Videos can be ordered by phone. Complements the study of biodiversity, using case studies from throughout the world to develop inquiry skills. Includes a brief overview of biodiversity and a final activity in which students develop a plan for preserving biodiversity in their own neighborhood. Developed by the Instit. for Int'l Studies, Stanford Univer. The activities are designed to supplement existing curricula.
Students share their own field observations with classrooms across North America.
In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Activities are correlated to National Science standards and are available in Spanish. The program includes self directed and self paced discovery in the pattern and process of evolution, the scientific method, Galapagos community ecology and conservation issues, and the history of Darwin's own voyage of discovery aboard the Beagle and on through the development of his theory. A project of Terra Quest. A docu-drama about four teenagers who discover the value of the variety of life on earth from wolves to plants and wetlands to deserts and are inspired by positive actions to safeguard it.