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Earth Pulse: Our Relationship with Nature - National Geographic

Grades 4 to 12

Use this site to investigate ecosystems and their value to humans, biomes, and conservation issues, all using these interactive maps. Focus in on special areas of biodiversity concern. View additional maps and trends towards the bottom of the page. Review topics such as Connections and Resources, Human Impact Trends, Food and Water Trends, and others. This site requires Flash. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Biodiversity and human population issues are large problems that are interwoven with many complexities. Begin by showing some of the visual information on this site on your projector or whiteboard to instigate excitement and concern among your students. Then divide students into groups to research and present issues affecting specific biomes, then debate as world groups. Additionally, groups can research particular issues to determine causes and possible remedies for the future. Have students create videos to share their research findings using YouTube or TeacherTube (explained here). Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Or have them create a convincing presentation to share with policy makers on environmental topics.

Field Trip Earth - North Carolina Zoological Society

Grades 4 to 12

From sea turtles to the Przewalski horse, travel around the cyber globe to learn more about the endangered animals around us. Learn from the authentic field reports, read interviews of animal researchers, or study the essays from folks in the field. The neatest part of this site is the interactive field trip map. Click on the “Choose a Field Trip” link, then ‘fly’ your plane (using your mouse) over the various flagged locations around the globe. When your mouse moves over the starred area, an information pop-up tells about the endangered animal at that location. For authentic, up-to-the-minute information about our endangered animals, bookmark this site. Some of the activities require Quicktime. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
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In the Classroom:
Have students choose one location on the Field Trip map. Do multi-subject projects, by learning about that location’s history, culture, etc, and think about how the interaction of the natives may have led to the endangerment of the local animal. Teachers, click on the Teacher Resources link. You will find oodles of lesson plan ideas—most are general strategies that do not pertain to Field Trip Earth, yet are very useful. Learn from others by exchanging your class ideas with other discussion board postings. Don’t forget about this site’s search engine for your information needs.

Global Issues - Global Issues

Grades 9 to 12

Global Issues are on the minds of students and are applicable in a variety of different classes. Use this site to find articles (frequently updated) on and related topics. Pages can be printed or emailed/bookmarked to another who is interested. Use an RSS feed to stay up to date on changes to the site. Though many of the articles are written by the site owner, the articles have extensive facts, graphs, links, and charts.
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In the Classroom:
Use this site to raise awareness of global issues or as material to teach critical research or expository writing. Students can research other sources for information to verify or debunk the material in the article. Students can analyze information from various sources for bias and use of facts. Have students use this as one of several sources for support in persuasive essays or letters to the editor. Use the articles to practice important reading skills, such as main idea or summarizing, marking up the article on interactive whiteboard. Students can also post findings, viewpoints, and solutions onto a personal or class blog. Have cooperative learning groups choose a topic to research and become “experts” about. Have the groups create multimedia presentations to share with the rest of the class. Have students create a multimedia presentation using Voicethread reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a related photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. Have students use a mapping tool such as Mapskip (reviewed here) to create a map (with audio) where the global issues are taking place. Another option, have students create videos and share them on a tool such as Teachers.TV reviewed here.

Nibipedia - Nibi Software Group

Grades 4 to 12

Watch, Learn, Research, Teach. Got your attention? View the statement, "Together We Learn" to understand the underlying purpose. This free beta site uses video that starts with many of the wonderful TED talks videos. “Nibs” provide the opportunity to view the best videos out there that are worthy of a learning adventure. Playlist subjects include architecture, the brain, business, chemistry, civics, computers and the web, cool stuff, design, education, Egypt, math, music, physics, sociology, sustainability, and several others.

As the site grows, others will have the opportunity to add videos to the growing timeline. At this point, there is only a select group of educators adding content (see the main page of any topic for more information). See the purpose of creating a smarter way to learn. Videos are "nibbed" (linked) to content on Wikipedia, as well as to equally worthy video that increases our knowledge and makes the experience smarter! The community is tightly controlled so only appropriate videos and resources are included. Clicking on a video link provides a biography or background information from Wikipedia, related information (nibs), and other videos. This site requires FLASH. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Share these videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Search through the content to find topics relevant to your class. Allow students to use this site for research projects. Use Nibipedia to create smarter searches with purely relevant content. Use Nibipedia to find quality resources that links you to other quality resources. Learn and share information found in Nibipedia for use in class or by individual students. You may even want to list this site on your class wiki, blog, or website for students to access at home.

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