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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The Living Edens: The Food Chain

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site provides some basic information on the food chain.
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Lesson Plan
Other

My Science Box: Food Webs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, students will choose an organism of their choice and research its life cycle, food chain, diet, and habitat, then predict how habitat change might affect the organisms living within it.
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Lesson Plan
Other

My Science Box: Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will use a card sorting activity to construct a food chain and identify the role of organisms within that chain. The cards represent different individuals in an ecosystem and will help students begin to understand the concepts...
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eBook
Other

Segfl: Sebastian Swan: Pond Web

For Students 1st - 3rd
This interactive ebook "Pond Web" demonstrates a pond food chain. Students can click on the ? to find answers to questions posed in the text. Students are asked to retell the story using pictures provided at the end of the book.
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Activity
Defenders of Wildlife

Kids' Planet: The Web of Life

For Students 3rd - 7th
The Web of Life is a story told by a common garden spider at this site from Kids' Planet. Learn about the food web, and the roles and relationships of every living creature.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Producers and Consumers: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will review the difference between producers and consumers, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Producers and Consumers."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Producers and Consumers: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will review the difference between producers and consumers, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Producers and Consumers."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Role of Plants in the Food Chain: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Role of Plants in the Food Chain: Lesson 3

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."
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Handout
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Feeding Relationships in an Ecosystem

For Students 6th - 8th
This overview of feeding relationships illustrates to students the trophic levels of different organisms in an ecosystem. Hover the mouse over different terms to see their definitions.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will review the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Producers and Consumers: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will review the difference between producers and consumers, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Producers and Consumers."
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Animals Eat

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] To show the dependence of animals on the plant world, these flipchart pages contain examples of food chains and food webs, as well as other information about animals and habitats.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews various food chains.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Food Chains

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how food chains represent feeding relationships.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Food Chains and Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how food chains and webs represent feeding relationships.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animals: Food Chains, Characteristics, and Habitats Around the Worl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great introduction to ways animals get food, characteristics of animals, habitats around the world. It contains pictures that will help students understand life cycles and where to...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chains

For Teachers 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to identify and manipulate food chains.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
A short lesson explaining the "web of interactions" that occur in a food web. Understand how the energy flows between autotrophs and consumers. [0:35]
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Food Chain Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the food chain in a storybook format. The chain is described as a cycle and both herbivores and carnivores are discussed.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this flipchart students will be able to summarize and organize simple food chains.
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Handout
Other

Food Chains and Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative site that discusses food chains and webs in detail. Not too complicated and fairly easy to understand, it also includes some pictures.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Examples of Primary Consumers in the Food Chain

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a primary consumer's role in a food chain is and provides examples.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Bird's Eye View of the Desert Food Chain

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes how a food chain works in a desert and how the Mojave desert food chain works in particular.