Biology Links:
*The
Earth Observing System Project (educator's visual materials)
A series of extensively annotated space-based images of the
earth and sea, from NASA. Covers global climate change,
ozone
depletion, deforestation, and land use.
*A
Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species of the Eastern United
States
- "A
tremendous amount of information including distribution maps and tables
for different climate change scenarios,
life-history and disturbance attributes, ecological attributes,
forest type maps and sorted lists of species importance
values by state/county for different climate change scenarios and
more." A project of the USDA Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station.
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Why does planting trees
help stem the increase of greenhouse gases in Rhode Island? How is
this related to why environmental activists are working to halt
the destruction of the rainforests in South America? |
Lesson Plans:
*NOAA
greenhouse gas materials
Teachers Guide
Student Workbook
Answer key
High School:
Calculating the
Energy of Sunlight:
(from: The Alliance to Save Energy) |
