Website
Other

Lehigh University: Land Use Change

For Teachers 6th - 9th
An inquiry-based science unit for middle school students centered on how human activities affect environmental changes related to land use. The lessons integrate technology and lab activities while teaching about today's land use and how...
Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson activity where students create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Microenvironment Project: Featuring Phenology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field lab for biology that focuses students on the study of nature and its changes over time. Students are asked to observe and acquire knowledge of trees and the interdependence that a tree shares with other organisms.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing Living and Non Living Components of an Ecosystem With a Partner

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will observe a square foot of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. They will keep a journal to record the physical elements of their area. It will include both written details and drawings. They will...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Succession

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecosystems are "dynamic." This means that ecosystems change over time. Both natural forces and human actions cause ecosystems to change. Learn more about succession...
Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Dinamica De Los Ecosistemas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Interactive
Other

Ohio Department of Education: The Long and Short Story of Ecological Succession

For Students 6th - 8th
An ecology simulation where each student plays a role of an organism in an forest ecosystem. Students earn and keep track of their own survival points to determine which type of organism is most successful at survival during different...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing Living and Nonliving Components of an Ecosystem With a Partner

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field lab, students will observe a square foot area of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. The students will keep a journal to record the physical elements of the ecosystem which they will visit monthtly. The...