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Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
16 Item

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

9th - 12th
What do elephants and plankton have in common? They both rely on the sun for the energy required to live. The resources in this high school science collection explore the flow of energy through ecosystems and the interdependent relationships between the organisms in them.
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Student Version - Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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Student Version - Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

9th - 12th
What do elephants and plankton have in common? They both rely on the sun for the energy required to live. The resources in this high school science collection explore the flow of energy through ecosystems and the interdependent relationships between the organisms in them.
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Ecology Presentation

Ecology

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewPsychologists study human relationships while ecologist study relationships between organisms in the environment. An introduction to ecology and the related vocabulary benefits scholars as they progress through the presentation and...
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Energy Flow in an Ecosystem Presentation

Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewEvery living thing requires a food source, thus the interconnections in ecosystems become complex. Scholars learn about these interconnections in a presentation on energy flow. It starts with the sun and moves through many different...
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Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem: Food Chains, Food Webs, and Energy Pyramids Presentation

Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem: Food Chains, Food Webs, and Energy Pyramids

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewWhen a minnow eats a piece of plastic, that garbage often tracks through multiple animals, causing harm to each as it passes through the food chain. Scholars learn about food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids with a presentation. It...
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Creating Chains and Webs to Model Ecological Relationships Activities & Project
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Creating Chains and Webs to Model Ecological Relationships

9th - 12th
The sustainability of an ecosystem depends on many factors and changes constantly. Young scholars consider these factors as they use a set of cards to create food webs. They review key scientific vocabulary such as predator, prey,...
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Biodiversity and Extinction Vulnerability - De-Natured Video

Biodiversity and Extinction Vulnerability - De-Natured

8 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Science benefits everyone, so why is the language in journal articles so difficult to understand? The third video in the four-part series on Biodiversity breaks down a journal article so everyone understands the content. The article...
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Everest Extremes: Biodiversity Lesson Plan

Everest Extremes: Biodiversity

4th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
How many animals can live in a climate as cold as Mount Everest's? Find out with a science lesson all about biodiversity. Activities include research, presentations, group work, coloring maps, and a simulation of a food web.
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Lesson 4: Gorongosa's Food Webs Lesson Plan

Lesson 4: Gorongosa's Food Webs

9th - 12th
Who eats who in the savannas of Africa? Explore trophic levels with part four of an eight-part series of lessons focused around Gorongosa National Park. After young explorers identify animals using trailcam images, they construct a food...
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Modeling Trophic Cascades Activities & Project

Modeling Trophic Cascades

6th - 12th
In the ecological game of who eats who, one small change can have a big impact! Individuals create food chains in an array of ecosystems, then determine what happens to organisms in the chain when one organism changes its feeding...
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Modeling Food Webs in Darién, Panama Activities & Project

Modeling Food Webs in Darién, Panama

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
It's a jungle out there! Young biologists journey to Darien, Panama to examine the intricate relationships between the organisms that inhabit the jungle. Groups begin by demonstrating an understanding of energy flow in ecosystems, then...
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Post-Assessment Assessment

Post-Assessment

3rd - 5th
Twenty questions make up an assessment designed to test super scientists' knowledge of ecosystems. Scholars answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions about organisms, food chains, energy flow, and more.
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Formative Assessment #3 Assessment

Formative Assessment #3

3rd - 5th
Thirteen short-answer questions follow a brief food web activity in a formative assessment designed to test knowledge of ecosystems and the energy that flows through them.
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Energy Flow Lesson Plan

Energy Flow

3rd - 5th
Budding scientists work collaboratively to reenact energy flow in a food chain. Scholars take on roles such as producer and consumer and perform tasks that symbolize energy flow in order to provide evidence of how much energy passes...
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Crawly Composters Lesson Plan

Crawly Composters

3rd - 5th
Get your hands dirty with an interactive lesson that showcases the process of decomposing and returning nutrients back into the soil. After building a compost pile, pupils regularly observe the ways worms help with changes to the soil...
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Matter Cycles — Sum It Up Lesson Plan

Matter Cycles — Sum It Up

3rd - 5th
Scholars become part of the cycle of matter with a reader's theater that showcases producers, consumers, decomposers, and the sun. A diagram and discussion concludes the learning experience and enhances comprehension. 
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Ecosystem Pre-Assessment Assessment

Ecosystem Pre-Assessment

3rd - 5th
Test scholars' knowledge of ecosystems with a 20-question pre-assessment. Assessment challenges learners to answer multiple choice questions, read diagrams, and complete charts.
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The Food Chain Video

The Food Chain

1 min 4th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
How does the amount of water required to grow alfalfa impact ice cream prices? The PBS food science video, part of a larger playlist, explains how farmers use water to grow the alfalfa that is fed to dairy cows. the video introduces the...
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Ocean and Great Lakes Literacy: Principle 5 Lesson Plan

Ocean and Great Lakes Literacy: Principle 5

6th - 12th
Great food web instruction is in the cards for your class. Inquisitive biology scholars explore the organisms that inhabit freshwater and saltwater in the fifth lesson plan in a series of seven. Learners play two different card games...
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LS2B - Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems Video
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LS2B - Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

8 mins 3rd - 12th
Produce, consume, decompose...repeat! Examine how matter and energy cycles in ecosystems by watching a video discussing NGSS standard LS2B. The narrator explains the requirements of the standard at each grade level, plus gives tips to...
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LS1C - Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms Video

LS1C - Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

6 mins K - 12th
How do you plan to approach standard LS1C, Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms? Avoid information overload with helpful advice in a short video. Topics include energy sources, relationships between organisms, and...
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Energy Transfer in Trophic Levels Video

Energy Transfer in Trophic Levels

3 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Learn more about food chains, the food web, and the concepts relating to them. It focuses on consumers, producers, decomposers, energy transfer, and energy loss across trophic levels.
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Natural Resources, and Human Uses of Plants and Animals Lesson Plan

Natural Resources, and Human Uses of Plants and Animals

4th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
As part of their study of the restoration projects on Santa Cruz Island, class members demonstrate their understanding of the connections among plant life, animals, and the actions of humans by crafting a model that reveals these...
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Human Impact on the Food Web of Santa Cruz Island Lesson Plan

Human Impact on the Food Web of Santa Cruz Island

9th - 12th
What happens when a non-native species is introduced onto an island? Santa Cruz Island, part of the Channel Island chain located off the coast of southern California, provides the perfect laboratory for young environmental scientists to...
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