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This week, we will spend time learning about living systems and biodiversity. Here is a definition for biodiversity:
the variety of different types of plant and animal life in a particular region
- MacMillan dictionary
Here are some sites we will be using to learn more:
OLogy: Biodiversity
Living Things and Their Environments
FOSSweb – Environments
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Look at these sites, and tell me what you’ve learned about the state of the environment from what you saw:
How Long Will It Last: The New Scientist
Worldometers – real time world statisticsgo down the page to where it says, “Environment”
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