Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet #5, Concavity,

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus worksheet, students determine the intervals in which a given relation is concave up. They determine the inflection points of a given formula. Students use the second derivative test to classify the relative extrema of a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Precious Water: Is it a Need, a Right, or a Commodity?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine whether water is a need, a right, or a commodity. In this water instructional activity, students investigate land and water ecosystems through activities. Students also discover water as a resource and energy source as...
Organizer
Curated OER

Food Chain Poster Instructions

For Students 1st - 5th
In this food chain worksheet, students follow a set of 9 steps to create a food chain poster. Page has no additional activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physics at the Zoo

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students visit a local zoo and answer physics questions that are a part of zoo life.  For this zoo physics lesson students answer questions that have to do with the physics of animal size, their center of gravity and how animals...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Webbing the Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars compose a visual representation of the food chain cycle using Inspiration educational software.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pies: A Practical Application

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in making a pie. They are to discuss the nutritional value and the different types of pies. They also answer questions from the teacher about fat and they complete a pie evaluation form.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Responding to Alcohol: What's Important?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effects on motor functions in mice. They make observations and graph their data. They analyze the data and draw conclusions in each of the three experiments.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Auditing the Energy-Guzzlers in Your Home

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify the energy sources in their community as renewable or non-renewable resources. Using their homes, they identify the types of energy they use to heat and power it. They calculate the amount of electricity used by each...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploration of North America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine some famous explorers who have helped to discover our country. They discuss explorers from three countries today. They are: Spain, Portugal, and England.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coarl Reef Degradation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore methods of preserving Hawaii's ocean ecosystem. Using underwater cameras, students take pictures of the underwater reef. They perform activities to determine the history and degradation of the coal reef. While...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What does AG have to do with me?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice alphabetizing while categorizing sources of basic agricultural products. They discuss agricultrual products, discover where they are grown and draw a simple agricultural scene on poster board.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environment: The Haves and the Have Nots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine consumption habits in developed and developing countries and determine their effects on natural resources. In groups, they assess graphs on the Living Planet Report and observe the connection between consumption and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The History of Ethanol in America

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore and examine the production of biofuels from the 1850's to the present. Included in their research is Henry Ford, ethanol, World War I and prohibition. They explain the importance of grains and grasses for the...
Activity
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Producer and Consumer Surplus

For Students 9th - 10th
By using notes and supporting videos, tutorial helps students to acquire an understanding of producer and consumer surplus and to be able to calculate it.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Producers and Consumers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson will teach the difference between producers and consumers. It provides an interactive way for students to get involved and actually become producers and consumers.
Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Biodiversity in an Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces students to the amazing biodiversity of an estuarine environment, focusing on the habitats in the Rookery Bay National EstuarineResearch Reserve, Florida. They begin by exploring the estuary using Google Maps....
Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Producers and Consumers

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise site that provides an explanation of what producers are along with a short quiz to test your knowledge of producers and consumers.
Activity
Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Parts of the Food Chain: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how scientists classify different types of organisms in an ecosystem or in a food chain by their role and function as either a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. Then play a game that tests your understanding of these important...
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organization of an Ecosystem Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the organization of an ecosystem. The feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem can be seen in food chains. Sampling allows us to measure the abundance and distribution of these species. It provides...
Handout
Other

College of Du Page: Energy in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
Ecosystems contain two kinds of commodities: matter (nutrients) and energy. Nutrients cycle through the ecosystem, available for repeated use by organisms. These cycles of use and reuse are called biogeochemical cycles. Energy instead is...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Life Science: The Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem

For Students 4th - 6th
A module that explains what an ecosystem is and how energy and matter move through them. Students will look at the different roles of plants and animals and at ecological relationships in food chains and food webs.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Roles in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different roles in an ecosystem.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecology Lab

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...
Lesson Plan
Other

Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students compare various types of relationships among organisms (i.e., biotic interactions). Students will: explain the roles of producers and consumers, and predators and prey in an ecosystem. Explain the levels of order...