Curated OER
Creature Features
Young scholars examine why certain animals live in only specific places throughout the world. Using animals, they classify them based on their characteristics and identify their basic needs. They also observe and compare the life cycles...
Curated OER
Biofuels and the Environment
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage on biofuels and answer reading comprehension questions.
Curated OER
Grammar: Adjectives
In this adjective learning exercise, students read about adjective and articles, then find adjectives in sentences, complete sentences with adjectives from a word box, and complete a short assessment, finding adjectives and articles.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Anti-McDonald's McDavids Beat Goliath
In this English worksheet, students read "Anti-McDonald's McDavids Beat Goliath," and then respond to 8 multiple choice, 27 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Food Chain Animation
This animation discusses the food chain in a storybook format. The chain is described as a cycle and both herbivores and carnivores are discussed.
Everything ESL
Animal Habitats: The Polar Regions
Stimulate and challenge your ESL students with a unit on Polar regions. Students will use higher level thinking skills while learning about animals, habitats and food chains. You will find many downloadable pages.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Animals: Food Chains, Characteristics, and Habitats Around the Worl
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great introduction to ways animals get food, characteristics of animals, habitats around the world. It contains pictures that will help students understand life cycles and where to...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Ocean Planet
A series of lesson plans designed to be used with the Smithsonian Ocean Planet exhibit (available online). Lesson topics include marine ecosystems, pollution of ocean water, animal strandings, and literature.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Using Tableau and Role Drama to Examine the Ecosystem [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders use tableaux to dramatize their roles in the food chain of an ecosystem. Next, they write in role arguing why they are important to the ecosystem. This is followed by a debate in the format of a Character...
Kidport
Kidport: Animal Comparisons
This site provides a very brief scenario about the similarities and differences of animals.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Rock Residents: What Lives Under a Rock?
For this activity, learners first listen to a story about animals that live under rocks, then go on an exploratory nature walk to see what animals they can find, living in their own small habitats. They write about their discoveries in a...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Habitats
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 2nd grade unit on animal environments and habitats. Include web links for information on different land and water habitats, as well as a lesson on food chains.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: What Can We Find in a Pond?
Explore Easter Island in this module to learn about the animals and their habitats.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Consumers and Decomposers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Producers make their own food through photosynthesis. But many organisms are not producers and cannot make their own food, but must get their energy from other...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biodomes
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Diet
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the various diets of animals, including those that are herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: African Lions
The African lion is at the top of the food chain and is often called "the king of the jungle." It is the biggest carnivore in Africa and remains one of the most feared predators on the planet. Lions are well known for their courage and...
Tramline
Virtual Field Trip: Temperate Forest Biome
Travel with your students on a Virtual Field Trip to learn about Temperate Forest Biomes. You will also discover many informative and interactive websites.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Marine Invertebrates
Students learn about invertebrates found in the ocean, their individual methods of adaptations, identifying characteristics, and contributions to the marine ecosystem.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Hazardous Waste
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes various types of hazardous waste.