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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with
threatened and endangered plants, animals, and habitats.
You will also find topic-specific information on EE-Link in two other
areas:
Biodiversity
Canadian Biodiversity Education Alliance
Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
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Endangered Species - Starting Points (miningco)
Endangered Species - The Scope of the Problem
Endangered Species Program
Everglades National Park: Educational Resources
Florida Panther Net
Hands on for habitat!
Terra - Utopian Animal Kingdom
The Wild Ones - Teacher Connection
Fact sheet from Ecological Society of America. "What is biodiversity, what threatens it, why is it important, and what are ecologists doing to better understand it? "
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Canadian Biodiversity Education Alliance provides links to projects/programs dealing with environmental monitoring.
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The Committee is working to conserve the endangered desert tortoise by protecting the habitat it needs to survive. The web site features information on the preserves, including a virtual field trip to the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, in Kern County California; research papers; and information on wild tortoises.
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The American Museum of Natural
History just opened an exhibit including more than 25
endangered species, their habitats and also responds to the
causes of endangerment and what can be done about it.
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Interactive web adventures on topics ranging from watersheds to endangered species.
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A collection of information about
endangered species including the full text of the
Endangered Species Act, Factsheets on many Endangered
Species, databases sorted by region and by species group,
and a clickable map.
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Puzzles, games, and creature features, from US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Key links on endangered species.
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The
problem of endangered species is global and growing. But
why? Are any attempts to prevent the extinction of species
currently successful? And what of the future? How are you
involved? The articles included in this site offer answers to
these questions.
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Education projects of Australia's Endangered Species Program.
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Classroom and on site activities about endangered species and extinction (grades 4-6) as well as resources for teachers.
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Panther Net offers an extensive handbook covering panther history, habitat, threats to survival, and conservation efforts. Panther Net involved over thirty researchers and developers to insure technical accuracy for a site primarily aimed at secondary education. You will find video, audio, advanced games," and a teachers guide to using these resources effectvely.
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Hands on for habitat! includes an interactive environment consisting of Habitatia, a social village surrounded by habitats, where participants show up as threatened species of their choice. Participants can visit the various habitats and social rooms, ?talk? to each other, or become involved in debates in the Supreme Court of Endangered Species on the Brink.
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Offers tours of a virtual wildlife reserve. A mingling of ideas about
diverse cultures and wildlife,
the tours are led by "members of civilizations that are endangered or
extinct . . . tragically . . . just
as much of the wildlife you will observe here at Terra."
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Activities about endangered species, in English and Spanish.
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