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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Jason: Leaf Cutting Ants Fungus Farmers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Rainforests at the Crossroads: Use a TI-73 Explorer to become familiar with a graphical technique for measuring the amount of leaves Leaf Cutter Ants chew. Measure the mass of a chewed leaf and then find its area.
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Activity
Other

National Wildlife Federation: Happenin' Habitats: What Is Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find an overview of what a habitat is exactly. Then, for more information, click in the left hand menu for different types of habitat: forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and arctic tundra. Authors also offer advice on creating a...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: 12 Types of Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes twelve kinds of ecosystems.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Plum's Creature Connector

For Students K - 1st
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring food webs. Students will learn basic information about how animals are interdependent. Students will help different animals survive in their different habitats
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat and Niche

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Are you on the basketball team? Are you a cheerleader? Do you play an instrument in the band? Your niche would be your role or place in the school. Organisms also...
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Center for Educational Technologies: Earth Floor Biomes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides information on the different biomes of the Earth. There are links to related information and other topics.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to ecosystems and other ecological concepts.
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Unit Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impact on the Cloud Forest

For Students 6th - 8th
A study discovering and exploring the cloud forest canopy and how humans have influenced the ecosystem's biodiversity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Modern Biodiversity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How diverse Earth's organisms are today.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Climate Zones and Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how regions with similar climates are grouped into climate zones and biomes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How matter cycles within an ecosystem. SE 7.5B, 7.5C
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Terrestrial Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore land ecosystems around Earth. Learn about forests, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and deserts.
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Handout
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biomes of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the climate zones and biomes of the world.
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Handout
Morning Earth

We All Belong: Biosphere as Place: Biomes and Watersheds

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine the Biology topic of the biosphere. The tutorial includes definitions, examples, and pictures on biomes and watersheds.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Biomes

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of biomes, and the six different types that are found on Earth.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Organization of Living Things

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How organisms are organized.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
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Unit Plan
Other

Inheritance, Evolution, and Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about inheritance, evolution, and ecosystems. Some topics explored in the tutorial are five kingdoms, respiration, energy transfer, and nutrient cycle.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Can We Find in a Garden?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Daisy is learning all about the animals and plants that live in her beautiful garden. Join her and learn about habitats, too.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: At Home in a Biome

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson allows students to study and learn the names and characteristics of Earth's six major biomes. The biomes are introduced with a slideshow presentation. A paper-folding poster activity gives students the opportunity to...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Where Does Our Waste Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), waste disposal will be explored. The Pollution Patrol follows the steps involved in trash disposal, starting with a girl tearing a sheet of paper out of her...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Envision, Enhance, Enjoy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), habitats will be explored. Students will also create bird houses. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Making and Observing Life in a Terrarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, the students will learn what a terrarium is, the layers of a terrarium, and the function of these layers. They will see how these components work together to create an ecosystem. This lesson plan was created as a result...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Biomes: Where Are the Wild Things?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students will explore biomes, ecosystems, and habitats by navigating the Internet. They will research biomes, ecosystems, and habitats in order to create a newsletter. They will have the opportunity to distribute...