Science: Ecology

e·col·o·gy (-kl-j)
n. pl. e·col·o·gies

1.
a. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments. Also called bionomics.
b. The relationship between organisms and their environment.
2. The branch of sociology that is concerned with studying the relationships between human groups and their physical and social
environments. Also called human ecology.
3. The study of the detrimental effects of modern civilization on the environment, with a view toward prevention or reversal through
conservation. Also called human ecology.

• Amazon Interactive - Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities.
• American Museum of Natural History, The - One of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts.
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place.
• Bagheera - A Website For Our Endangered Species.
• Benefits of Trees In Urban Areas - Trees are major capital assets in cities across the United States.
• Biome/Habitat Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
• Biomes - These webpages were developed by approximately seventy 9th grade students at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon in 1997.
• Biomes - This module on biomes was designed to help you learn the basic patterns of life on earth and to prepare for examinations.
• Biomes, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems - What is it like where you live?
• BP America Inc. - BP is the single, global brand formed by the combination of the former British Petroleum,
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Bureau of Land Management - Sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. BLM Education - Learning Land Scapes.
• California CREEC - The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is an educational project...
• California Digital Conservation Atlas - California's comprehensive public website for conservation information.
• Canadian Museum of Nature - Dcouvrez le monde naturel grce au Muse canadien de la nature.
• Chem4Kids.com - Peruse sections on atoms, matter, elements, the periodic table, biochemistry, and reactions.
• Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) - Facilitates communication, cooperation, collaboration, and coordination among the varied environmental education programs in the state.
• Critical Ecoregions Program (U.S. and Canada) - The Critical Ecoregions Program offers a practical, long-term strategy to buttress the "web of life" on Earth. From the Sierra Club.
• CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of USDA.
• Desert Biome - Have you ever driven through a DESERT on a trip to anywhere?
• Desert Environment, The - All you ever wanted to know about deserts, with emphasis on the desert of North American and their 4 main divisions -- the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave and Sonoran.
• Desert Life- What is a desert? How many deserts are in North America?
• DesertUSA - DesertUSA is an online travel and adventure guide to the desert regions of the American Southwest.
• Dr. Universe - What exactly is this ozone stuff, anyway?" "Why don't spiders stick to their own webs?"
• EcoQuest: Desert Edition - An interactive WebQuest designed for teachers in search of middle school science curriculum.
• Educational REALMS - A new organization created in 2004 after the discontinuation of the federally funded ERIC Clearinghouse for Science...
• Endangered Species of Hawaii - Venture into Hawaii's Coral Reefs.
• Environmental Education - Washington State Department Ecology.
• Environmental Protection Agency - Adopt Your Watershed. Terminology Reference System.
• Explore the Fantastic Forest - Here you’ll encounter a variety of habitats—places perfectly suited for particular plants and animals.
• Fish and Wildlife - Species.
• Forests For Life - Forest Conservation Programme.
• Global Rivers Environmental Education Network - Sesigned to give you a place to store your water monitoring data, allow others to see what you have found and compare your work to the work...
• Geography Action! - Science, Habitats, Conservation: National Geographic.
• GLOBE - A worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program.
• Habitat Animal Printouts. - A complex community of plants and animals in a region and a climate is called a biome.
• Images of the California Environment
• John Harvey Photo!
• Journey Into Amazonia - Journey Into Amazonia features the swollen rivers, flooded forests and dense canopy of the vast rain forest recognized as one of Earth's natural wonders.

• Kids Corner - Endangered Species.
• Kids Do Ecology - This site is designed to help you discover ecology!
• Learning From The Fossil Record - Why are fossils important to science and society?
• Mount St. Helens - Shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche.
• NAAEE - North American Association for Environmental Education...
• National 4-H Council - Provides grants, establishes programs/initiatives, designs and publishes curriculum and reference materials, and creates linkages...
• National Environmental Directory - A directory of more than 13,000 organizations in the United States concerned with environmental issues and environmental education.
• National Geographic - Geography Action 2003: Habitats.
• National Wildlife Federation, Kids
• NatureServe - A source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.
• NearArtica - The Natural History of North America.
• NOAA - Many educational activities are distributed across the agency.
• On The Prairie - One of North America's great ecosystems and a vital habitat for many plants and animals.
• One World Journeys - Step into the world of nature photography and travel the Earth through the eyes of master nature and wildlife photographers.
• Passenger Pigeon - (Ectopistes migratorius) Probably Once The Most Numerous Bird on Earth-- It Is Now Extinct.
• Penn State Renewable Natural Resources Extension - People make decisions every day that impact natural resource use and management...Online Reference Books.
• Project Learning Tree - PLT uses the forest as a "window" on the world to increase students' understanding of our environment...
• Rainforest Alliance- The mission of the Rainforest Alliance is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them.
• Rainforest Biome - Did you know there are Two types of rainforest -- the temperate and the tropical?
• RNR: Sustainable Forestry - Teacher Resources - Lesson Plans
• SEEK - Minnesota interactive directory of environmental education resources.
• Sonora - Desert Images..
• The 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System (CCS) - Over 180 exciting, experientially-based 4-HCCS curriculum products for youth and volunteers are available on this site. The Catalog.
• The EPA - EPA topics into broad categories. A much longer list presents EPA topics alphabetically.
• The Geo-Images Project - Images (mostly photographs) that are useful in teaching geography...
• The GLOBE Program - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment.
• The Living Desert - Discover The Living Desert's 1,200 acres of blooming, scampering, flying, howling fun. Wild creatures and creature comforts for the whole family.
• The Living Edens - High in the wild heart of the American Rockies is a place of extraordinary landscapes and geysers.
• The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.
• The Tragedy of the Dodo - dodo n., an extinct flightless bird, once a native of the island of Mauritius.
• The World's Biomes - An introduction to the major biomes on Earth.
• Tour of Biomes - There are many different kinds of plants and animals on the Earth, but only certain kinds are naturally found at any particular place.
• Tree of Life Web Project
• TreeLink : The Urban Forestry Portal. 29 Reasons for Planting Trees
• trees
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Conserving the Nature of America.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Educating for Conservation.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Habitat.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agriculture in the Classroom.
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - JASON Project is an extraordinary interdisciplinary science and technology program for fouth-ninth graders and their teachers.
• US FWS National Wetlands Inventory Center
• USAID - United States Agency for International Development's.
• USAID - Works in agriculture, democracy & governance, economic growth, the environment, education, health, global partnerships, and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries.
• USDA Forest Service - Regional Areas of the Forest Service.
• USGS - Provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life.
• USGS - Water Science for Schools.
• USGS - Workshop Table of Contents
• Utah Society for Environmental Education
• Virginia 4H - Environmental Education and Natural Resources.
• Wildlife Conservation Society - The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) works to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world.
• Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program - "Teaching Wildlife and Fisheries Management To Our Future Land Stewards".
• Zoom Rainforest - Rainforests are very dense, warm, wet forests. They are havens for millions of plants and animals.