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Design a Conservation Program

By designing a conservation programme, students learn about the importance of biodiversity as well as the economic benefits and services ecosystems provide.

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Human Impacts on the Environment

Students will learn about how humans can have negative impacts on the environment and endangered species. They will be asked to consider how human impacts can be measured, and what can be done to help.

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Darwin's Finches

Learn more about species variation and the use of identification keys by scientists.

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Biodiversity Hospital

Working in medical teams, students balance competing priorities for the conservation of an endangered species and devise a ‘treatment’ plan.

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Who Wants to be a Zoologist?

This fun and interactive quiz challenges students to use their knowledge of animal classification and their powers of deduction to identify mystery animals from photos.

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Opposable Thumbs

Students learn the definition of an opposable thumb, explore the variety of species with this trait and, through a fun, hands-on experiment, examine the tasks primates can accomplish with it.

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Wildest Weather: The Game

Based on the National Geographic film Wildest Weather in the Solar System, this game challenges students to build a space probe that will withstand the extreme weather conditions on each of our solar system's planets.

CLEAN

The Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), developed by NOAA, provides a collection of educational resources designed to build students' understanding of the core ideas in climate and energy science.

NOAA Climate.gov

Climate.gov, developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides multimedia information, data and educational resources on climate.

Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators

This kit, developed by several government agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, helps illustrate how climate change affects wildlife and public lands. It contains classroom activities, video, links and other materials.

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