Environmental Science & Ecology

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Skin Cancer and Sun Safety
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$6.95 – $44.95
Explore how UV radiation exposure increases skin cancer risk.
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Pesticide Safety
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$7.95 – $60.95
Explore how improper use of pesticides may cause health problems.
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Safe Well Water?
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$7.95 – $46.95
Is the well water contaminated?
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Safe City Water?
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$7.95 – $49.95
Is there lead in the drinking water?
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Preventing Lead Poisoning
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$9.95 – $71.95
Identify sources of lead that are poisoning Tara’s family.
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Testing Blood for Lead
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$6.95 – $43.95
Does Santiago have lead poisoning?
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A Healthy Home?
(Community Environmental Health Kit)
$10.95 – $70.95
Help the Smith family determine if they have a healthy home environment.
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Are Flavored E-cigarettes Harmful?
$13.95 – $95.95
Flavoring chemicals may be safe to eat, but are they safe to vape?
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Breast Cancer Risk: Genes and the Environment
$14.95 – $90.95
Explore genetic and environmental risk factors for breast cancer.
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A Case of Pesticide Poisoning
$20.95 – $175.95
Investigate the case of a family poisoned by household pesticides.
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Lead: An Element of Danger
$14.95 – $102.95
Follow the case of a young child with lead poisoning.
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A Case of Skin Cancer
$16.95 – $125.95
Learn about skin cancer and sun safety.
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An Unhealthy Home
$14.95 – $100.95
Is the Smith family’s home making them sick?
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Antimicrobials: Is Keeping Clean Risky?
$16.95 – $116.95
Explore environmental health effects of the antimicrobial Triclosan
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Safe Water?
$14.95 – $102.95
Is the well water causing baby Joey’s illness?
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Lung Disease: Genes and Your Environment
$15.95 – $102.95
Learn how gene-environment interactions can cause disease.
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Treating Dirty Water
$20.95 – $164.95
Build and test models to illustrate water treatment processes.
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Is Climate Change Making Us Sick?
$12.95 – $97.95
Explore how climate change may lead to health problems.
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Sea Otter Forensics
$17.95 – $145.95
Why are the sea otters dying?
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Mercury Poisoning
$10.95 – $67.95
How does mercury affect the brain? Model biomagnification.
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Yeast Populations
$14.95 – $82.95
What environmental conditions can affect organism growth?
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A Medical Mystery of Epidemic Proportions
$16.95 – $125.95
Is this epidemic caused by a new strain of bacteria?
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Pollution Investigation
$14.95 – $100.95
Investigate the cause of water pollution in Big Lake.
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Mark-Recapture Population Sampling
$9.95 – $67.95
How many spiders are hiding in the leaf litter?
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What Is It? Dichotomous Keys
$14.95 – $102.95
Learn to use and create dichotomous keys.
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Acid Rain and Buffers
$12.95 – $92.95
Learn how certain types of lake bottoms can act as buffers.
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About Ecology

Ecology is a branch of biology that focuses on the distribution and patterns of various organisms while studying the causes and effects of this distribution. It can be divided into many sub-topics, including biodiversity, distribution, biomass, populations of organisms, and even the competition/cooperation of species. By studying ecology, we’re able to learn more about the dynamic interactions of ecosystems and the various communities that comprise them. Ecology aims to teach us more about life processes and interactions, the way resources and energy move in living communities, as well provide insight into the ways new ecosystems develop. By knowing this information, we’re able to better understand how certain environments self-regulate.

About Environmental Science

Environmental science is a field of study that incorporates physical science, biological science, and information science in order to study the environment and come up with solutions to environmental problems. It can include a wide range of sub-topics, including chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, soil science, geology, and more. By studying environmental science, we’re able to better understand Earth processes, energy systems, pollution, natural resource management, and even the effects of global climate change on the planet. This information helps us understand how we can treat the Earth better and create a healthier future for our planet and everything on it.

Environmental Science & Ecology in the Classroom

The three main research methods involved in Environmental Science & Ecology are observation, modeling, and experimentation. Because this topic usually relates to the natural world, observation is sometimes hard to simulate in a classroom setting. Thankfully, Science Take-Out makes it easy for students to engage in hands-on, minds-on learning with ecology and environmental science labs and kits. Through the use of modeling, students are able to create representations of real-life situations to come to their own conclusions. From simulating pesticide and water safety to learning about cancers and genetics, Science Take-Out’s environmental science labs allow students to apply scientific principles – and have fun doing it!

Science Take-Out kits also relate closely to Next Generation Science Standards, allowing educators to be sure that they are delivering on science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and cross cutting concepts. Students are set to learn about analyzing and interpreting data, improve their information processing skills, and study cause and effect relationships in these engaging environmental science labs.