Endangered Eukaryotes

As you research information for your favorite endangered eukaryote project, consider checking out the following websites. Remember to keep track of your sources to include in your bibliography, and keep an eye out for interesting images to include your PowerPoint slides (and keep track of those URLs as well for image credits).

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species  and Earth's Endangered Creatures are both good places to start, especially if you're not sure of your organism's conservation status (whether it's endangered or not).

National Geographic Great images and information on all kinds of organisms
ARKive Information on 15,000 of the world's endangered species

Environmental Debate Resources online

As you work on your points, collect information for rebuttals, and learn more about your environmental issue, consider checking out the following websites:

Environmental News Network
Grist - Environmental News
Nature Journal - newsblog
Patagonia - The Cleanest Line blog

Check back for updates.

If you find others that are useful, please add them below in the Comments section, and say briefly why a site is helpful.

Energy Resources

As we've been talking about in class, there are a lot of different ways of getting energy. Some are more readily available than others; some are clean, and some are dirty. A few clips to consider:

People Power for electricity?


And, what if everything ran on gas:


And finally, an animation that shows how conventional power plants work (ones that burn fossil fuels):
How is Electricity Generated