This short documentary describes the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in March of 1989. Featuring archive footage and interviews from individuals who present during the disaster. This video also compares the Exxon Valdez oil spill to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.

This short documentary describes the events in 1994 regarding the first biotechnology product approved for human consumtions. Calgen’s tomato appeared on supermarket shelves across the country that was unlike anything Americans had eaten before. Grown from so-called "Flavr Savr" seeds, it was the first genetically engineered food approved for sale, dreamed up by a group of scientists in a California lab. Today, the tomato is nowhere to be found, and a growing segment of the population is wary of technology that once fascinated. This video explains what happened to the Flavr Savr tomato, and what did it tell us about the industry it birthed.

This resource is an on-line version of the 4th Edition Roberts Rules of Order and contains up to date notations.

This is an interactive resource that allows students to explore the immune system. First, students view a slide show on the topic. Next, they can test their knowledge with an interactive test.

In this virtual resource, students will investigate the lithosphere, focusing specifically on conservation practices to improve soil quality. They will evaluate their school grounds, and sketch a plan to improve the soil health in their space.

The wakelet site features videos demonstrating hands-on activities for students to complete at school in small, socially-distanced settings. Activities may also be adapted for at-home learning. Some activities incorporate an outdoor component, acknowledging the need to balance screen time with green time to support mental health. Tips for taking your students outside can be found here: https://education.eol.org/cnc_materials/TipsForTeachingOutside.pdf

Students will create an inquiry based mini lab given materials in the area of plant science. Students will work together to design protocols, collect data, and analyze results. Lesson 2 out of 4

Through this website students can learn about seeds and how they grow by conducting their own plant investigation and sharing their thoughts with other kids.

This lesson will cover the basics of seed anatomy, types of seeds (monocots & dicots) and the process of seed germination.

This resource is a step by step interactive in which students will learn how researchers read the nitrogen bases that comprise DNA.

What elements make up the soil around us? Students will investigate the basics of atomic structure and discover how scientists use a soil sample to determine soil type.

In the first lesson of this project, students identified tillage systems and their effects on soil. This second lesson in the sequence identifies the role of cation exchange in soil fertility and examine the relationship between soil structure and cation exchange capacity.

After completing part 1 where students learned what soil texture is and how to plot the texture on the soil triangle, students will separate the individual soil particles in a lab situation and determine the % of each particle in an unknown sample and plot the sample on the soil triangle.

Students will learn how soil texture is important to agriculture. They will learn terms used and how to use the soil texture triangle to determine a soil's name or texture based on how much sand silt and clay are in the soil.

In this second lesson students will be introduced to different ways irrigation can be affected by environmental factors such as heat and soil types. This is a lab experiment that will require some prior planning and set up.

Students assume the role of "space doctor" and use gene therapy techniques to treat three ailing aliens who come into the clinic with genetic disorders. Students are provided links to review material that they can access before and during the game to help them choose the correct target tissue and gene delivery vector for each patient.

The ERS State Fact Sheets provide information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and exports.

Students will read about the crime, the initial response, the investigation and the laboratory results such as DNA analysis. Please note that flash must be enabled on your browser to use this interactive resource.

In this lesson, students will become better informed about the safety of genetically engineered products and will investigate public opinion about these products. Students will learn the basic facts and issues related to crop biotechnology and food safety and develop a survey to measure the knowledge and opinions of the public about this issue.