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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Ancient Farmers of the Amazon This video segment from Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race" tells the story of the leafcutter ant and the fungus it farms -- an example of mutually beneficial symbiosis.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Capturing Carbon: Where Do We Put It? In this interactive activity from NOVA scienceNOW, explore options for storing carbon dioxide in order to prevent further global warming.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Carbon Cycle Diagram This diagram from NASA's Earth Science Enterprise illustrates the Earth's carbon cycle .	9-12	JPEG Image
Chris Schneider: Rethinking Conservation In this interview filmed for Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," biologist Chris Schneider discusses the relationship between conservation and speciation.	9-12	HTML Document
Complex Relations In this text excerpted from chapter 3, "Struggle for Existence," of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Darwin draws on firsthand and historical information for his observations about evolution.	9-12	HTML Document
Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain.	5-12	QuickTime Video
Coral Reef Connections Dive in and explore what makes this beautiful world so fragile. In this Evolution Web feature, discover how coevolution has shaped the ecological relationships among reef creatures.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after a volcanic eruption.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Deep Sea Vents and Life's Origins Deep-sea vents are home to strange, luminescent life forms that thrive through chemosynthesis. This video segment from NOVA: "Volcanoes of the Deep" hypothesizes life's beginnings in this extreme environment.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem This video segment, adapted from NOVA, describes the energy flow in a coral reef, including its food web.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming? Students examine the issue of global warming. They calculate how much carbon dioxide all the machines they use produce in one day.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect This video segment from Race to Save the Planet: "Only One Atmosphere" discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming.	9-12	QuickTime Video
How Did Life Emerge Here? This video segment adapted from NOVA describes the emergence of life on the islands of Hawaiʻi from a barren volcanic platform under the ocean waves to the rich explosion of life that covers the many climate zones of the islands today.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Illuminating Photosynthesis This interactive feature from the NOVA: "Methuselah Tree" Web site details the process of photosynthesis and its role in the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Intertidal Zone This video segment from NOVA: "The Sea Behind the Dunes" explores the community of organisms that exists in the New England tidal marsh.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Life Before Oxygen This Interactive NOVA: "Earth" video segment looks at ancient organisms that lived anaerobically, the origins of photosynthesis, and the new forms of life this process made possible.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Life Cycle of a Seed Plant In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta, learn about each step in the life cycle of a seed plant.	6-12	Flash Interactive
The Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen, one of the most abundant elements in the universe, is essential to life. This interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta provides an overview of the nitrogen cycle.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Population Growth Students are introduced to the ecology of population growth by growing duckweed and learning about invasive species.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Snapshot of US Energy Use This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Stories in the Ice Take a journey back through time, using ice cores to learn about the Earth's climatic history. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" Web site	9-12	HTML Document
Taking the Earth's Temperature This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" depicts research efforts to record Earth's past and present temperatures shifts.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Urban Solutions to Water Pollution In this video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Value of Wetlands This video segment adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department explores the role of the wetlands in our environment, including providing habitats for wildlife, acting as natural water filters, and playing a part in the greater water cycle.	4-10	QuickTime Video
Your Carbon Diet Find out how much energy you use and common sense ways to conserve. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA Web site "What's Up with the Weather?"	9-12	Shockwave Interactive