The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science is a course for high school teachers and undergraduate students in environmental science.

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has announced the selection of The Habitable Planet as an Official Honoree for the Education category in their Annual Webby Awards. See
http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=96&category_id=21&season=12>.

This distinction requires a score in the top 15% of all work entered, including nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries. Explore the rich resources available on this Web site at
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/index.htm>. In addition to full video programs, you'll find an online textbook, interactive labs and a wide selection of images and simulations from the course.

International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22)

See how scientists measure biodiversity, how it benefits our species, and what trends might cause Earth's next mass extinction in Unit 9, "Biodiversity Decline," of The Habitable Planet (new in 2007.)
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=9&secNum=0>

The series' rich Web site includes a collection of interactive labs. In one, you can build "your own ecosystem", and explore the effects of the complex and delicate interrelationship between species.
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/> .The Web site also links to a rich collection of images. A world map of "Biodiversity Hotspots," which cover a small fraction of Earth's surface
but contain a particularly large number of species, is available at
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/visual/visual.php?shortname=hotspots. Biodiversity hotspots

© 2005. Conservation International.
Biodiversity hotspots cover a small fraction of Earth™s surface but are home to large numbers of living species.