http://www.netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/ecology?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "ecology" on Netvouz http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/evolution/organismsact.shtml Interactive activity and tutorial about the environment, life, and ecosystems. Rather long, but very engaging. pdboyer Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:07:00 GMT http://www.greatauk.com/wqecology.html One of a bunch of quizzes on high school content area materials. The ecology test is 30 questions long, and they're actually quite relevant questions. I even got a couple wrong!! pdboyer Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:54:22 GMT http://www.efieldtrips.org/Invasives/ eFieldTrip from US Fish & Wildlife Service about America's Least Wanted, the invasive species. This should replace "Silent Invaders." pdboyer Sun, 16 May 2010 18:35:26 GMT http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130437080 Story about how whale dung floats near the top of the ocean and functions to recycle nitrogen from the algae that consume it fastest then die and fall to the ocean floor. New perspective on whale ecology services. From NPR pdboyer Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:51:33 GMT http://www.curriculumbits.com/products.php?cat=24 Physical science interactive lessons. Lots on energy including resources, in food, transfers, food chain, renewable and nonrenewable, story of oil (plus quiz), the best fuel. Good for MS science, Ecology, and Physical Science Energy pdboyer Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:27:05 GMT http://vsx.onstreammedia.com/vsx/AFG/search/search?query=&query8=Prairie%20Grasslands&query_op8=contains&query_field8=clabel_Subcategory&search_type=VIR_CAT_CLIP&pageSize=9999&query75=Public&query_field75=clabel_Access&query_op75=must_contain&sort=vlabel_Date&sort_dir=-&sort2=VIR_ASSET_ID_FIELD&sort_dir2=+ Entire set of video and text clips re Iowa's Prairie biome, it's destruction, it's restoration, and management. pdboyer Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:02:57 GMT http://www.amphibianark.org pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/frame.htm pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/lesson13/l13la1.html Biomagnification: Toxic chemicals and heavy metals flow into the ocean when industrial, agricultural, and human wastes runs off or is deliberately discharged into rivers that then empty into the sea. These pollutants cause disease, genetic mutations, birth defects, reproductive difficulties, behavioral changes, and death in many marine organisms. But the severity of the damage varies greatly between species. In many cases, animals near the top of the food chain are most affected because of a process called biomagnification. Has 6 interactive question/answer that follow simulation Interactive Whiteboard pdboyer Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:09:05 GMT http://www.ecoliteracy.org/ The Center for Ecoliteracy supports and advances education for sustainable living. We believe that schools play a pivotal role in moving us beyond our growing environmental crises and toward a sustainable society. We recognize schooling for sustainability as a process that fosters abundant living on a finite planet and makes teaching and learning come alive. We bring a passion to our work that stems from our conviction that the best hope for learning to live sustainably lies in schooling that returns to the real basics: engaging with the natural world; understanding how nature sustains life; nurturing healthy communities; exploring the consequences of how we feed and provision ourselves; caring about the places where we live and the people and creatures in pdboyer Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:42:20 GMT