Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Students use the gas sensors to measure the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide consumed or produced by a plant during respiration and photosynthesis. They also determine the rate of respiration and photosynthesis in a plant.
Channel 4 Learning
4 Learning: Science Essentials: Interdependence and Adaptation
Article describes the importance of green plants and the ideal conditions they need to produce the food and oxygen people need to live.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Photosynthesis
This site details the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of the production of oxygen by plants and carbon dioxide by animals, both of which are needed for respiration purposes.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Activity: Trees and Air Quality
Site offers lessons and activities designed to supplement study of the environment and ecology. Concise explanations are presented on the importance of trees in our world. Also, problem solving and creative thinking is encouraged...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plants: Lesson 5
This lesson will present the characteristics of plants and their impact on living things. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Plants."
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition Aqa
The abundance and distribution of organisms in an ecosystem is determined by biotic and abiotic factors. Animals and plants have adaptations to allow them to compete for resources.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Evergreens
Site chronicles Wisconsin's Evergreen and Conifer trees. There are descriptions of the various tree types. Additionally, site details the uses of these trees in nature. Ideal for grades 4-8.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Photosynthesis
This activity introduces the concept of plant color being determined by pigments, which interactive with light. The idea that chlorophyll is used by plants for energy is then discussed, along with the first step of the photosynthetic...