Archive for November 16th, 2003

The Science of a City

Sunday, November 16th, 2003

1) Researchers at Arizona State University have a section of their Web site, “Chain Reaction”, devoted to urban ecology:

“What’s Urban Ecology all about? Birds moving to the suburbs… trees struggling in parking lots… drinking water that smells like dirt. These are just a few of the things that urban ecologists study. Join ASU scientists as they explore the relationships between people, animals, plants, air, and water in one of the most important environments on Earth - the city.

Learn more about urban ecology by following the links on the left-hand side of the screen of their Web site:

  • Dig in - information about urban ecology.
  • Surf and Teacher Tools - links to sites with additional information
  • Try This - ideas/instructions for experiments to do in the classroom…make a carbon dioxide detector, find out how pollution spreads, and more.

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