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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Volcanoes of the Deep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discuss how individual organisms and groups of organisms interact with each other, and research and classify symbiotic relationships between individual organisms of different species.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Ecosystems and You

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow that looks at energy flow in an ecosystem. Explains what an ecosystem is, how energy flows through it, the producers and consumers of energy, and food chains. Links to a video about plastic debris in the ocean.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Living Organisms and Their Environment: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the interactions of and interdependence among living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Living Organisms and Their Environment."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Living Organisms and Their Environment: Lesson 3

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the interactions of and interdependence among living things. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Living Organisms and Their Environment."
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Handout
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ecosystem Energy Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Covers the meanings of key vocabulary, e.g., types of producers and consumers, trophic levels, food webs, and the energy pyramid.
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Handout
Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Relationships Between Organisms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Species interact every day. That interaction is a vital part of how organisms develop and change over time. When you study species, it is important to watch the way they interact with their surroundings. There are four basic types of...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Carrying Capacity: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the carrying capacity and show how it affects a population. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Carrying Capacity."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Carrying Capacity: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the carrying capacity and show how it affects a population. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Carrying Capacity."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Interdependence of Living Things

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers how species interact with each other.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Symbiotic Relationships in the Tundra

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains what mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism look like in a tundra biome.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Symbiotic Relationships in the Desert

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes three types of symbiotic relationships that can be found in a desert biome.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Ecosystem Food Chain and Food Web

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Starts with living and non living and works through producers, consumers, food chains and food webs.
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Article
Other

S Cool: Engery Flow and Nutrient Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.