This section of the website is designed to provide links for teachers to use in order to further student understanding of key concepts within the Living Environment Curriculum.
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Run-Off: Movement of pollutants by rainwater into bodies of water. |
Toxic Waters Author: Charles Duhigg |
Picture and Article: New York Times Website http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/ 13water.html?_r=2&ref=science |
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Invasive Species: native and non-native species that heavily colonize a particular habitat. | Invasive Species Asian Carp and the Great Lakes |
Article: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/invasive/asiancarp/ |
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Clone: a cell or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
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Cloning From the Grave Author: David Derbyshire |
Picture and Article: Mail Online: Science and Technology Section http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article- 1082776/Cloning-grave-Scientists-create-new- life-mouse-frozen-16-YEARS.html |
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Bioethics: The study of the ethical and moral implications of new biological discoveries and biomedical advances |
Custom Made Babies Delivered Author: Gina Salamone |
Picture and Article: NYDailyNews.com http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/03/ 02/2009-03-02_custommade_babies_delivered_ fertility_cl.html |
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Biomagnification: internal contamination caused by ingested pollution increases with an organism’s location on the food chain. |
Landfill at Sea Author: Brain Rooney |
Picture and Article: abc News: Technology and Science Section http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id= 4528488&page=1 |