Ecology & Environmental Educational Posters, Prints & Charts
for science & social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

Ecology Poster ECOLOGY Poster Text: The study of the natural world of plants, animals, soils, air, water, and how they interact to form living systems is called ecology. Because we humans have unprecedented power to change our surroundings, we must understand how those changes will affect the environment for both the short and long term. We may not fully appreciate the impact the environemt has on our existence, but we can not afford to ignore it. Many opportunities are open to people who study ecology and the environment. Wildlife research biologists gather important data for the understand of management and preservation of native animal populations. Landfill managers make sure that we recycle and dispose of waste in a way that will have a minimum effect on living systems. Environmental lawyers work to establish and enforce laws which protect our land and waters.

Ecology, a multidisciplinary science that transcends and includes biology, is the study of relationships between living organisms and their environment - "where organisms are found, how many occur there, and why" (C. J. Krebs- Ecology). The word ecology is based on the Greek word oikos for household and means the "study of the household", in this case, nature. It was coined for biology studies by German scientist Ernst Haeckel.

Ecologists gather information on the "household" Earth, from the micro to macro levels through the disciplines of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cellular biology, as well as the sciences of anthropology, botany, zoology, geology, and the study of local ecosystems to the global biosphere as the environment of the human species and all known life forms in the Universe..

Environmental concerns include the preservation, restoration and sustainability of the natural systems through the conservation and recycling (highest efficiency use of finite resources), and prevention of introducing harmful and unnatural substances (pollution).

Educational posters include maps and charts of Pollution & the Environment, Global Threats to the Environment, biomes, rainforest, and environmentalists Rachel Carson, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Ernst Haeckel, John Muir, Henry David Thoreau and Ellen Richards.

Pollution & the Environment

Global Threats to the Environment:
The Endangered Oceans
Species Extinction
Major Carbon Dioxide Contributors
Overpopulation
Acid Rain
Ozone Hole

Oceans and Seas

Provide an at-a-glance overview of the waterworlds that make up three-quarters of our world. Covers average temperature in °C, percentage of mineral salts contained in seawater, surface extension and depth of oceans, sunlight penetration in the sea, presence of plankton in the sea, seawater salinity in percentage and more. All information is based on the latest scientific information and is conveyed in an easy to understand style. Laminated.

Understanding Earth Science using Satellite Imagery, Chart

Biomes Poster Series
places where plants and animals live in an interdependent ecological communities -
marine, deserts, coniferous & deciduous forests, rainforest, grasslands, polar, tundra biomes.

Ecosphere Posters

anthrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere

Trees & Forest Posters

Trees
• Remove atmospheric carbon dioxide
• Reduce stormwater runoff
• Filter airborne pollutants
• Conserve energy by shading buildings and paved surfaces
• Increase the value of our homes

Water Environments

• more biomes posters
• more marine / aquatics posters

Diagram Illustrating the Greenhouse Effect on Earth, Phtographic Print

Diagram illustrating the Earth receiving radiation energy from the Sun, reflecting about 30% and absorbing 70%, warming the land, atmosphere and oceans.

Carbon Cycle Poster ScienceKit.com

Carbon Cycle Poster
Full color chart tracks the flow of carbon through the biotic and abiotic parts of the ecosystem. Includes respiration, combustion, photosynthesis, mimicry, sedimentation, and decay.

View of windmills on a wind energy farm, Photographic Print

View of windmills on a wind energy farm

Solar energy collectors, SEGS Plant, Mojave, CA, Photographic Print

Solar energy collectors, SEGS Plant, Mojave, CA

A Painting Depicting the Contents and Percentages of Specific Types of Refuse at a Typical Landfill, Photographic Print

A Painting Depicting the Contents and Percentages of Specific Types of Refuse at a Typical Landfill

Remember Valdez Art Print

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon tanker Valdez spilled oil in the Prince William Sound, Alaska. The event is considered one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters ever to occur at sea due to the Prince William Sound's remote location, accessible only by helicopter and boat. The spill was 10.8 million U.S. gallons which eventually covereed 11,000 sq. miles of ocean and habitat of salmon, sea otters, seals and seabirds. In addition cleanup crews suffered health damage due to exposure to oil and cleanup chemicals.

• more salt water | sea posters
• more peace posters