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Alverno College: Ps Aqua Farm: The Aquafarmer: Your Role in This Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Using this simulation become the manager of a real-life fish farming operation. Make money by raising fish manipulating dependent and independent variables.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mapping a Refuge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An observation-based investigation for students while visiting a national wildlife refuge.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Causes of Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, the students will identify the types of pollution found in communities by viewing a video. After discussing the types of pollution, the students will discuss ways pollution can be controlled. Students will also explain...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Am a Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This cross-curricular lesson combines research on an ecological issue with creative writing. After conducting research on an important environmental issue, students will present their findings from a different point of view.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology Foundations: Ecology Unit Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your skills with this nine-question unit test.
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Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: High School Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
A biology course for high school students.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology for High School

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital textbook covers core biology concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, videos, and study guides.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.1 Ecology Overview

For Students 5th - 9th
Discover how organisms interact in their environment.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Ecology?

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage giving an overview of ecology. Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors that make up an ecosystem as well as the different levels of ecology.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 1.2 Fields in the Life Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore some different areas of study in the life sciences.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
This digital textbook covers core life science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, and videos.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Science of Ecology Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review ecology, the study of how living organisms interact with each other and their surrounding environment.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Untamed: The Wildlife Center of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module with the video series UNTAMED: The Wildlife Center of Virginia, students will learn from Ed Clark, the staff of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, and special guests discuss the issues facing wildlife and what...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Trade Secrets: Transcript

For Students 9th - 10th
Trade Secrets reveals how the public's right to know the truth about the thousands of chemicals that surround us has been compromised.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Life Tables, Survivorship, & Age Sex Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes tools ecologists use to describe the present state of a population and predict its future growth.
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Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: The Kudzu Collection (Photographs)

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating Ibiblio.org collection of Kudzu photos in a variety of southern habitats. There is a short report on the history and botany of this vine.
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Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: What in the World Are You Doing?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this activity, students decide on environmental concerns they have about their school environment, and work in groups to investigate an issue then report back to the class. The purpose is to raise awareness about how their school...
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Ryerson: Abiotic and Biotic Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question quiz on abiotic and biotic environments. The quiz is multiple choice.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Sustainable Living

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a unique course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles on sustainable living. The lectures range in topics from food systems to organic gardens. The lecturers also vary in their expertise...
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Activity
Songs for Teaching

Songs for Teaching: Double Life of Amphibians

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site from Songs for Teaching, you can learn of the double life of the amphibian. Learn how it changes, what dangers they face and how we can help them survive those dangers.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Effects of Pesticides on the Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Lesson plan to construct and explain a food chain. Includes games and activities to teach and reinforce concepts.
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Website
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

La Ciencia Para Todos: Biologia

For Students 9th - 10th
In this site you will find several Biology topics such as: the ocean and its resources, the destruction of nature and ecology.
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Ponds

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The abcteach directory contains sample pages from their pond unit for non-members. Handouts are in PDF format.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs teachers:n.a.m.i.b. (Namib Animal Mobile of Interesting Birds)

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Identify the birds of the Namib desert, describe the different environments in which birds live in the Namib Desert and build a bird mobile.