Chapter 5 Outline .

Section 5.1 Resources: 

• "Vanishing Species" Reinforcement and Study Guide .
• "Renewable or Nonrenewable Resources" section launcher movie.
• "Vanishing Species" self-check quiz.

Section 5.2 Resources: 

• "Conservation of Biodiversity" Reinforcement and Study Guide .
• "What human activity resulted in oil covering the feathers of shore birds?" section launcher movie.
• "Conservation of Biodiversity" self-check quiz.

Chapter Resouces: 

• "Biological Diversity and Conservation" review.
• "Biological Diversity and Conservation" practice test.
• "Biological Diversity and Conservation" chapter test.
• "Biodiversity" crossword puzzle.
• "Biodiversity and Conservation" wordsearch puzzle .

Links to Go Further:
 

• Enter the local zip code and the site will load the trees, mammals, amphibians, and wildflowers found in the area. A comprehensive set of field guides are also available for trees, mammals, amphibians, wildflowers, and much more: http://www.enature.com/home/ 
• Biodiversity in the Indian River Lagoon: http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/index.htm 
• Take a virtual endangered species field trip: http://www.field-trips.org/sci/endanger/index.htm 
• Learn about island biogeography and fragmentation: http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_spisland.htm 
• Biodiversity of Mexico: http://www.vivanatura.org/ 
• of biodiversity in the Florida Everglades with great photos: http://fire.biol.wwu.edu/trent/alles/Everglades.pdf 
• "Bagheera," a website for endangered species: http://www.bagheera.com/ 
• The Mass government "Biodiversity Days" website has a biodiversity database and information: http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/Biodiversity/BiodiversityDays.htm 
• The American Museum of Natural History's biodiversity site: http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/it_takes_all_kinds/index.html 
• The World Wildlife Fund's  "Wildfinder":  http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildfinder/ 
• Conservation International's " Investigate Biodiversity": http://investigate.conservation.org/xp/IB 
• "Speciation and Biodiversity" discusses the development of new species and includes educator resources: http://actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wilson.html 
• The "Tree of Life" web project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and characteristics: http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html