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Costa Rica: Land of Pure Life
http://www.pbs.org/edens/costarica/index.html
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This website is one of Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) Living Edens. The site includes material on turtles and other animals including crocodiles and caimans, ants, monkeys, poison dart frogs, quetzals, snakes, and butterflies. Users can also read about Arenal Volcano, and about visiting parks in Costa Rica including Arenal National Park, Poas Volcano National Park, Palo Verde National Park, Tortuguero National Park, Manuel Antonio National Park, and Corcovado National Park. Viewers can also look at web resources, download free screensavers, and find two middle school classroom projects. One is about population dynamics; students grow frog eggs. The second is about volcanoes and soil formation; it involves growing seeds on volcanic rocks. The classroom projects also suggest exercises built around viewing the video.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • General public
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Lab activity
    • Module / Unit
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright PBS 1995-2002. All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-002-134
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • C - Life science:
        • Population and ecosystems
        • Regulation and behavior
        • Reproduction and heredity
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Structure of the earth system
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'The Living Edens'
http://www.pbs.org/edens/index.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Anny Chaves Quiros
Douglas Robinson Marine Turtle Research Center

Author: Leslie A. du Toit
Douglas Robinson Marine Turtle Research Center

Author: Christopher Baker
No institutional affiliation

Author: Richard Garrulies
No institutional affiliation

Contributor: Mount Arenal Observatory Lodge


Publisher: Public Broadcasting System
http://www.pbs.org/index.html