Oswego City School District
Regents Prep: Ecosystems/communities
Abiotic factors vary in the environment and determining the types and numbers of organisms that exist in that environment. Factors which determine the types and numbers of organisms of a species in an ecosystem are called limiting...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Community Ecology: Self Check Quiz
Answer these five multiple-choice questions about community ecology. After answers are submitted, students can review their mistakes.
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Examining the Stages of Pond Succession
This activity investigates the stages a pond goes through as it becomes a meadow. Diagrams of each stage are provided.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ecological Succession
Learners explore and describe how succession affects biodiversity by creating an island ecosystem in an interactive game.
Pennsylvania State University
Virtual Nature Trail at Penn State New Kensington: Ecological Succession
Explains what ecological succession is and why it happens. Describes some examples, how it affects humans, and why it does not really stop.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Wildfires Are Necessary
Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could collect coals and burning sticks to help them cook food and clear land. Yet, it wasn't just humans who benefited from these natural phenomena. Even as...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Succession
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of primary succession, secondary succession, and climax community.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Climate Change: Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
Find out how plants and animals adapt to changes in ecosystems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Succession
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Community Ecology Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on community ecology.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Evolution: Changes in the Environment
This activity places the control of the environment under the student's control. A field starts off with a uniform light level, and thus capable of growing plants with medium-sized leaves. Students can alter the environment by growing a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.20 Succession
Understand primary and secondary ecological succession, and their importance to ecosystems.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ecological Succession
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart with activator and student activities, note section for teachers a vocabulary quiz and a preview of the next day's lesson. Instructions are included in page notes!! Enjoy
Science Struck
Science Struck: Definition of Climax Community With Examples
Explains how a climatic community is the end product of ecological succession and describes the process by which this happens. Provides several examples of climax communities.
Curated OER
Untamed Science: Forest Succession
A diagram illustrating the ecological succession of a forest.