Scholastic
Study Jams! Food Chains
Rhinozilla is Mia's bearded dragon and the focus of this lesson on energy flow in an ecosystem. She uses him to explain the energy pyramid, from producers through third level consumers, and she likens the food chain to a video game. Mia...
Curated OER
Biomes: Deciduous Forests
Deciduous forests can be found in almost all corners of the world, ranging from the United States to Russia to New Zealand. While this video has slightly choppy editing, it covers the types of animals, trees, and fungi that live in the...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis: Teacher Playlist
This teacher playlist demonstrates the Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis unit investigations where the students investigate the idea that all food comes from plants.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis: Student Playlist
This student playlist demonstrates the Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis unit investigations where the students investigate the idea that all food comes from plants.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain
Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in...
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 41.2: Climate Change
Find out the effects that climate change can have, and how one small change in an ecosystem can throw everything off in an ecosystem. [3:40]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Mangrove Q&a
Scientists answer student questions about mangroves and why these plants are a keystone species in Florida's estuaries. [7:06]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ecology: Example Identifying Roles in a Food Web
See an example identifying roles in a food web. [2:11]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Role of Plants in the Food Chain: Lesson 1
This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."