Kansas JASON Project Real Science

Terminal Velocity

Measurement:

Learn the metric song: http://www.educationalrap.com/song/meters-liters-and-grams.html

A brief history of pi: http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/history_of_pi/index.html

Conversion calculator: http://www.infoplease.com/pages/unitconversion.html

Origin of the metric system: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/origin.html

Chronology of the metric system: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm

Metric system history & explanation (including metric prefixes, history/definition of the meter and gram, and key dates): http://www.france-property-and-information.com/metric-system-and-history.htm

Measurement in the Middle Ages/ definitions of obscure units: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/history/measure.html

History of the British Imperial System: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/80231/British-Imperial-System/80231rellinks/Related-Links

Imperial Units of Measure: The supreme standard for units of length: http://www.ancient-world-mysteries.com/units-of-measure.html

English Customary Weights and measures: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/custom.html

Tic-Tac-Toe Conversions game: http://www.education.com/activity/article/tic-tac-metric/

3Weights and measurements - http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm

Metric units and Measurements - http://www.mathleague.com/help/metric/metric.htm

Conversion tables - http://www.convert-me.com/en/

List of measuring devices - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_measuring_devices

Base and derived units - http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html

Derived units of the International System (SI) - http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/siderive.html

- http://www.simetric.co.uk/siderived.htm

English to metric Conversion - http://www.kbapps.com/conversion.html

British American System of Units - http://physics.info/system-english/

Historical context of SI - http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/kilogram.html

Accuracy and Precision - http://www.mathsisfun.com/accuracy-precision.html

What is the Difference Between Accuracy and Precision - http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/246/

Scalars and Vectors - http://webphysics.iupui.edu/JITTworkshop/152Basics/vectors/vectors.html

Introduction to Vectors - http://www.physchem.co.za/Vectors/Introduction.htm

Introduction to Vector Mathematics - http://physics.about.com/od/mathematics/a/VectorMath.htm

Motion:

An explanation of Newton’s laws and related activities presented by NASA: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html

Isaac Newton’s laws of motion interactive guide as presented by the science channel: http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/newton/newton.html

Web interactive learning tools for forces and motion intended for grades 5-8: http://www.learningscience.org/psc2bmotionforces.htm

Projectile motion demonstration: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/ProjectileMotion/jarapplet.html

The Physics of an Amusement Park: http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index2.html

BBC interactive force and motion activity and quizzes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/physics/transport/

List of interactive websites for students: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/force.htm#Interactive_

Link page for interactive motion sites with games, flashcards, etc.: http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~hck/cgi-bin/link_list_page.pl?id=mlw1nc&category=Force%20%26%20Motion%20Games

Basic interactions involving motion with mini-quizzes: http://www.fearofphysics.com/basics/index.php

Interactive module for balanced and unbalanced forces: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/balancedandun.htm

Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion: Free Flash games and presentations: http://science.k12flash.com/newton3lawsmotion.html

Free powerpoints for forces and motion: http://science.pppst.com/motion.html

Force and motion slides: http://www.slideshare.net/jshinkle/force-motion

Force & motion resources for elementary and middle school science educators (includes lists of activities/labs, slideshows, and interactive websites): http://www.science-class.net/Physics/force_motion.htm

Forces and motion in the human body: http://teachhealthk-12.uthscsa.edu/curriculum/mobility/mobility.asp

Force and Motion free flash games and presentations: http://science.k12flash.com/forceandmotion.html

Force and motion presentation: http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/msnelson-104246-force-motion-2007-education-ppt-powerpoint/

Force and motion vocabulary games: http://quizlet.com/3424696/force-motion-vocab-flash-cards/

Vocabulary flashcards: http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_22086

Science vocabulary hangman: http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/index.html

Types of Forces interactive games and videos: http://www.neok12.com/Types-of-Forces.htm

Explanation of Forces and Newton’s laws done by Oracle Thinkquest: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215468/force_and_motion.htm

Forces and Motion list of websites presented by FOSS for elementary and middle school: http://www.fossweb.com/modulesMS/ForceandMotion/index.html

Describing motion with words - http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1dkin/u1l1e.cfm

Acceleration - http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/ch3/ch3.htm

- http://physics.info/acceleration/

acceleration demonstration - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/newton/

Types of accerleration - http://www.tutorvista.com/content/science/science-i/motion/acceleration.php

Force and its representation - http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l2b.cfm

Forces - http://www.technologystudent.com/forcmom/force1.htm

Building Big - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html

Newtons Laws of Motion - http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1b.cfm

Inertia - http://www.tutorvista.com/content/science/science-i/force-laws-motion/inertia.php

Momentum - http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfadd/1150/07Mom/Exmpl.html

Collisions with Examples - http://www.physicstutorials.org/home/impulse-momentum/collisions

Elastic and Inelastic collisions - http://kentshillphysics.net/mech21.htm

How Hydraulic Machines Work - http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/hydraulic1.htm

Pressure - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/press.html

Static fluid pressure - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pflu.html

Fluid Dynamics - http://www.phy.cmich.edu/people/andy/physics110/book/chapters/chapter9.htm

Bernoulli’s Equation - http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bern.html

Buoyancy Basics - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoybasics.html

Balloons and Buoyancy - http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy

Work, Energy, Power - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/work.html

What is Energy - http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=1

Projectile Motion - http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/u3l2a.cfm

- http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/projectile-motion/projectile-motion_en.html

circular motion - http://physicsnet.co.uk/a-level-physics-as-a2/further-mechanics/circular-motion/

Basic Rotational Quantities - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/rotq.html

Machines:

Simple and Complex machines interactive lab: http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/machine/index.html

Simple and complex machine interactive game: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml

Interactive game using machine parts: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/grain_strain.aspx

Free powerpoints for simple machines: http://science.pppst.com/simplemachines.html

Lesson plans for a full unit of simple machines: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/sciencemd6simplemachinesfullunit46-htm/

Simple Machines resources for elementary and middle school science educators (includes lists of activities/labs, slideshows, and interactive websites): http://www.science-class.net/Physics/simple_machines.htm

Rube Goldberg Official Website (comic who used simple machines in his comic strips): http://www.rubegoldberg.com/

Rube Goldberg and simple machines powerpoint: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=0CIABEBYwCw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcmse.olemiss.edu%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F01%2Frube_goldberg.ppt&ei=drSaT4PjDIbc9ASQiZCXDw&usg=AFQjCNG9FmvfjrUjDDu-hsocCSXqg9rsqw&sig2=zA8zgpHfFU9r3fdIfRUaBA

Lesson plans for “design your own rube Goldberg machine”: http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_rube_goldberg_machine/rube_goldberg_machine.xml

Tom and Jerry Rube Goldberg Machine Game: http://www.infinitecat.com/games/tom-n-jerry.html

Simple machines - http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/

- http://www.springboardmagazine.com/science/simplemachines.htm

Leavers of the Human Body - http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions/hydraulicus/humanbody.htm

Mechanical Advantage - http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ENG20504

http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions/hydraulicus/simplemachineslevers4.htm

Gear Ratios and Mechanical Advantage - http://maelabs.ucsd.edu/mae_guides/machine_design/machine_design_basics/Mech_Ad/mech_ad.htm

Mechanical Advantage of pulleys - http://www.tech.farmingdale.edu/~betzja/crane/pulley.html

Simple machines - http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/simple-machines.htm

Tectonic Fury

A variety of videos, glossary, information and answered questions regarding minerals and gemstones. The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom: http://www.minerals.net/

Growing crystal directions and examples of combinations. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html

Various geological class projects posted by teachers. http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classearth.html#Anchor-49575

How to identify rock samples students bring, and how to deal with the unidentifiable ones: http://geology.com/articles/difficult-rocks/

Student repository of information about minerals, multiple links. http://www.mii.org/helpforstudents.html

Videos relating to each of the minerals setup in periodic table form. http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Collection of Web modules for teachers for classroom use and professional development. http://geologyonline.museum.state.il.us/

Interactive explanation of the steps of the rock cycle. http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html

Instructions for a hands on rock cycle experiment with vocabulary lesson and diagram. http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/technology/WOWLessons/WeechRockinRockCycle.htm

Guides for identifying rocks and minerals: http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html , http://www.galleries.com/minerals/physical.htm

PBS lesson overview on weathering and erosion, with activities and videos. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lessons/breaking-it-down/lesson-overview/1682/

Interactive game where students identify geologic processes that creates Earth’s features. http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/

Jeopardy style game focusing on weathering and erosion: http://www.regentsearthscience.com/jeopardy/erosion/jeopardy.htm

Lesson plan for teaching students about erosion: http://www.cas.muohio.edu/scienceforohio/Erosion/L.html

NASA satellite pictures showing erosion and sedimentation on Earth. http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_set.php?categoryID=721

Ask a geologist questions at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/ .

Lesson plan for studying the erosion of snowdrifts: http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/lessons/sedimentology.pdf

Lesson plan for an erosion experiment: http://teachhouston.uh.edu/TeachHouston_document/lesson_plans1/science_lesson/files/Erosion%20and%20Deposition-%20Final_5-20-10.pdf

List of links to soil related learning activities and information: http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/students.htm

Getting to know Soil learning Activity: http://classic.globe.gov/fsl/elementaryglobe/docs/EGLOBE_SoilActivity1.pdf

Lesson plan for creating a timeline of Earth history based on gathered evidence: http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular/BIOL/classes/bio302/pages/IntTimeline.html

Experiment steps recreating nineteenth century attempts to determine the age of the Earth: http://www.earth4567.com/talks/time/timeex1.pdf

Directions for students to make their own fossils out of plaster: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.lp_funfossils/

Introduction to Fossils lesson plan: http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/fossil_lesson_plan.html

Fossil Detectives lesson plan: http://www.talkingscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Fossil-Detectives.pdf

Worksheets relating to geology and Earth history: http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/files/topic-media.php?media=Worksheet&subject=earth+science&subtopic=Earth+History+and+Geologic+Time

Timeline for Earth History condensed to 24 hrs: http://dml.cmnh.org/2005Apr/msg00410.html

Web Interactive Lessons on the Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics. http://www.learningscience.org/esc2astructureearthsystem.htm

Earth Science Lesson Plan focusing on Earth’s Interior: http://www.iris.edu/hq/resource/determining_internal_structure

Interactive web site dedicated to Earth’s interior: http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html

“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Earth structure lesson plan. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/journey/journey.htm

Interactive Site for kids, including animations, involving earthquakes. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/

Collection of earthquake related links for teachers and students: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/search.php?sendLevelID=8#topics

http://www.teachingboxes.org/earthquakes/lessons/studentPage.jsp

Compilation of volcano resources: http://www.cln.org/themes/volcanoes.html

Map of Earth’s Active volcanoes: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html

PBS volcano lesson plan: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lessons/vibrant-volcanoes/lesson-overview/5159/

PBS volcano video segments: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lessons/vibrant-volcanoes/video-segments/5170/

National Geographic Decade Volcanoes: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/volcano-culture/decade-volcano-map-interactive

World Atlas Ring of Fire: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/ringfire.htm

Volcano Cross Section: http://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/volcanoXjup1.jpg

Infinite Potential

Energy Kids - http://www.eia.gov/kids/

Energy Story - http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html

Energy.Gov - http://www.energy.gov/

Forms of Energy - http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/Primer/forms_of_energy.htm

Energy Production and Use - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/energy.html

Biomass Energy - http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/BiomassHome.shtml

Energy Production - http://www.freewebs.com/energypro/

Middle school Energy Audit - http://ed.fnal.gov/ntep/f98/projects/nrel_energy_2/energyproduction.html

How stuff works: Energy - http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy

Geothermal 101 - http://smu.edu/smunews/geothermal/Geo101_Final_Feb_15.pdf

World Energy Consumption - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption

Estimating Home Appliance Energy Consumpthion - http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040

Residential energy consumption survey – http://205.254.135.24/consumption/residential/index.cfm

Energy Storage - http://engineering.sdsu.edu/~hev/energy.html

Energy and Environment - http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/energy-environment/solar-energy/index.html

Forms of Energy - http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/energy/section_1/topics/forms_of_energy/index.html

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/formsofenergy/preview.weml

What Type of Energy is It – http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/enrg-types.htm

Types of Energy Transfer - http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/types-of-energy-transfer

Convection, Conduction, and Radiation - http://www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm

Motor Sports Mathematics - http://www.racemath.info/motionandenergy/ks4_energy_transfer.htm

Heat Transfer - http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SCE304

Energy Changes How Things Happen - http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/energy-1.htm

Rube Goldberg energy transfer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Sustainable Energy - http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf09.html

http://www.withouthotair.com/

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy - http://jrse.aip.org/

Powering your future - http://sed-net.com/

The future or Energy - http://www.economist.com/node/11580723

Future Energy Technology - http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/future-energy

The Future of Energy: a Realists Roadmap to 2050 - http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-06/future-energy-realist-roadmap-2050

Conserve Energy Future - http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/

Clean Energy Future - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/eere/cef/

Resilient Planet

Mission 1

Investigate and analyze the critical abiotic and biotic factors that define an ecosystem.

To accomplish your mission successfully, you will need to

Understand the dynamics of ecology.
Explain how limiting factors influence carrying capacity.
Compare and contrast the major ecosystems of the world.
Describe the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
Trace the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
Discover how abiotic factors are distributed, stored, and recycled on the planet.
Explain how abiotic and biotic factors influence an ecosystem.

Meet the Greens (9-12 year olds) - http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/

Ecology: - http://www.crystalinks.com/ecology2.html

Ecology: - http://www.ecology.com/index.php

Kids Do Ecology: - http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/

Science Daily, Ecology news: - http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/ecology/

Science>Biology>ecology: - http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/Ecology/

Ecological Principles I - http://waynesword.palomar.edu/lmexer10.htm

UofW Forest Ecology - http://forest.wisc.edu/

Forest biomes of North America - http://forestry.about.com/library/tree/bl_na_biomes.htm

Salinity - http://www.marinetech.org/

http://www.utdallas.edu/~pujana/oceans/sali.html

http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/salty_ocean.htm

Give Water A Hand http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/

Water What Ifs http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/depot/experiments/water/

Water Quality Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/

Waste Water Treatment – Sewage Treatment http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/SewageTreatment.html

A Field Guide To Aquatic Exotic Plants And Animals - http://www.sgnis.org/publicat/mn-field.htm

EPA’s Surf Your Watershed - http://www.epa.gov/surf/

Important Water Quality Factors – Testing - http://www.h2ou.com/h2wtrqual.htm

Windows to the Universe, Ecosystems: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/ecosystems.html&edu=elem

Photo synthesis: - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html

Chemosynthesis: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/explorer/concepts/chemosynthesis.html

The flow of energy: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/energyflow/energyflow.html

A biotic factors: - http://www.pwsd76.ab.ca/biodiversity/photo.htm

A Biotic Factors and The Distribution of Species: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9e.html

A Biotic Factors: - http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/sustain/report/hlth3/hlth3.htm

Mission 2

Discover the competitive strategies within a resilient ecosystem.

To accomplish your mission successfully, you will need to

Explain how an ecosystem evolves over time.
Detail how organisms interact within an ecosystem.
Describe the dynamics of co-evolution.
Investigate how organisms compete for resources.
Distinguish between different survival strategies.
Compare the relationships of organisms within and between communities.

Ecosystem Evolution: - http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/410.html

Genetics Linked With Ecosystem Evolution: - http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2006/2006-08-10-03.asp

Co evolution: - http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BIO48/27.Coevolution.HTML

Co evolution and Pollination: - http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio303/coevolution.htm

Competition between organisms: - http://www.saburchill.com/ans02/chapters/chap019.html

Competition: - http://www.biologyreference.com/Ce-Co/Competition.html

Animal: - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558664_5/animal.html

Survival Strategies, cooperation and Conflict in animal Communities: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3746/is_199812/ai_n8826142

Mission 3

Assess a degraded ecosystem by gathering historical and current evidence.

To accomplish your mission successfully, you will need to

Understand an estuary in terms of its abiotic and biotic components.
Investigate how pollution degrades an ecosystem.
Understand how humans influence ecosystems.
Research ecological best management practices.
Implement ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and restore.
Create a proposal to restore or preserve an ecosystem.

National Estarine Research reserve system: http://www.eoearth.org/article/National_Estuarine_Research_Reserve_System

Estuaries: - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/beaches/estuary.html

Pollutions in fresh water ecosystems: - http://www.biology-online.org/6/17_pollution.htm

Human effects on Ecosystems - http://members.tripod.com/~joyholly/index.html

First ever Global Map of Human Effects on oceans http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214144417.htm

The Ecosystem Sustained http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/understanding_ecosystem_management/article.html

Solid waste and hazardous materials - http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/EMD/solidwaste/recycle.html

Recycle reduce reuse http://www.gogreennola.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=70

Mission 4

Investigate the value of a diverse biosphere.

To accomplish your mission successfully, you will need to

Evaluate a new ecological theory that describes pristine ecosystems.
Discover the role of the apex predator in an ecosystem.
Understand the relationship between ecology and geography.
Describe how adaptation is a process by which a species
becomes better suited to its environment.
Explain how carrying capacity can affect the productivity of an ecosystem.
Protect and defend habitats and biodiversity through scientific research.

Ecosystem helth of pristine environments, structural and functional assessment http://www.aehms.org/pdf/Munawar%20&%20denBesten.pdf

Pristine soils mineralize 3-chlorobenzoate and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate via different microbial populations. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=167881

Only 4% of ocean is pristine - http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-hance_ocean.html

Apex predator - http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Apex-predator

The role of sharks in an ecosystem http://www.mesa.edu.au/seaweek2005/pdf_senior/is04.pdf

Apex predator - http://www.experiencefestival.com/apex_predator

Killer appetites, assessing the roles of predators in ecological communities http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfpost/pdfs/162.pdf

High apex predator biomasses on remote pacific islands http://micheli.stanford.edu/pdf/Stevensonetal2006CoralReefs.pdf

Lack of predators harms wild lands http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_9662208

Is ecology geography under another name http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/002131.html

Long-term research in temperate and tropical regions of the world http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/biodiversity/lel/

Physical geography and ecology of the Maltese islands, a brief over view http://ressources.ciheam.org/om/pdf/b07/93400018.pdf

Adaptation - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIE5Adaptation.shtml

Evolution and adaptation http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/Evolution.html

Adaptation and evolution in dynamic persistent environments http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/finco05_dpe.pdf

Adaptation and antural selection in caves http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=j2hCY9W6IiMC&dq=adaptation+and+evolution&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=XciLrai5OL&sig=BhGTRK_-xUgpTUp7LaS2kTvDkgw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPP1,M1

Adaptation and evolution - http://kleonard.myweb.uga.edu/scientifica/adaptation.htm

Mission 5

Defend Earth’s biodiversity through personal action and community involvement.

To accomplish your mission successfully, you will need to

Collect evidence of how humans affect the behavior and survival of endangered species.
Discover the ways humans have solved environmental problems.
Identify how human development has an impact on the environment.
Understand the social practices and regulations humans use to protect ecosystems.