At first glance, grassland ecosystems might seem dull and uninteresting, but once you start to explore it's amazing the things you'll find! Through this series of engaging lessons, activities, and experiments, elementary students examine...

This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...

Through an interactive learning module, students investigate the importance of species richness and biological diversity.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Biodiversity is a measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area. More specifically, biodiversity can be defined as the variety of life and...

This unit on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity begins with students reading headlines that claim that the future of orangutans is in peril and that the purchasing of chocolate may be the cause. Students launch a scientific...

Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes of species diversity in an ecosystem, why it is important for an ecosystem to have stable biodiversity, what happens if it becomes unstable, and...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the meaning of biodiversity. Includes videos and review questions.

University of California site showcases how different types of organisms exist on the Earth and the history of life.

How we can live sustainably on our natural resources while also preserving enough nature so these resources can be replenished represents one of the most important questions in environmental science. Through learning about terrestrial...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How diverse Earth's organisms are today.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How diverse Earth's organisms are today.

An educational module on biodiversity, economic growth, and medical research in rainforests. This can be used by students or teachers. It has a huge amount of information on agriculture, biodiversity, medicinal plants, animals, and more.

This article deals with global warming and its possible consequences on climate and terrestrial ecosystems.

A study discovering and exploring the cloud forest canopy and how humans have influenced the ecosystem's biodiversity.

Learn about the coral reef ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how climate affects the biome.

Learners explore and describe how succession affects biodiversity by creating an island ecosystem in an interactive game.