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Organizer
Curated OER

What is a Food Chain?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this food chain worksheet, students write in the 3 steps that occur in a basic food chain. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Trophic Levels and Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology activity, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to trophic levels and food webs. There are 27 biology terms located in the word search.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Biology Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to food webs and animal species. There are 52 biology terms located in the word search.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Chain

For Students 4th - 9th
In this science worksheet, students match the words given in the first column with the correct definition found in the second column. There are six vocabulary terms to define.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Webs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are explained that they are spending the next few days researching an organism in preparation for a field trip. They are shown an overhead of the Field Guide. Students discuss what habitat means. They use their organism...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Macaroni Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils are given an introduction to the "ecosystem", what factors make up an ecosystem (biotic factors, abiotic factors, food chain, producers, consumers and decomposers) and how those factors interact.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Type And Calories Per Square Meter

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students compare the efficiency of producing food calories in different types of food then calculate how much land is required to supply their food for a year. They then graph the results.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Working in a Hat Factory"

For Teachers K
Students analyze the understanding of what a producer is. Students distinguish between producers and consumers. Students produce a hat of his/her own. Students will share creations with each other.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Wildlife Web I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the relationship between producers and consumers. In this activity, they trace the ingredients in the foods they eat to plants. Supplement to Natureworks episode from New Hampshire Public Television, but activities may...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a food chain simulation to determine what happens when a food chain is broken.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Web of Life - Alaska

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research Alaska, then construct their own food web after researching a habitat of their choice.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Eyes of the Beholder

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the relationship between the consumers and producers with the role that the government plays in the free enterprise system.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Marine Plants & Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the producers of the various marine environments, their chemical processes, and identifying characteristics.
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producers and Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the most recent statistics and information on the careers of directors and producers. Topics covered include working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and links to related careers.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Food Webs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners construct possible food webs for six different ecosystems as they learn about the roles of producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores and decomposers.
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Activity
Edutopia

Edutopia: Goods and Services [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit that teaches the difference between goods and services, the difference between producers and consumers, the difference between human, natural, and capital resources, and the difference between bartering/trading and buying/selling....
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecosystems: Energy Flow Through

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, young scholars 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...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Producers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will recognize and understand the role of producers in the food chain within different ecosystems.
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Website
Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Career Television Producer

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the career of a television producer, including how to get into the career, related careers, the projected quality of life, and future job outlook. Well organized information, very readable, and easy to navigate.
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Activity
Other

The Habitable Planet Simulation

For Students 6th - 8th
This activity is designed to accompany an interactive on the Annenberg Learner website. Students investigate the changes that take place in an ecosystem when they alter the organisms in a food web. As they work with the simulation, they...
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Unit Plan
Other

The Learning Partnership: Journey to El Yunque

For Students 6th - 8th
In this set of learning modules, students examine the impact of hurricane weather on the El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico. They learn about hurricanes, producers, consumers, and the food chain, and how disruptions in organisms'...
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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....
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Experiment With Ecosystems

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn what happens to different populations of organisms as their ecosystem changes. Design your own experiment and make your own guesses with what the result will be with this virtual ecosystem. Also experiment with producer/consumer...