nature conservation

Studies the affects of biodiversity on the world, examines how humans are threatening biodiversity, and discusses what steps can be taken to stop a sixth extinction.

Explores the conservation of natural resources. Video Adventures include: Introducing conservation, Sustainable architecture, Colored cotton, Living machines, and Pet clothes. It also features hundreds of printable photos and articles, hands-on explorations, multimedia presentations, and movie clips on renewable and nonrenewable resources, recycling, preservation and restoration, sewage treatment, and even endangered species. Uses video segments with animation and documentary footage, interactive experiments, journal activities, interactive multimedia tools, with reference tools and web links.

Presents a biography of conservationist John Muir focusing on his work with glaciers in Alaska and his legacy today.

Helps children understand the devastating impact people have had on the world's prairie regions, explaining why they are among the most threatened ecosystems and what can be done to save them.

An illustrated overview of the work and discoveries of conservationists and environmentalists throughout history, discussing John Muir, James Hansen, Wangara Maathai, and others, and including a time line and other resources.

Lee and his friends love to race their motocross bikes in Triangle Hills. Karen and other Friends of the Wilderness love Triangle Hills, too. They are angry with the bikers for destroying the land and try to get the city to ban all bike riding in the Hills--Back cover.

A color-illustrated overview of the Antarctic that covers its climate and weather; plant, animal, and ocean life; the ozone layer; and the Aurora Australis. Includes a glossary.

Discusses the importance of nature, the threats to various animal and plant species, and what young people can do to help protect the environment.

Examines the origins of America's national parks, focusing on the policies of Indian removal that were developed as a result of the late nineteenth-century idealization of uninhabited wilderness that led to the establishment of nature preserves.