Sofia came back from a trip around the world. She noticed how each animal she saw belonged to a certain habitat. Help her learn about animal habitats and the species that live there.

How to construct a biodome (closed ecosystem) for classroom use.

In this geology field lab, students investigate the surrounding land by walking different transects of the ecosystem, looking for and identifying as many different living and nonliving ecosystem features as possible

Learn about the transfer of energy in the ecosystem.

Develop a digital story to illustrate and inform others about different habitats or ecosystems. Resources for building a digital story are provided.

A quick overview of the Savanna biome, including a description of the wildlife and climate there.

A game for kids to understand the basics of an ecosystem and keeping it balanced. A brief description of the animals and how they fit within the system is provided before the game begins.

Students learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and...

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

This unit shows how ecosystems change over time and how matter and energy, which are essential to its operation, are transformed and passed from one living thing to another forming, in some cases, authentic cycles. It contains 19...

"Prairie Ecology" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and how it works using three animals: the skipper butterfly, ground squirrel, and the bison It is followed by an open-ended question which requires...

Learn how organisms rely on one another but also compete with one another within the same ecosystem.

Investigate the Great Salt Lake's islands, rivers, and man-made structures that define several diverse microenvironments.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in biodiversity and the chain reaction of problems they can cause. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Examine the relationship between the island fox and golden eagle populations on Santa Cruz Island over a twelve-year period using the TI-73 Explorer to graph and analyze the values.

Daisy is learning all about the animals and plants that live in her beautiful garden. Join her and learn about habitats, too.

Throughout this unit, you will see how man change and affects the environment in which they live. You will have a better understanding of our need of matter and energy and the consequences of their use and abuse. It contains 19...

Provides a thorough look at the biological and geological characteristics of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Includes wonderful pictures.

Set in the Australian desert, players become bilbies to search at night for food while looking out for hungry predators like dingos, foxes, and swooping eagles.

This thorough resource lists the features that all mangrove trees have in common, the types of organisms we may find in a mangrove community, and the three most common mangrove trees.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes polar climates such as the polar and alpine tundras.

Lists the six attributes used to identify terrestrial and wetlands areas that are important ecologically. These attributes are based on four ecological principles, which are explained.

Rainforests at the Crossroads: Use a TI-73 Explorer to become familiar with a graphical technique for measuring the amount of leaves Leaf Cutter Ants chew. Measure the mass of a chewed leaf and then find its area.

Find an overview of what a habitat is exactly. Then, for more information, click in the left hand menu for different types of habitat: forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and arctic tundra. Authors also offer advice on creating a...