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The Ecology Tutorial: An Environmental Systems Term Project
This site provides an introduction to ecology including terminology and ecological components. There are descriptions of the ecological cycles, the four laws of ecology, the types of species in ecosystems and the principal ways in which they interact, and the differences between autotrophs and heterotrophs. A related website provides descriptions of biodiversity and wilderness. Guidelines are also provided for developing a term project.
Intended for grade levels:
  • College (13-14)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Project
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Ecology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 1996-2003 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. All rights reserved worldwide.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-004-138
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Scott M. Stoddard
No institutional affiliation

Publisher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Engineering
http://www.eng.rpi.edu/index.html

Author: Brad Shaw
No institutional affiliation