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Aquatic Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study ponds and wetland ecosystems and examine the food chains and webs in them.  In this aquatic ecosystems lesson students answer questions about the diversity of the flora and fauna in a pond. 
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The Basics:Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore concepts in life science using segments drawn from Discovery Channel. In this life science lesson, students participate in discussions about the food chain. Students create a poster to illustrate a predator and prey...
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The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate the global food chain by creating a visual chart.  In this ecology lesson, students discover the elements needed for life to sustain itself, contrasting living things vs. non living things.  Learners fill in a...
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Antarctica Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students visit an interactive web page. In this food chain lesson, students visit an interactive web page displaying an example of the food chain in Antarctica. As students move their mouse over the images, captions appear describing the...
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Worksheet 7/7 on Noun

For Students 5th - 6th
In this nouns worksheet, students identify all the nouns in a one page text about the food chain. Students circle the 80 nouns in the passage.
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Animal Classification

For Students 6th - 10th
In this animals activity, students match the words in the first column to the statement that best matches. The terms are associated with the different groups of animals. Students must match 17 terms.
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Freshwater Invertebrates and What They Eat

For Students 6th - 8th
In this freshwater invertebrates worksheet, students collect freshwater invertebrates and record their names, number of legs, and method of feeding. Students fill this information in on the chart. There is room to record information on...
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Trophic Levels and Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to trophic levels and food webs. There are 27 biology terms located in the word search.
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Explore Zone

For Students 5th - 8th
In this food chain worksheet, students go outside to observe a small patch of grassy are. They list as many living and non-living things they can see then complete 5 short answer questions about their list.
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Food Chain

For Students 4th - 9th
In this science worksheet, students match the words given in the first column with the correct definition found in the second column. There are six vocabulary terms to define.
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Exploring Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the basics of ecology through numerous hands-on and relevant activities. They participate in an online food chain demonstration, which explores food web dynamics. They dissect owl pellets, examine the prey's bones, and...
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EcoFluxx

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils describe examples of predator/prey relationships in nature explain how some animals protect themselves from predation better follow all directions presented to them become more flexible, adaptable and literate learners. They also...
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SIM Ecosystem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and interpret the concept of an ecosystem and the potential impact humans have on ecosystems. They also proficient in organized and methodical Internet searches. Finally, students become proficient with public...
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Life In Extreme Environments

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work together to design and participate in experiments to determine the rate rotifers eat. After completing their experiments, they record and analyze their data and identify any challenges faced during the procedure. They...
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The Web of Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students describe the importance of having a balance ecosystem. After a brief lecture, students give an explanation of the properties of an ecosystem. They create a web, using yarn which shows how the various members of the ecosystem are...
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Six Levels of Ecological Organization

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders describe the six levels of ecological organizations and give examples of each. They also differentiate between food chains and webs and identify trophic and consumer levels in food chain and food webs.
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The Macaroni Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are given an introduction to the "ecosystem", what factors make up an ecosystem (biotic factors, abiotic factors, food chain, producers, consumers and decomposers) and how those factors interact.
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Making a Food Web and Learning About Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the difference between a food web and food chain. They also examine the importance of the sun in a food web and food chain. Students understand what happens when you remove parts of the chain.
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The Consequences of Extinction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a class discussion on site of an older style bridge to help connect the significance of each organism in an ecosystem by using an analogy of bolts slowly being removed from a working bridge.
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EcoKids Web Site: Food Chain Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use the EcoKids web site to explore food chains and the associated terminology. They answer the questions about food chains and their importance. Students use the Kidspiration program to add information to an Animal Fact Web.
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The Great Food Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners locate 'animals' in various environments and draw conclusions about the survival value of structures the animals possess. They create model macaroni animals and hide them and other teams of students find them and evaluate the...
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The Web Of Life - Overlapping Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners perform an activity in which they discover what happens when food chains overlap in an ecosystem and discover the three components of a food web.
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The Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a food chain simulation to determine what happens when a food chain is broken.
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Who's for Dinner?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine life systems within different biomes. They choose paper plates with the names of animals on them. They research the animals, write reports and draw pictures of them. They create a food chain model by arranging the...