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Biodiversity

• Investigate Biodiversity
  Lead your students on a virtual Expedition through endangered ecosystems and learn about conservation issues, species, and conservation professionals along the way.
  http://investigate.conservation.org
• World Wildlife Fund
  Learn more about endangered species like tigers, rhinos, whales, and pandas, the places where they live.
  http://www.worldwildlife.org
• The Nature Conservancy: Fun Nature Stuff
  Take a break and have some fun with The Nature Conservancy. While you enjoy these diversions, you'll get to know the lands and animals we're working hard to protect.
  http://www.nature.org/fun_and_free/
• National Geographic Lessons: Why Preserve Biodiversity?
  Students will discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystems and will learn about the various arguments that people make in favor of preserving the Earth's biodiversity.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/g68/preserve.html
• Biodiversity Counts!
  Resources in this collection include lesson plans, profiles of scientists and Museum staff, essays, and Web-based interactives that help students explore, analyze, and apply their field observations.
  http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/biocounts/
• Looking for Biodiversity--Plants lesson plan
  Students willunderstand that a variety of plants can be found in each habitat,learn that biodiversity is an important characteristic of a habitat, and learn that a plant biodiversity study can be conducted in familiar areas by using a line transect or a plot study.
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/biodiversity/

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