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Subtopic: Human Influence on Ecology

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Alaska Native Teens Help Researchers In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming.	6-12	QuickTime Video
An Alaska Native Community Helps Seals This video from First Alaskans Institute spotlights the Alaska Native community of St. Paul and its hands-on commitment to care for the land and animals on which it depends.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Bear Necessities This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Bears' Lunch Counter This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Bears in the Schoolyard Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Biological Invaders This video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!" shows the impact of invasive species on native ecosystems.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Bowhead Whaling and Its Impact This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, explores the history of whaling in the Arctic and introduces a landmark study of whale populations.	6-9	Flash Interactive
Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Collapse of Sharks This video segment from Nature shows the destructiveness of the shark fin and shark cartilage industries.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Dare to Care for a Grizzly Bear Using the Nature episode “The Good, The Bad and the Grizzly,” students will be able to articulate the complex and competing perspectives on how to best handle the growing bear population, and they will investigate the factors contributing to the destabilization of the bear’s Yellowstone ecosystem.	9-11	Lesson Plan
Dolly Garza: A Tlingit and Haida Scientist In this interactive resource adapted from Raven Radio/KCAW, listen to biologist Dr. Dolly Garza as she explores the sea otter population of Sitka, Alaska, from the perspectives of her tribal heritage and her Western education.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Duckweed These images of duckweed (Lemna spp.) illustrate the basic anatomy and environment of these fast-growing plants.	9-12	JPEG Image
Dustin Madden: Science Teacher In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet teacher Dustin Madden, an Iñupiaq who hopes to inspire students to take an active role in protecting the natural environment by giving them a foundation in math and science.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Engineer a Crop: Transgenic Manipulation You're the geneticist now. In this interactive feature from the NOVA/FRONTLINE "Harvest of Fear" Web site, use the latest in genetic technology to engineer your own "supercrop" of tomatoes.	9-12	Flash Interactive
E. O. Wilson: Ants and Ecosystems This segment is from an interview with ant specialist and biologist E.O. Wilson, filmed for Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."	9-12	QuickTime Audio
Field Biology This video segment from the teacher video series Learning That Works uses a case study to highlight the effectiveness of a project-based, real-world approach to teaching science.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming Threatens Caribou This video segment adapted from Arctic Mission presents the challenges faced by caribou herds unable to adapt to a warming climate.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Gwich'in Tribe Protects Caribou and Culture In this video adapted from Bullfrog Films, Gwich’in Chief Evon Peter of Arctic Village, Alaska, describes his people's connection to the caribou and their passion to protect Alaska Native land and traditions.	3-12	QuickTime Video
How the Arctic Ecosystem Might Change In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn why the unique Arctic ecosystem may be replaced if global warming continues to melt sea ice.	6-12	QuickTime Video
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
Iñupiaq Whale Hunt This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, provides a portrait of Iñupiaq whaling as a community activity, as told through the story of one hunt.	6-9	QuickTime Video
The Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle This video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department describes how humans are helping restore safe nesting grounds for the critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle to ensure its successful repopulation.	3-12	QuickTime Video
La'ona DeWilde: Environmental Biologist In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet La'ona DeWilde, an environmental biologist who integrates her Athabascan heritage and her Western scientific training to help remote Alaskan villages address environmental issues.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Leafy Spurge This video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!" shows how biological control is successfully combating North Dakota's infestation of leafy spurge, a non-native plant.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Liberty Lands In this What's Up In The Environment? video segment, learn how a contaminated plot of land in Philadelphia was recycled into a beautiful public park called Liberty Lands.	4-8	QuickTime Video
Light Pollution In this interactive activity adapted from the National Park Service, learn how light pollution affects the night sky, animals, and humans, and then explore several possible solutions.	3-8	Flash Interactive
Living on the Coast This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illuminates how living on the coast affects individuals and communities, particularly humans' interrelationships with natural resources.	6-9	QuickTime Video
Losing Permafrost in Alaska In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn how Alaska Native communities that rely on hunting and fishing are threatened by rising temperatures and melting permafrost.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Oil Contaminants Hidden from View This video adapted from KTOO explores why the beaches of Latouche Island and Knight Island, Alaska, contain remnants of an oil spill and discusses its resulting impact on the Alutiiq community of Chenega Bay.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Oil Contamination Affects Food Web This video adapted from KTOO explores the impact of oil contamination on the herring population of Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1999, 10 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.	6-12	QuickTime Video
On the Yukon River In this video segment adapted from the Yukon River Panel, visit fishing communities along the Yukon River and see how Alaska Native peoples exercise stewardship of salmon to ensure that it remains a central food source and cultural touchstone.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Safeguarding Alaska's Waters In this interactive activity, learn about strategies used in Prince William Sound, Alaska, to help avoid oil spills and to identify and contain environmental contaminants. The activity features videos adapted from the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council, KTOO, and NOVA: "The Big Spill".	6-12	Flash Interactive
Sharks in Our Future In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Soil Microbes and Global Warming In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, discover how warmer winters in Alaska may cause soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Students Making a Difference This interactive activity features three video segments produced by students in Alaska that demonstrate fun and innovative ways to help protect the environment.	3-8	Flash Interactive
Symbiotic Strategies In this Nature lesson, students will investigate the many ways in which species that live in close proximity to each other might interact in an ecosystem.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Taqulik Hepa: North Slope Natural Resources In this audio profile adapted from Raven Radio/KCAW, Alaska Native Taqulik Hepa, deputy director for the Department of Wildlife Management for the North Slope Borough, discusses resource management and subsistence living.	3-12	Flash Interactive
This is Their Land Examine how the human/grizzly relationship has changed since the closing of the Yellowstone dumps, and also learn about the challenges posed to both humans and bears, in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	QuickTime Video
To List or Not to List In this video from Nature, learn more about the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the grizzly bear population needs special protection .	6-12	QuickTime Video
Warmer Oceans Affect Food Web In this video adapted from KTOO, scientists discuss how ocean warming may be responsible for the decline in the seabird, seal, and sea lion populations of Prince William Sound, Alaska.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Wild Animal Rehabilitation In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, see how volunteers care for sick or injured animals. Also learn why human interaction is not always the best solution.	3-12	QuickTime Video