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Scholastic

Study Jams! Population Growth

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Along came a spider, who sat down beside her. She screamed, but RJ wouldn't smash it because spiders are a limiting factor for other insects in an ecosystem. In this video, other common limiting factors for populations are listed....
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2003

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The living environment, from the interior of a cell to the complex relationships among populations, are queried in this final examination. Learners look at air pollution maps, diagrams of cells, population graphs, and drawing of cells....
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2005

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 2005 version of the Regents High School Examination in the area of ecology is as comprehensive as previous years' exams. It consists of 40 multiple choice questions on everything from the structure of DNA to the interactions within...
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Curated OER

Regents High School Exam: Living Environment 2008

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tne New York Regents High School Examinations are comprehensive and include various styles of questions, includingmultiple choice and the analysis of graphs. This particular version, the 2008 Living Environment exam surveys a variety of...
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This exam touches upon every topic within the typical first year biology course.. A broad variety of question styles give high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is...
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Prince William Network

Migration Headache

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
During this game, kids become migratory shorebirds and fly among wintering, nesting, and stopover habitats. If they do not arrive at a suitable habitat on time, they do not survive. Catastrophic events are periodically introduced that...
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National Gardening Association

Migration Mishaps

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary ecologists pretend to be migratory hummingbirds. They fly between wintering and nesting grounds, trying to reach a habitat haven. In a musical-chair fashion, some birds will miss out, and are removed from the game. To further...
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Curated OER

Ecology and the Biosphere

For Students 7th - 12th
Ecology enthusiasts explore ecosystems with this worksheet. They define vocabulary terms and write out answers to questions about distribution and abundance of life. They complete a chart comparing abiotic and biotic factors of Earth's...
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Curated OER

Sample Midyear Examination (Chemistry and Biology)

For Students 7th - 12th
A 12-page midterm exam sample can be given to young scientists in preparation for an exam. This particular installment is geared toward a class that delves into both ecology and chemistry concepts. There is no way to separate the 50...
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Curated OER

AP: Chapter 52: Population Ecology

For Students 9th - 12th
For AP biology or ecology classes, here is a worksheet that explores population growth. Carrying capacity, limiting factors, and k-strategies are dealt with using short-answer questions. 
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Curated OER

Vocabulary-Populations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this populations worksheet, students are given 4 terms to define, they draw a representation of each term and they indicate what they are reminded of by the term. The topics include populations, communities, limiting factors and carry...
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Curated OER

How Ecosystems Change

For Students 4th - 8th
In this ecosystems learning exercise, students will look at 4 diagrams and determine if either primary or secondary succession would occur after that particular event happened. Then students will determine the limiting factor for 4...
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Curated OER

Relationships Among Living Things

For Students 7th - 9th
In this relationships among living things instructional activity, students determine if given statements are true or false. Students correct the false statements making them true. Also, students answer several short questions that...
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Curated OER

Relationships Among Living Things

For Students 7th - 12th
In this living things worksheet, students review terms and concepts about the different relationships between living things. This worksheet has 7 true or false and 5 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Community Distribution

For Students 7th - 12th
In this community distribution worksheet, students will review 5 terms associated with biomes, ecosystems, and communities. Students will then match 11 terms as either relating to marine biomes or land biomes. This worksheet has 5 fill...
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Curated OER

Interactions Among Living Organisms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this animal population worksheet, students will complete 8 short answer questions based on population density, including limiting factors and carrying capacity.
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Curated OER

Unit 1 Week 5

For Students 6th - 9th
In this word search worksheet, students locate and identify six vocabulary terms listed. There are six words/phrases located in the puzzle.  
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Curated OER

Population Dynamics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a video on population dynamics. They conduct an experiment where they fill up a designated space with students. They recreate multiplying rabbits using beans.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
An investigation into how light levels affect leaf adaptations in plants.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Limiting Factor: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how a limiting factor effects the size of a polulation. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Limiting Factor."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Limiting Factor: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how a limiting factor effects the size of a population. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Limiting Factor."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Limiting Factor: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how a limiting factor effects the size of a population. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Limiting Factor."
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Explore Learning: Food Chain Gizmo

For Students 5th - 9th
In this ecosystem consisting of hawks, snakes, rabbits and grass, the population of each species can be studied as part of a food chain. Disease can be introduced for any species, and the number of animals can be increased or decreased...