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Monday, June 21, 2010

BBC: Whaling Industry

The BBC has an article about the whaling industry and have created a pretty neat interactive graphic to go along with it.  It profiles the different kinds of whales and their status as endangered or threatened.

It seems like a pretty interesting tool to forward students to if you're interested in teaching a unit on human impact on their environment.  Or even as an ethical dilemma since these creatures are essentially hunted for their meat or fat...

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