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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Ecology Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the vocabulary used in studying ecology.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Global Patterns in Green Up and Green Down

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars analyze and explore visualizations and graphs that show the annual cycle of plant growth and decline. They investigate several regions in each hemisphere that have different land cover and will match graphs that show...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: River Rewilding: Advanced Water Quality

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit, students will try to improve stream quality and reduce human impacts by taking action.This Advanced Water Quality unit is packaged into three smaller parts: Part 1: Stream Habitat Assessment; Part 2: Macroinvertebrate...
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eBook
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Pollination of Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses what pollination is, the types, what happens during pollination, its importance in agriculture and horticulture, and the biotic and abiotic factors that facilitate pollination. Has some embedded ads.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 8th
Gives basic information about the community that forms between living and non-living factors that function together in an ecosystem. [47 secs]
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
Students review the study of living things and make connections back to Earth's systems. This unit focuses on how various species, grouped in populations and communities, work with the nonliving things around them to ensure survival.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Living and Nonliving

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What is it that distinguishes a living organism from a nonliving object? This collection of images presents examples that aren't as clear-cut as one might think, enticing students to question the meaning of life.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Our Big Backyard: How Does Our Local Ecosystem Change During the Year?

For Students 9th - 10th
Get students observing the environment around their school with this activity. In this lab experiment, students keep a journal containing written observations and digital pictures of how local flora and fauna change during the school year.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Botany: Pollination

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific article detailing what pollination is, types of pollination, animals (mainly insects) that facilitate pollination, ways pollination can take place, its evolution, pollination in agriculture, and threats to pollination....
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environmental Interactions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students create a "web" to identify and demonstrate the interactions among the living and non-living parts of an environment. This information allows students to better understand what an environment is and to also...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Survival of a Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Given scenarios, illustrations or descriptions, the student will describe how long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited.
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ls3 2: Environmental Influence on Traits

For Teachers 3rd
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-LS3-2: environmental influence on traits.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Energy Pyramids in Different Biome Locations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plant Succession Field Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is to be used as an introduction to ecosystems and plant succession. Students will observe both biotic and abiotic features of a selected site on a plot of wild land. They will take notes, make drawings, and collect samples...
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Handout
Nature Research

Nature: The Nitrogen Cycle: Processes, Players, and Human Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how nitrogen is cycled throughout the biosphere as it passes through the nitrogen cycle. Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors involved in the process as well as the implications of human activity on the nitrogen cycle.
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: World Biomes: Lakes and Ponds Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors of lakes and ponds as well as learning how lakes form through reading and video clips.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Limits to Population Growth

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore biotic and abiotic factors that can influence the growth of populations of organisms in this interactive tutorial.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Living and Nonliving Things

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students define the characteristics of living and non-living things, identify living and non-living components of an ecosystem, and identify the roles of organisms in living systems.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore ecosystems and ecology on an introductory level uncovering fact about types of ecosystems and the competitive exclusion principle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: What Are Biomes?

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will consider the influences that create different biomes. Recognize and classify the types of biomes.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Community Ecology: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer these five multiple-choice questions about community ecology. After answers are submitted, students can review their mistakes.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Healthy Waters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By the end of this lesson, young scholars will understand how we can use macroinvertebrates to determine the quality of water in a river or stream.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probing an Aquatic Ecosystem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' use a pH sensor and Temperature Sensor to measure and compare the pH and temperature of three aquariums over a period of several weeks. They will compare and understand how plants and animals affect the water...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hunting Bears With a Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this study, students will use lichens and tardigrades (water bears) to investigate their use as bioindicators of key air pollutants.

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