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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organism Relationships: Food Chains, Webs, Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Given illustrations, students will analyze the flow of matter and energy in food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Cinema: How Are Hollywood Films Made?

For Students 9th - 10th
Site takes you through the steps in making a film. The site also invites you to "Write your own dialogue for a scene or put yourself in a producer's shoes by managing the production of a film."
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Website
Other

Media Line: Interactive Resource for Television Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a multimedia information center for journalists working (or hoping to work) in television. Great visuals and reader-friendly copy.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: South Africa: How Do Organisms Get Their Energy?

For Students 5th - 7th
Join Ellen on her trip to the Kaap De Goede Hoop in South Africa, and learn more about plants, animals, and energy.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Habitat Part 2

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity is designed for students to examine soil and determine which soil will be the best for plant growth. The students will also investigate the effect of sunlight on plants and the importance of sunlight in producing chlorophyll.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Food Chains: Nature's Restaurant

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students begin this lesson by making observations and recording evidence of the variety of living things in local nature site. Students use reference materials to research predators and food of the animals they observed, then illustrate...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Discovering What Plants Need for Photosynthesis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity will be used prior to any direct instruction for photosynthesis. In this inquiry lab, students design and conduct simple experiments using elodea and Bromthymol blue to determine whether plants consume or release carbon...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Ecosystems:determining Feeding Relationships Among Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will complete a field study about feeding relationships between organisms and present their findings in a food web as well as in a written narrative.
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Activity
CNN

Cnn: You Be the Producer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a great learning tool for producing and writing for television news. You have the opportuntity to judge stories and see if they would make it to the newscast.
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Handout
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: The Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the different ecological roles of organisms in the ecosystem, and find out how the energy flows through them.
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Handout
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Franz Joseph Haydn

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography on Franz Joseph Haydn. It also includes an audio lecture on Haydn with his music as a background to the lecture.
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Interactive
Other

Zephyrus: Food Puzzle Chain

For Students 3rd - 5th
Answer these ten interactive questions about ecological feeding relationships by choosing the correct image that completes each food chain.
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Website
IMDb

Im Db: David Mamet

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an extensive filmography of Mamet. Mamet's credits are categorized into writer, director, producer, and actor, and each film credit serves as a link to more information.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of ecosystems, covering biotic and abiotic factors, and the roles organisms play in an ecosystem.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Food Webs

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on food webs that explains the difference between food webs and food chains, and the relationships that exist between organisms.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Food Webs: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to create a food web to show transfer of energy within a community. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Food Webs."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs: Lesson 2

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 2 of 4 in the series titled "Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Roles in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different roles in an ecosystem.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Biological Energy Food Chain Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
After reviewing the roles of consumers, producers and decomposers, you'll create your own food chains using pictures from magazines. The site also has 18 questions to see if you can identify the ecologic role played by various organisms.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Everyone Works

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps young scholars understand the economic concepts of goods and services. Students categorize economic activities as goods or services, and discuss the goods and services exchanged in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Producing and Consuming

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Lesson that helps students understand the difference between producers and consumers. Students create booklets, making them producers, and then use the booklets to complete the lesson, making them consumers.
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Website
South Carolina Educational Television

Kids Work! Real People: Producer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview [1:43] with a television producer in which she answers questions about her work, qualifications, and other career-related issues.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining important vocabulary involving the food chain. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Flow of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy flows through an ecosystem.