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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the nitrogen cycle and how it works in an ecosystem.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 5th - 8th
Living creatures require nitrogen to live. This resource highlights the nitrogen cycle and its significance.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Control a Haber Bosch Ammonia Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity where students try to optimize profits by producing the largest daily output of ammonia by simulating the Haber-Bosch process. Students will use their knowledge of equilibrium reactions and the effects of variables like...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Nitrogen Cycle in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the nitrogen cycle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Nitrogen Cycle in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the nitrogen cycle.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Moebius Strips

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment. They will explore the natural cycles (water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen) within the environment.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the nitrogen cycle.
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Unit Plan
University of Missouri

Nitrogen in the Environment: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the key concepts and steps within the nitrogen cycle, along with a large chart illustrating the cycle in pictorial form.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Like water and carbon, nitrogen is also repeatedly recycled through the biosphere. This process is called the nitrogen cycle. Learn more about the nitrogen cycle in...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the nitrogen cycle as it relates to plant photosynthesis. Find out how plants obtain the nitrogen they need for life.
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eBook
Other

Physical Geography: Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn that the nitrogen cycle illustrates how nutrients cycle through a terrestrial ecosystem with the chapter in this free textbook. Explains how nitrogen plays an important role for life. See a diagram of the nitrogen cycle that shows...
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Living Systems

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the conservation of mass and energy as it applies to different living systems.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Abiotic Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Given scenarios, illustrations, or descriptions, the student will describe the flow of matter through carbon and nitrogen cycles and describe the consequences of disrupting these cycles.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Nitrogen Cycle Steps

For Students 9th - 10th
Nitrogen is essential to all living things. This article explains what the nitrogen cycle is and the five steps involved in it.
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Activity
University of Missouri

Microbes in Action: "There's Something Fishy": The Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An opportunity for students to experience the nitrogen cycle through observing daily changes in an aquarium. Students test the level of three nitrogen compounds to understand the process of nitrification. Lesson plan gives a lab...
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the nitrogen cycle, covering nitrogen fixation, decay, nitrification, denitrification, and more.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Information About Nitrifying and Denitrifying Bacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the important role that nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria play in the nitrogen cycle.
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Simplified Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A semi-technical description of the nitrogen cycle. Contains a link to an abridged version of the page along with a list of further resources on the topic.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Cycles of the Earth System: Traveling Nitrogen

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Through hands-on activities, students play the role of nitrogen atoms traveling through the nitrogen cycle to gain understanding of the varied pathways through the cycle and the relevance of nitrogen to living things.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Nitrogen Cycle Stream Side Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the nitrogen cycle through discussion and the construction of a diagram.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Write Now: Write Now How Can Nitrogen Affect My Business?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to conduct online research in order to write an informative article about the development of algae blooms in Maryland's Deep Creek Lake.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
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...