TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Symbiosis: A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation
Video explores the interdependence of two species to define the concept of symbiosis. [2:23] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Symbiosis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify and understand the various types of symbiotic relationships. Recognize the three primary kinds of symbiosis.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Organisms and Environments: Organisms Interactions
Learn about food webs, food chains, and organisms interactions in this interactive tutorial.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecology Lab
Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Ecosystem
What does competition for food do to a population? Experience what happens to a rabbit population with limited resources in this virtual ecosystem. At the end of the exercise, there are questions relating to concepts reviewed.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Symbiosis
Symbiosis is featured in this video to help students understand the process through an engaging video. Know terms like parasites and mutualism to be successful on the test.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition
This lesson focuses on how plants and animals live together in a community or ecosystem by adapting, interdependence, and competition.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Predation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Predation is another mechanism in which species interact with each other. Predation is when a predator organism feeds on another living organism or organisms, known...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Symbiosis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Symbiosis describes a close and long-term relationship between different species. At least one species will benefit in a symbiotic relationship. There are three...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Wild World of Carnivorous Plants
What exactly are carnivorous plants and how do they trap their prey? Kenny Coogan dives into the world of flesh-eating tricksters.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Competition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their environment. Organisms interact with each other through various mechanisms, one...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls2 2: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-LS2-2: interdependent relationships in ecosystems.