Biological Diversity

Additional Resources

Hinterland Who's Who-Biodiversity - Just what is biodiversity, and what does it have to do with wildlife? This Canadian Wildlife Service web site answers these questions.

Animal Diversity Web - An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.

Darwin's Finches

Key Facts About the Flu and Influenza Vaccines

Alberta's 6 Bio-Regions - Each region has its own unique landscape features and climate and each supports its own distinct species of animals and plants.

Microbe Zoo - Visit the Microbe Zoo to find out more about beneficial micro-organisms.

Human Genetics - A world wide search for the dominant trait. Let's ask a lot of people all over the world which traits they have. Then we can analyze the collected data to see if the dominant trait occurs more frequently than the recessive trait.

Multiplying and Dividing Cells: The Next Generation - An interactive comparison of mitosis and meiosis from Alberta Education.

Microbe Clock - Mutating bacteria develop antibiotic resistance.

Asexual Reproduction In Plants

Harvest of Fear: Selective Breeding

The Human Genome Project

Darwin's Diary

East Slopes Grizzly Project

How High Can It Go? - Use this site to find out the world population when you were born. What is the population today?

Protecting Endangered Animals - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Alberta's Endangered Species

Alberta's Special Places

Projects from Classic Engaging Students Site

Inheritance, It Runs In The Family - An interactive lab that has students breeding fruit flies and studying heritable traits. 

Balancing Act - sharing our world with the grizzly bear 

General Resources

2Learn.ca 

Cyberscience: Biological Diversity

Home Sweet Home - The goal of Home Sweet Home is for Alberta students to make a collective and personal commitment in working towards an Alberta future where environmental sustainability is addressed, and to celebrate their collective commitment to making a difference

Alberta Tomorrow - Alberta Tomorrow is an exciting online land use simulator that demonstrates how our land use decisions can change Alberta’s ecosystems.