Nature Connection Websites
If you would like to investigate a topic with more depth, or you just need to rewatch a video from class, here are some links for you!
Math:
Math in Nature Video Series (seen in class)
Numberphile YouTube How to Trisect an Angle with Origami
The Science Behind Natures Patterns, Smithsonian Magazine
Can One Math Pattern Explain All Nature? YouTube
Alan Turing’s Patterns in Nature, Wired Magazine
Math Patterns in Nature, The Franklin Institute
Some zebras are developing odd stripes, humans may be to blame, CBC
The unexpected math of origami, TED Ed
The Math and Magic of Origami Robert Lang TED Talk
Fold and Cut Theorem Numberphile YouTube
Describing nature with math, PBS NOVA
Nature by the Numbers, Golden Ratio and Fibonacci, YouTube
Doodling in Math Class, Fibonacci Part 1
Doodling in Math Class, Part 2
Doodling in Math Class, Part 3
Painted with Numbers, Math Patterns in Nature, The Guardian
The Magic of Fibonacci, YouTube
Incredible Geometric Shapes Found in Nature, YouTube
Fibonacci and Spirals, Fractal Foundation
Pi and the Fibonacci Sequence, PBS
Science:
How Nature Gets Its Rhythms, TED Ed
Bird Video Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Quizzes from the NCC to Learn About Animals
6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World, TED
Suzanne Simard How Trees Talk to One Another, TED
Nature is Everywhere, We Just Need To Learn to See It, TED
Plants Use an Internet Made of Fungus, TED Ed
Reasons for the Seasons, TED Ed
Where We Get Our Fresh Water, TED Ed
Symbiosis, A surprising tale of species cooperation, TED Ed
Why do we harvest horseshoe crab blood, TED Ed
A simple way to tell insects apart, TED Ed
Birds of the World Database, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Bird Sounds of the World, Birds.net
University of Victoria Ethnobotany Plant Profiles
Inside the Killer Whale Matriarchy, YouTube
Jellyfish Predate Dinosaurs, How did they live so long?
Hydrothermal vents, Geysers of the Deep
Taking a Lichen to Lichen, Island Nature Blog
BC Species Explorer, BC Government Website
Fern Identification, Stanley Park Ecology Blog
Arctic Diversity, Ocean Networks
E-Flora BC Plants Database at UBC
Seaweeds and Sea Grasses BC Coast
Seaweeds the Ocean’s Superfood and Where to Get It
Edible Seaweed of the Pacific Northwest
TED, the Roots of Plant Intelligence
Can Plants Talk to One Another, TED Ed
Why we’re storing millions of seeds, TED Talks
Zoology UBC Mushrooms Database
The Electrical Blueprints that Orchestrate Life – Ted Ed
Health
Trees are not just for the birds, Birds Canada
Nature’s Sounds Improve Well Being, CBC
Blue Space is the New Green Space
Socials and Social Responsibility:
TED Ed Climate Change Game of Tetris
TED Ed Climate Change Series of Videos and Lessons
Bill Nye Climate Change National Geographic/YouTube
Bill Nye 5 Things to Remember About Climate Change, YouTube/Nat Geo
Scientists team up with First Nations to revive herring stocks, CBC
Healthy Food Systems for a Healthy Planet, David Suzuki Foundation
Intact Forest, Boreal Forest Conservation
Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change USGS (plus other articles)
Reforestation, Impact on Climate, TED Ed
Threat of Invasive Species, TED Ed
From the top of the food chain down, rewilding our world, TED Ed
Buildings Made of Fungus Could Live, Grow, Biodegrade, CBC
The Indigenous Science of Permaculture
Walking in Two Worlds, Inuit-Led Research in the Arctic, Science World
How Science and First Nations oral traditions are converging, CBC
Article List of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Western Science Connections, Stitcher
The Great Bear Sea Curriculum Video Links
Moon Phases from First Nations Perspective, Teacher Blog
First Peoples Interactive Map BC
Mysteries of Ancient Clam Gardens
SFU Ethnobiology Database for Indigenous Names/Uses of Plants and Animals
Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change Movie
Sacred Relationship Videos About Aboriginal Connection to Water and Land
First Nations Traditional Foods Fact Sheets
Climate Change Bill Nye, Found on YouTube
A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change, Alaska, PBS
Keepers of the Coast Movie, Vimeo
Northern Abalone in Haida Gwaii
Eyes and Ears on the Land and Sea Movie, Vimeo
11 Foods Already Being Impacted by Climate Change, Rolling Stone
Micro organisms and their role in combating climate change, TED Talk
Kelp Forest Disappeared in Haida Gwaii, and here is how they were revived
Indigenous Knowledge and Ocean Science, TED
Pacific Northwest Forests Deliberately Planted by Indigenous Peoples
What’s In the Air You Breathe – Ted Ed
Genetically Modified Grass Can Suck Toxins Out of the Ground – CBC
Language Arts:
Raven Goes Fishing Story/Video
Common Raven Overview, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Common Raven, National Bird Project
Raven, a Haida Creation Story, YouTube
The Raven and Oral Traditions BC First Nations
Make 1,000 Ravens for Reconciliation
Vimeo, What is Difference Between Raven and Crow