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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Arctic Adventures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this instructional activity, students will explore plant and animal life found at the Arctic Circle. They will also learn about the dangerously cold climate and the location of the Arctic Circle relative to the school's location...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to the Exploration Questions: Ecosystem Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the answers to the ecosystem activity about function.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

For Students 9th - 10th
A project for students to research an ecosystem. During their research, students will learn about the services that the ecosystems provides humans. In the second part of the project, students will argue whether a wetland should be...
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Tundra

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family activity relating to the tundra.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forests are more than just trees. They are a complex community of plants and animals that constantly change, grow, and interact with each other and the nutrient-bearing soils upon which they depend. Read about some of the many plants and...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: P H Changes in a Small Ecosystem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A pond water/hay infusion will be developed and observed. Student groups will add a range of acid and base solutions to look for changes.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Exploring Habitats Through Music Composition [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will learn about rondo form and practice a chant. After learning about the structure of the chant, they will work in small groups to create a chant about a habitat. The chants will then be combined with the model...
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Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the basics of a few habitats and then create an ecocolumn--a simulated cross-section of a biome such as a rain forest--with your own environment.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:namib: Patagonia or Namib, Where Do I Belong?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Compare and contrast the African ostrich and the rhea in regard to appearance and behavior. Compare and contrast the biomes in which the two species exist, one in Namib and one in Patagonia.
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EL Education

El Education: First Come the Eggs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
First Come the Eggs, a picture book for young readers, was created by 3rd grade students in Rochester, New York. This is a biography of Seth Green, the father of fish hatcheries in America. The research included the study of the life...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Food Chain in the Tundra Region

For Students 3rd - 5th
Describes the characteristics of a tundra biome, how a tundra food chain compares to a tropical food chain, and what the different trophic levels look like.
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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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Curated OER

Thurston High School: The Tundra Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Site discusses and analyzes the daily weather in the tundra. Provides a map of the world that is color-coded to show the different biomes and systems of the world.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Thurston High School: Deciduous Forest Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
List of animals found in the deciduous forest biome. Includes photographs.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Thurston High School: Deciduous Forest Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
List of animals found in the deciduous forest biome. Includes photographs.
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Activity
Tramline

Desert Field Trip

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out how deserts are formed, where the largest desert is located and if there are different types of deserts.
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Website
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden is a comprehensive site covering various topics related to temperate oceans. Be sure to check out the ocean animals link on the left side to learn more about the invertebrates that live in the...
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants of the Desert

For Students 9th - 10th
The Evergreen Project reveals such desert plants as the dragon tree, the saguaro cactus, the prickly pear, the desert spoon, the aloe plant, and the like. Illustrated.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Patagonian Steppe

For Students 9th - 10th
In this resource, students can investigate the location, biodiversity, and threats to the Patagonian steppe ecoregion and also find helpful links to further explore information about this area.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Explore the Outback

For Students 1st - 4th
In this interactive game, players are challenged to complete a series of missions to photograph desert plants and animals in the Australian outback. Through the clues provided, players learn about desert ecosystems, the plants and...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Feed the Dingo

For Students 3rd - 6th
Help build the Australian desert ecosystem by filling it with appropriate plants and animals.
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Handout
Other

Combat Fishing: Ecology of Lakes and Ponds

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from combat fishing describes the ecology of lakes and ponds for anglers and other fish. It is a very in-depth site with a lot of text, but presented in and easy-to-understand format. The information is very factual and...
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Other

The Desert Caves Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Saudi Geological Society sponsors this site devoted to world desert cave exploration and geology. Includes a picture gallery, reports, bibliography, and related resources.
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Other

Greatest Places: Namib

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the Namib Desert and learn about its location, the Skeleton Coast, mirages, and general information about this home to the highest sand dunes in the world.

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