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Bluebirds Ecology Vocabulary Exercise
For this bluebirds worksheet, students categorize bluebird species found in their state and define vocabulary related to it. Students complete 6 vocabulary words.
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Groundwater and Ecology
Students are presented a problem concerning an aquifer which may be in danger from overuse by agriculture/industry. They compile data and consult online data and experts in creating a proposal to rectify the situation.
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Mangrove Ecology and Adaptations
Learners create a plant or animal that would be well adapted to a habitat they selected. They first learn about Mangroves and their specific adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.
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Mangrove Ecology & Adaptations
Students creat a plant, animal, or other living organism that would be well adapted to a habitat that they previously selected. First they learn about adaptations of Mangroves.
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Ecological Impact of Wood Extraction
Students explore their local environment by conducting a class experiment. In this deforestation lesson, students discuss the effects of wood harvesting on forests around the world and research environment related vocabulary terms....
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How Harmful Is It?
Learners complete a form that requires them to make decisions about how severely different types of marine debris affect people, animals, vessels, communities. Results are totaled and analyzed to determine which types of marine debris...
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A Geography and Ecology Lesson for Grades 4-7
Students explore many of the unusual geographical features of the Amazon River region, and explain the importance of preserving the tropical rainforest.
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Human Population Ecology: Demography
Students describe the basic concepts of population demography. They collect a wide range of data from an online cemetery database including a variety of places across the U.S. They analyze factors that may have affected human demography...
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Don't Use it All Up
Students observe the way that a sponge absorbs liquids and discuss how we our use of natural resources affects the environment around us. They discuss the need to conserve resources so we don't run out of what we need.
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Ecology
Learners identify and describe three states of water. They predict how water will change states.
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Building YOU from MOO
Learners build protiens according to whether they are suppose to be a plant, a cow, or a person. They discover that all proteins are made from the same amino acids and it is just the order of these amino acids that change.
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Aquatic Habitat Water Quality Experiment
Fifth graders discuss the importance of water quality for humans and fish and make predictions about what happens to water that is polluted. In small groups, they conduct experiments to compare and contrast water that is unpolluted and...
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Food Webs
Students recognize interdependence in a food web by using yarn and notecards to create a food web and discussing what would happen if one of the organisms from a certain trophic level is removed.
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Case Study - Paradise Island
Students make a plan for the future of Paradise Island. Their recommendations should help government leaders manage the impacts of expanding tourism, while preserving the unique natural resources of this island.
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Conservation and Environmental Protection
Learners brainstorm a list of environments and animals from around the world that need protection. They then design and create a slogan about an animal or environment and an environmental protection poster.
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Beach Erosion Investigation
Students determine the effects of gentle and strong waves on beach erosion. They use a stream table to simulate a beach and sketch the beach profile after simulated waves of different sizes.
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Food Webs
Students investigate the concept of an ecosystem and how they are interconnected according to a hierarchy. Students are exposed to the "Lion King" as an example of a food chain and this is very relevant. They answer several key...
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Water Anaysis
Students conduct three tests of water quality that can be utilized with TerrAqua columns and outdoors: pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature. They make comparisons between different types of water and draw conclusions about how healthy...
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Nature Squares
In this nature observation worksheet, students set up a grid on a small plot of land and record all biotic and abiotic items in the grid. They complete 5 short answer questions based on their observations.
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How Diverse is That?
Students study the concepts of "variety" and "relative abundance" as they relate to biological diversity. For this life science lesson students calculate numbers that describe the biological diversity in certain communities.
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Nature Tribute
Students explore parts of nature. In this environmental lesson plan, students discuss how their actions can affect the environment and design a plan to clean up a specified area. Students practice good hygiene during the cleanup project.
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The Environments of Big Sur:Which Do We Protect?
Students examine the California environments. In this environmental instructional activity, students examine the various ecosystems of California, creating a presentation on how these environments impact Big Sur. They write a paper...
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Food Webs
Students research an animal to define its food web and life cycle. In this animal life cycle instructional activity, students research an animal and define its food web. Students then present their animal food webs to the class and note...
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Population Growth
Students examine the factors that affect population growth such as, the length of life cycles, carrying capacity and competition. In this population lesson plan students conduct an experiment on population growth and collect data and...
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