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Subtopic: Human Influence on Ecology

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
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
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
Duckweed These images of duckweed (Lemna spp.) illustrate the basic anatomy and environment of these fast-growing plants.	9-12	JPEG Image
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
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
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
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
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
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
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