PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decomposers
Without the work of decomposers, living organisms would eventually use up all the raw materials in the environment, and dead organisms and wastes would pile up. This video segment from Interactive NOVA: "Earth" describes the role of...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis
Where does food come from and where does it go next? This unit helps students figure out that they can trace all food back to plants, including processed and synthetic food. They obtain and communicate information to explain how matter...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: A Bug's Life: Under a Rock!
In this classroom biology lab, students will investigate the role or purpose of decomposers.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Parts of the Food Chain: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Bacteria
This lesson will provide the characteristics of the domain Bacteria.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cleaning Up With Decomposers
Students investigate decomposers and the role of decomposers in maintaining the flow of nutrients in an environment. Students also learn how engineers use decomposers to help clean up wastes in a process known as bioremediation. This...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Consumers and Decomposers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Producers make their own food through photosynthesis. But many organisms are not producers and cannot make their own food, but must get their energy from other...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Flow of Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy flows through an ecosystem.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Helpful Bacteria
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Can we survive without bacteria? Could bacteria survive without us? Learn more about helpful bacteria in this learning module produced by CK-12.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Kingdom Fungi Quiz
Take this interactive quiz over fungi, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: The Food Chain
Omnivores, herbivores and carnivores are waiting for you. The food chain comes to life at this friendly site.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organization in Ecosystems
This lesson focuses on food chains in ecosystems, including levels of consumers, decomposers, and a list of common words used with food chains and their definitions. It also provides a link to an assessment.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Material Cycling in Ecosystems
This lesson focuses on the carbon cycle which shows how atoms of carbon can exist within different compounds at different times and be recycled between living organisms and the environment. It also provides a link to an assessment.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organization of an Ecosystem Aqa
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...
Other
Paul's Garden World: The Science of Composting
Very thorough description of different organisms involved in decomposing organic material through composting. Includes actinomycetes, bacteria, fungi, and a variety of macro-organisms which also function as decomposers. Also discusses...
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Decomposers
This site gives a detailed overview of "decomposers": bacteria, fungi, and earthworms. Content includes a look at how decomposers contribute to a symbiotic relationship.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.17 Consumers and Decomposers
Learn the difference between consumers and decomposers in the ecosystem.
MadSci Network
Mad Sci Network: Three Decomposers
The MadSci Network answers the posted question by describing three large groups of decomposers: bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes.
Other
Warrensburg Schools: Decomposers or Destroyers
This site from Warrensburg Schools gives a great overview of decomposers, and asks each student to pick an animal to research and complete the "challenge."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Living Organisms and Their Environment: Lesson 2
This lesson will discuss the interactions of and interdependence among living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Living Organisms and Their Environment."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Living Organisms and Their Environment: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the interactions of and interdependence among living things. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Living Organisms and Their Environment."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Uses of Fungi
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Fungi are extremely important to the ecosystem because they are one of the major decomposers of organic material. But how do they help people? They are used to help...