E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: South Africa: How Do Organisms Get Their Energy?
Join Ellen on her trip to the Kaap De Goede Hoop in South Africa, and learn more about plants, animals, and energy.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Ecosystem Study
Studets investigate the health of an ecosystem and the effects of water, sunlight, nutrients or pollutants. They determine the change in the environment through observation, journaling, and measuring growth of the plants and living...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy Pyramids in Different Biome Locations
A research activity where young scholars research the various biotic and abiotic factors that combine to make up a biome. The end product will be the creation of a PowerPoint presentation that identifies these factors and the creation of...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Food Chains: Nature's Restaurant
Learners 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...
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Parts of the Food Chain: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Learn how scientists classify different types of organisms in an ecosystem or in a food chain by their role and function as either a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. Then play a game that tests your understanding of these important...
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Energy Pyramid and Food Chains
This illustrated guide to food chains and ecological pyramids will help clarify how energy flows through an ecosystem.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Biological Energy Food Chain Practice
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Life Science: The Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem
A module that explains what an ecosystem is and how energy and matter move through them. Students will look at the different roles of plants and animals and at ecological relationships in food chains and food webs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Roles in an Ecosystem Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about ecological roles and relationships. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Limiting Factor: Lesson 3
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."
Science Struck
Science Struck: Examples of Primary Consumers in the Food Chain
Explains what a primary consumer's role in a food chain is and provides examples.