Students investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  In this animal life lesson, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat.  Students each discuss their...

Young scholars explore biology by creating a poster with classmates. In this oceanography lesson plan, students identify the importance of coral reefs to the ocean's ecology and examine a food web of ocean animals. Young scholars define...

Learners investigate their environment by completing an in-class experiment.  In this ecological instructional activity, students define the roles of dams and how electricity is created by them.  Learners utilize plastic jugs,...

Students explore the dangers of eating high levels of mercury and how small amounts of mercury in water accumulate in greater quantities in organisms higher in the food chain. They list the health of effects of high levels of mercury on...

Fifth graders research rainforest destruction. In this geography and ecology lesson, 5th graders work as a group to research the effects of logging, farming, and mining on the rainforest. Students gather and display data and information...

Learners create visual representations of ecosystems. In this ecology lesson, students discuss the interdependence of plants and animals in various ecosystems. Learners cut pictures from magazines and glue them on sturdy blocks. Using...