Curated OER
Webbing the Food Chain
Pupils compose a visual representation of the food chain cycle using Inspiration educational software.
Curated OER
The Great Kapok Tree - Ecosystem Simulation
Second graders demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of animals, people and plants in the rainforest by participating in an ecosystem simulation.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Natural Selection
Build a dam in the middle of an ecosystem and observe how the population of plants and animals adapt to their new environment with this science simulation. Learn how the populations adapt to survive in their new habitat. Then remove the...
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NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Diversity Challenge [Pdf]
Read descriptions of organisms that live in the ocean. Locate the organisms on a poster based on their description.
University of Guelph
Canada's Polar Environments
This site is a set of images along with volumes of information make this site a treasure trove. The site has satellite images.
University of North Carolina
Univ. Of Nc: Impact of Global Warming on Nc's Wildlife & Habitats [Pdf]
Global warming is "the most dangerous threat to the future of wildlife," according to the National Wildlife Federation website. This visual matching activity was designed to engage young scholars in learning about how a variety of NC...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Bug Vacuums: Sucking Up Biodiversity
In this science fair project you can take on the role of a wildlife biologist by examining the biodiversity of insects in your own backyard. To do this, you will follow the directions to create a homemade bug vacuum.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigation a Food Web: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Being field scientists, students will explore a wooded area in their community and journal about their observations. Students will collect information about producers, consumers, and decomposers in the ecosystem. They will then construct...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Long Meadow Lake Unit of Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
This is a field investigation at the Bass Ponds Trailhead area in the MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge in which students will collect data in the field and samples to test back in the classroom. Students will try to elicit the...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The State of Ecosystems
Christian Samper details The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a report highlighting the detrimental impact of human life on the ecosystems of Earth over the past fifty years. Ecosystems have been deteriorating from a variety of waste and...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Value of Healthy Estuaries
An article featuring the complexity of estuaries which highlight the value these systems have to human and wild life.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Global Change: The Flow of Energy: Higher Trophic Levels
This lesson addresses the following questions: What is the efficiency with which energy is converted from trophic level to trophic level? What are the differences between assimilation efficiency, net production efficiency, and ecological...
Palomar Community College District
Wayne's Word: Sand Dunes: A Phenomenon of Wind
An engaging natural history of sand dunes. From beaches to deserts you will learn about the formation and ecology of these ecosystems.
Other
Alberta Environment: Alberta Grasslands: A World at Your Feet [Pdf]
This excellent 64-page teaching resource looks at the historical and geological past of the Alberta grasslands, their biodiversity, threats they face from human activities, and steps being taken to conserve them. The unit is designed for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth a New Wild: Ecosystem Explorer
Three choices of virtual worlds to enter: a vulture, a wolf or a shark world. Once inside these worlds view videos, play games, and discover the ecosystems of these wild animals.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Habitat
What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Coral Reef Food Web
Explore the food web in a coral reef with these illustration. Identify the consumers, producers, and decomposers that are located within this ecosystem. Site includes illustration exploring the different food chains as well as questions...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Coral Reef Fish Survey Simulation
Students will learn surveying methods for an ecosystem through a short video. The video focuses on exploring the number and types of fish and the health of the coral reef ecosystem. Site includes a lesson plan and activity worksheet.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecosystems: Energy Flow Through
Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.
Other
Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms
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...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Natural Resources, Environment, and Ecosystems
A collection of lesson plans for specific age levels to help students gain a better understanding of animals, plants, and people, and how they affect each other in ecosystems. Many of the activities provide discussion questions and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore ecosystems and ecology on an introductory level uncovering fact about types of ecosystems and the competitive exclusion principle.