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31 resources with the concept interdependency

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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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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Introduction to Biology Presentation

Introduction to Biology

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Welcome to Biology! Introduce pupils to a subject conceptualized by Aristotle in 300 BC through a presentation and worksheet. It covers the themes of biology, characteristics of life, the scientific method, microscopes, and measurements.
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There's Something Very Fishy About These Trees ... Video

There's Something Very Fishy About These Trees ...

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Around 80 percent of the nitrogen in plants living in coastal forests comes from decaying fish. Viewers learn how salmon encourage the growth of forests with a scientific video that highlights interdependence, ecosystems, and the...
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Lotusland Lesson Plan

Lotusland

3rd - 5th
It's time for a field trip! Scholars take their new-found knowledge of adaptations and seed dispersal on a field trip to a local botanical garden. They gain an up-close look at how ecological interdependence works in a distinct...
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ETS2A - Interdependence of Science, Engineering and Technology Video

ETS2A - Interdependence of Science, Engineering and Technology

6 mins K - 12th
What comes first: science, engineering, or technology? The video narrator explains the interdependence of the three disciplines. Using specific examples, he shows how one could not advance without the other.
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Ghosts of Evolution Video

Ghosts of Evolution

5 mins 6th - 12th
Since avocados are fruits, is guacamole a smoothie? The video explains how trees that produce fruit with no natural way to spread their seeds are still alive. It goes into detail about avocado trees and ginko biloba trees.
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Sustainability and Extinction Lesson Plan
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Sustainability and Extinction

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Galapagos Penguins are the only penguins on earth that live north of the equator (in the wild). In this last lesson a discussion on how the Galapagos islands developed their populations and diversity sparks the introduction. Two...
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Freshwater Food Chains Lesson Plan

Freshwater Food Chains

9th - 12th
What's in the water? Encourage your class to further explore this question and learn about pond ecosystems, food chains, and food webs as they complete this hands-on activity. They view the environment from a new perspective after...
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The 16 Habits of Mind Handouts & Reference

The 16 Habits of Mind

6th - 12th
Study the 16 Habits of Mind with a professional resource. Based on Describing 16 Habits of Mind by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick, the resource details 16 ways learners perceive problems around them and produce ways to deal with those...
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Why Is Biodiversity So Important? Video

Why Is Biodiversity So Important?

4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
There are millions of plant and animal species on the planet, but why do we need so many? Follow along with this short video as it explains how biodiversity helps strengthen ecosystems, allowing them to adapt to change so that life...
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Build a Food Web Activity Activities & Project
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Build a Food Web Activity

3rd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Entangle your life science class in learning with this collaborative food web activity. Using pictures of the plants and animals native to a particular ecosystem, young biologists work in small groups to construct visual representations...
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An Ocean of Energy Lesson Plan
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An Ocean of Energy

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young biologists trace the path of the sun's energy through marine ecosystems in the second part of this four-activity series. Building on prior knowledge about producers, consumers, and decomposers learners are introduced to the concept...
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Understanding Food Chains and Food Webs Lesson Plan

Understanding Food Chains and Food Webs

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Jump into an exploration of marine ecosystems with the first lesson plan in this four-part series. After first learning about crustaceans, mollusks, and other forms of sea life, young marine biologists view a PowerPoint presentation that...
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Food Chain Activities Activities & Project
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Food Chain Activities

2nd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Transform young biologists into grasshoppers, lizards, and hawks as you teach them about food chains in an interactive life science simulation. Working collaboratively to act out three different scenarios involving these creatures,...
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It’s a Plankton Eat Plankton World Activities & Project
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It’s a Plankton Eat Plankton World

3rd - 7th
CCSS: Designed
For as small as they are, plankton sure play an enormous role in maintaining marine ecosystems. Dive into an investigation of these tiny organisms with a hands-on life science activity in which children cut out pictures of sea animals...
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Building A Classroom Food Web Activities & Project

Building A Classroom Food Web

2nd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
From bears and owls to chipmunks and trees, all life depends on the sun for the energy to survive. Young biologists develop an understanding of this big idea as they arrange this series of plant and animal picture cards into food webs...
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Life Science Toolbox for Fifth Grade Unit
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Life Science Toolbox for Fifth Grade

3rd - 7th
CCSS: Adaptable
Help build young scholars' understanding of living things with the tools provided in this comprehensive life science resource. Including a total of nine lessons that cover topics ranging from plant and animal life cycles to heredity and...
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I'm Batman Video

I'm Batman

6 mins 4th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
When you think about bats, what comes to mind? Vampires? Rabies? After watching this short video you'll have a whole new appreciation for these terribly misunderstood mammals.
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Who Speaks for the Trees? Handouts & Reference

Who Speaks for the Trees?

Pre-K - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Help young conservationists appreciate the important role that trees play in ecosystems around the world with this collection of six engaging activities. From a shared reading and class discussion of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, to in an depth...
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Levels of Organization within an Ecosystem Handouts & Reference
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Levels of Organization within an Ecosystem

5th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
From tiny organisms to entire biomes, young scientists examine the interdependent relationships tying all living and non-living things together with this collection of ecology resources.
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Habitat Web Activities & Project

Habitat Web

K - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young scientists weave together an understanding of ecosystems with this fun collaborative activity. Taking on the roles of different living and non-living elements of specific habitats, learners use a ball of yarn to create the web of...
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Living & Non-Living Interactions Lesson Plan

Living & Non-Living Interactions

2nd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
What better way to learn about ecosystems than by getting outside and observing them first hand? Accompanying a field trip to a local park or outdoor space, this series of collaborative activities engages children in learning about the...
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Ecological Pyramids interdependence, food chains, food webs, trophic levels Activities & Project
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Ecological Pyramids interdependence, food chains, food webs, trophic levels

4th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young scientists explore the interdependence of organisms with this simple life science activity. Using the provided template, students create and label tiered pyramids that model the hierarchy of trophic levels in ecosystems.
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