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Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. The series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

This podcast is hosted by Temple Grandin and is provided by the STEM Action Center. This podcast features STEM professionals discussing their work and the benefits of a multifaceted approach to STEM education. During episode eight of season two, Temple Gradin speaks with John Luft, Great Salt Lake...

This podcast is hosted by Temple Grandin and is provided by the STEM Action Center. This podcast features STEM professionals discussing their work and the benefits of a multifaceted approach to STEM education. During episode seven of season two, Temple Gradin speaks with Bonnie Baxter, Founder of...

Module Description: The idea of interconnectedness among ecosystem components is introduced in this module and a number of scenarios are included that illustrate the concept. "Interconnectedness is a fundamental ecological concept, a common theme in natural resource/environmental science...

This lesson, developed Mark Steward, uses the Powder River Basin in Wyoming as context for a lab experiment. Students will have opportunities to demonstrate skills in measuring volumes and calculating percent composition based on recovery rates from the soluble metal solutions they work with, with...

This material provides a curriculum framework created by the Florida Department of Education for a Land Resources Technology career preparatory pathway in high school and/or college adult vocational certificate. The framework aligns with the Career Clusters delineated by the U.S. Department of...

This activity, created by Edward Haley, demonstrates how sedimentary layers were deposited in horizontal positions and later repositioned by natural forces. The activity also focuses on the plans and animals which become part of the layering and later turned into fossil fuel sources. In small...

This is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) launch page on environmental education. "Environmental education is a multi-disciplinary approach to learning about environmental issues that enhances knowledge, builds critical thinking skills and helps students make informed and responsible...

Module Description:   The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States....

Module Description:  The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States....