crash Course Ecology #8

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The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! - Crash Course Ecology #8

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Hank introduces us to biogeochemical cycles by describing his two favorites: carbon and water. The hydrologic cycle describes how water moves on, above, and below the surface of the Earth, driven by energy supplied by the sun and wind. The carbon cycle does the same... for carbon!

Chapters:
1) Hydrologic Cycle
A) Clouds
B) Runoff
C) Oceans
D) Evapotranspiration

2) Carbon Cycle -
A) Plants -
B) Fossil Fuels -
C) Oceans -
D) Global Warming -

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: Complexly
Provider Set:: Crash Course Ecology
Date Added:: 12/25/2012

If the Sea Ice Disappears... How will climate change affect the fertile Bering Sea?

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If the Sea Ice Disappears... How will climate change affect the fertile Bering Sea?

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This audio slideshow examines the changes in the ecosystem that will occur to the Arctic due to increasing temperatures and disappearing sea ice.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Chris Linder; Lonny Lippsett; Tim Silva; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

Image Classification

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An exercise to use a simple image analysis program to classify land surface types seen in satellite imagery in order to analyze changes in landscape development over time.

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Subject:: Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science; Technology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Author:: Brian Welch
Date Added:: 09/29/2022

Impact of Introduction of American Bullfrogs on Species Diversity [version 1.0]

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Impact of Introduction of American Bullfrogs on Species Diversity [version 1.0]

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This module explores the introduction of the American bullfrog on their ecosystem. Using species diversity calculations and data collection techniques, students explore how the bullfrog affected the species in its community. Students are introduced to calculations like species richness, species evenness, and species diversity indices. Also, this activity provides students an understanding of how this information is gathered in the field and provides them an opportunity to learn how to collect data themselves.

Subject:: Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Full Course; Lecture; Lesson Plan
Provider:: BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:: Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:: 08/07/2023

The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems

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The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems

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The main content objectives covered in this unit are the phenomena of global warming, carbon cycle, ocean acidification, and its impact on plants, animals, and the marine ecosystem. The main purpose of this is to provide the reader with the basic knowledge base about these processes and understand the main players that are responsible for them. Fossil fuel pollution by human activities is contributing to the increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Some of the CO2 is being absorbed by the oceans. This process increases the number of free hydrogen ions in the oceans, making the ocean water more acidic. This phenomenon is called ocean acidification. When oceans become acidic, they can negatively affect the plants, living organisms such as shell-forming organisms, and other marine life. The results of this process are devastating and this unit hopes to bring students’ attention to these dangers.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Unit of Study
Provider:: Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Provider Set:: 2021 Curriculum Units Volume III
Date Added:: 08/01/2021

Impacts of Change in Glacier Ice

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This is a five-activity module that explores the evidence for and impacts of melting glacial ice, with resources from major institutions and scientists who study glaciers -- primarily in Arctic areas. The suite of activities includes both glaciers and melting ice, as well as the impact of melt water downstream. Each activity follows the 5E model of Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation.

Subject:: Applied Science; Biology; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Full Course
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Alaska Sea Grant
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

In-Lecture Story Problems

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Most science teachers recognize, and there is abundant research suggesting the aversion students have to math and the barriers it creates to their success in science majors. In order to support student success and overcome these barriers, instructors have developed many methods to buttress quantitative topics and build student skills. One way to improve students' quantitative skills is to establish a systematic approach to math problems to lessen their fear and resistance. George Polya (1962) published a method for solving physics problems. We have used his approach and modified it into a straightforward in-class activity.Guided story problems in a lecture or large-group format can be a powerful tool to improve students' quantitative skills and allow instructors to give immediate feedback and follow-up reinforcement of student learning.

Subject:: Ecology; Life Science; Mathematics; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Author:: Cailey B. Condit; Kyle Fredrick
Date Added:: 01/20/2023

Inland Fish and Warming Waters

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This activity relates water temperature to fishery health within inland freshwater watersheds as a way to explore how environmental factors of an ecosystem affect the organisms that use those ecosystems as important habitat.

Subject:: Biology; Ecology; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Massachusetts Audubon; Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Date Added:: 08/17/2018

Innate Behaviour | Ecology and Environment

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Innate Behaviour | Ecology and Environment

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What is 'innate behaviour'? Where does it feature in the environment? And how does it compare to 'learned behaviour? In this Ecology GCSE / K12 video learn all of the answers to these questions.Are you a passionate teacher who would like to reach tens of thousands of learners? Get in touch: vsteam@fusion-universal.comFind out more: http://www.thevirtualschool.comThis video is distributed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

Subject:: Biology; Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Provider:: The Virtual School
Author:: The Virtual School & Rose Galsworthy
Date Added:: 02/20/2013

Instructional Guide: The Food Chain Case

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Instructional guide for educators and program leaders to support lesson and activity planning during the State of Innovation Challenge

Subject:: Business and Communication; Career and Technical Education; Culinary Arts; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Nutrition
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: Julia Reed
Date Added:: 11/04/2020

Instrument Construction, Site Selection and Set-Up

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This resource provides guidance on site selection for the GLOBE Atmosphere data collection protocols. Instructions for building an instrument shelter, a snowboard, an ozone measurement station, and a wind direction instrument are included.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Interactive; Lesson Plan; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: UCAR Staff
Provider Set:: GLOBE Teacher's Guide NGSS Aligned Records
Author:: The GLOBE Program, UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
Date Added:: 01/09/2007

Interactions between populations

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Learn about the many types of interspecific interactions: competition, predation, herbivory, symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism. Created by Sal Khan.

Subject:: Biology; Botany; Ecology; Life Science; Zoology
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: Khan Academy
Provider Set:: Khan Academy
Author:: Sal Khan
Date Added:: 08/16/2016

An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology

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Short Description:
This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.

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This “textbook” is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. I still consider this textbook to be fairly text-heavy and will continue to make it even more interactive content!

The image on the cover represents the creation of this book. I pulled most of the content from open resources, modified them, added questions, and now offer them for you to use!

I chose the content to align with two courses that I teach: environmental and organismal applications and biomedical applications. Unit 1 introduces students to science, which both courses use. Unit 2 covers content necessary for understanding conservation implications (the underlying theme of the course is de-extinction), and Unit 3 focuses on proteins so that students can understand the implications of modifying DNA (the underlying theme is CRISPR).

Please use this book as you see fit for your classes. I look forward to hearing how to make this book even more useful in the future!

Word Count: 27692

ISBN: 978-1-62610-106-7

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Subject:: Anatomy/Physiology; Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Philosophy; Reading Literature; Social Science; Sociology; Zoology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Michigan State University
Date Added:: 01/01/2021

An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed.

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An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed.

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Short Description:
This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.

Long Description:
This “textbook” is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. I still consider this textbook to be fairly text-heavy and will continue to make it even more interactive content!

The image on the cover represents the creation of this book. I pulled most of the content from open resources, modified them, added questions, and now offer them for you to use!

I chose the content to align with two courses that I teach: environmental and organismal applications and biomedical applications. Unit 1 introduces students to science, which both courses use. Unit 2 covers content necessary for understanding conservation implications (the underlying theme of the course is de-extinction), and Unit 3 focuses on proteins so that students can understand the implications of modifying DNA (the underlying theme is CRISPR).

Please use this book as you see fit for your classes. I look forward to hearing how to make this book even more useful in the future!

Word Count: 34749

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Subject:: Anatomy/Physiology; Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Philosophy; Reading Literature; Social Science; Sociology; Zoology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Michigan State University
Author:: Andrea Bierema
Date Added:: 08/01/2021

Interdependence Activity 1: Food Chains and Webs (Grades 9-12)

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Interdependence Activity 1: Food Chains and Webs (Grades 9-12)

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Students practice building food chains and webs, explore interrelationships in the EOL Food Webs Tool, then model the flow of energy in food webs.

Subject:: Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Encyclopedia of Life
Date Added:: 11/17/2017

Interdependence of Life: How an Ecosystem Responds to Change

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This field activity asks students to examine and interpret a given environmental site where a disturbance (fallen tree, beaver dam etc.) has taken place.

Subject:: Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Rick Fletcher
Date Added:: 08/10/2012

Intertidal Zone

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This video segment from NOVA: "The Sea Behind the Dunes" explores the community of organisms that exists in the New England tidal marsh.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/26/2003