Curated OER
Science: Not just Gold
Pupils articulate a possible relationship between arsenic and gold deposits in a written statement using data to substantiate the relationship they describe. They use real data to determine the source of the arsenic in the drinking water.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Ecology
Students review the study of living things and make connections back to Earth's systems. This unit focuses on how various species, grouped in populations and communities, work with the nonliving things around them to ensure survival.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Following the Carbon Cycle
Illustrated interactive explores the 12 steps of the carbon cycle that show how carbon moves through the environment.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Science, Matter, Energy, Systems
Through interactive activities, reading exercises, and lab activities, students study how science, matter, energy, and systems are interrelated.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Cycles
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Recycling Matter in Ecosystems
Students learn about biogeochemical cycles that recycle matter on Earth.
US Geological Survey
Mercury in the Geochemical Cycle
Mercury in the geochemical cycle ultimately affects the food chain. Learn about this and its effect on the Everglades.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Cycling of Matter: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about the cycling of matter. Each question has a clickable hint prompt as well as a self-checking feature.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Cycles Around You
There are many cycles occurring in all of the Earth's organisms, including the Earth itself. This brief page highlights some of those cycles, making readers aware of how many cycles there are, big and small.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Material Cycling in Ecosystems
This lesson focuses on the carbon cycle which shows how atoms of carbon can exist within different compounds at different times and be recycled between living organisms and the environment. It also provides a link to an assessment.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 5 Ls2 1: Environmental Matter Cycling
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard: 5-LS2-1: environmental matter cycling.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will learn about the cycles of nature (water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) that support the flow of nutrient matter through an...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Many Mice Can an Owl Eat?
As part of the study of the biosphere, the students will use student response systems to determine the average number of mice an owl eats in a day, a week, a month, and a year. This lesson can be used as an introduction or as a review.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles Review
Review information on the cycling of matter throughout the spheres of Earth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles
Test your knowledge of the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Biogeochemical Cycles
The ways in which an element or compound such as water moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere is called a biogeochemical cycle. All of the atoms that are building blocks of living things are a...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical cycles happen when individual elements are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. Two examples are the Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Cycle. Read an explanation of biogeochemical cycles and view a diagram of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Recycling Matter Study Guide
Review some of the cycles that recycle matter through Earth's biospheres.
Other
Alken Murray: The Phosphorous Cycle
A diagram which clearly illustrates the phosphorous cycle in a somewhat technical manner.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Biogeochemical Cycles
Brief informational site provides the definition as well as explanation as to what Biogeochemical Cycles and what they do.
Other
Lenntech: The Phosphorus Cycle
A concise explanation of the phosphorus cycle. Also contains a flow diagram which illustrates the flow of phosphate through the cycle.