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\nBreaking Down Ecosystems\n

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\nEcosystems are crucial in allowing for the flow of energy. In this collection, learners look at how energy flows from one organism to another through food chains and food webs. With videos, interactives, and worksheets, the material in...\n
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\nClimate Change in My Backyard: Grades 7-9, Unit 1\n

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\nEngage young scientists in a study of climate change with a collections of lessons that combine online research with labs, videos, activities, nature walks, and a NASA data analysis tool to examine different Earth's systems and how they...\n
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\nInvertebrates\n

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\nIntroduce young zoologists to invertebrates with a video collection from Nature League, hosted by Britt Garner. The narrator identifies the major characteristics of invertebrates alongside their positions on the phylogenetic tree....\n
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\nThe Wild World of Carnivorous Plants\n

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\nEw! Yuck! Young botanists are sure to be fascinated by a short video that details the workings of carnivorous plants and offers an explanation for why some plants have evolved flesh-eating adaptations.\n
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\nCarnival of Carnivores\n

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\nLearners research different species of meat-eating animals in their natural environments to create a Carnival of Carnivores exhibit for their classroom.\n
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\nBig-Teeth Carnivorous Creatures\n

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\nStudents, after researching the survival skills of carnivorous animals with large teeth, build a realistic model of a carnivorous creature. They compare and contrast how their carnivorous creatures grow, survive, move and behave to those...\n
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\nInteractions of Living Things\n

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\nIs it a producer, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, or decomposer? Different relationships among organisms are explored here. It is a simple, multiple choice assignment. Use it as a quick warm-up or quiz.\n
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\nAnimal Skulls\n

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\nPictures of different animal skulls make this slide show fascinating. The intent is to display the differences in structure among herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. If you do not have animal skull replicas, this presentation would be...\n
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\nAn Uncertain Future\n

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\nStudents study the distribution of large mammals and carnivores in an ecosystem. Using maps and historical data, they examine areas for these animals such as refuges, untouched forests, prairies and grasslands. Students determine actions...\n
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\nA Tooth for a Tooth\n

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\nLearners classify mammals as carnivores or herbivores. They look at a set of pictures of animal skulls, observing the shape and size of the teeth, and identify herbivores and carnivores.\n
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\nFood Chains\n

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\nOne of the topics elementary school kids love to study is the concept of a food chain. This presentation provides a basic overview of the food chain. It also has definitions for herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore. However, there is only...\n
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\nMeat-Eating Plants\n

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\nDo carnivorous plants have sharp teeth? Are they vicious meat-eating organisms? Not quite, but there are plants that eat insects to survive, like venus flytraps and pitcher plants. Discover how and why these plants eat meat in an...\n
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\nNutritional Relationships Chart\n

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\nProducers, Herbivores, Carnivores, Decomposers, oh my! Help organize the intricacies between these four types of eaters with this biology worksheet. Scientists display nutritional relationships in a graphic organizer. They place 15 terms...\n
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\nPoisonous Pitcher Plant - The Private Life of Plants\n

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\nPitcher plants are one of the largest carnivorous plants. Its prey-trapping mechanism includes a large pitcher-like cavity that fills with liquid, creating a \"lethal pond\". Check out this video to see how the pitcher plant forms itself...\n
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\nDinnertime for Animals\n

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\nIs a deer an herbivore? What about a spider? Experiment with the food chain in an interactive science experiment. After listing the herbivores from a selection of animals, third and fourth graders compare the skulls and teeth of...\n
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\nBite on This!\n

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\nDifferent types of teeth have different roles. Third graders study how molars, incisors, and canines function in a rabbit skull and a cat skull. After answering some questions about the teeth of herbivores and carnivores, kids...\n
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\nFood chains at sea\n

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\nFifth graders interpret a table of data about food chains in the ocean. They create a food chain to represent the information on the table. Periwinkles eat seaweed, and crabs eat periwinkles - so who eats crabs? Extend the activity with...\n
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\nMunchtime for animals\n

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\nWhich animals eat meat to stay alive? Third graders group fish, hawks, and cats into carnivores and herbivores. An extended activity prompts kids to cut out magazine pictures of different animals according to the foods that they eat. \n
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\nCarnivorous Plants\n

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\nStudents examine how carnivorous plants get their nutrients from animals.  In this food web lesson students examine how the plants attract their prey and are given many onilne sources to research.\n
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\nWhat Animals Need to Live\n

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\nFourth graders read \"Habitat: What Animals Need to Live\" then create a Venn diagram for herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore. In this animal survival lesson, 4th graders determine where different animals need to live depending on what they...\n
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\nThe Dinosaur Diner\n

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\nStudents explore the food chain. In this dinoaur instructional activity, students identify charactersitics of an omnivore, carnivore, and herbivore. Students sort dinosaur picture/word cards into groups by their eating characteristics....\n
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\nFood Chains and Webs\n

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\nStarting with a simple food chain, young scientists interpret the difference and interrelatedness between herbivores, carnivores and producers. They answer questions related to cause and effect of food chain disruptions, including the...\n
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\nFood Web\n

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\nIn this food web learning exercise, students label the organisms shown as a producer or consumer and as a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. Students create their own food web with a list of given animals.\n
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\nWhat Teeth Tell Us\n

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\nLearners view pictures of a variety of animals. They examine the animals' teeth and discuss the differences in them. They experiment with staple removers (carnivore teeth) and two flat rocks (herbivore teeth) and determine which are most...\n
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