Curated OER
The Captain And Lake Wilmar
Tenth graders examine the ecosystem of Lake Wilmar through three coordinated performance tasks. They first investigate the effects of pH on freshwater animals by comparing the zooplankton counts from three different areas. They then...
Curated OER
Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth
Learners compare and contrast the spread of infectious diseases and population growth. In this biology lesson plan, students identify the exponential growth pattern of spreading diseases. They relate this to HIV infection and AIDS.
Curated OER
Trophic Relationships, Cycling of Chemicals, Human Impact on Ecosystems and Conservation
Learners explore how the energy flow through a system is related to trophic levels. They investigate how organisms affect the cycling of elements and water through the biosphere. Students participate in lab activities to observe ways...
Curated OER
Succession and Microclimate
Students compare the population of insects in different microclimates. In this biology lesson, students collect data using probes to tabulate temperature and soil data. They predict how certain parameters change as an area goes through...
Curated OER
How Do You Do?
Seventh graders research organisms in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. They create a picture book demonstrating their understanding of relationships.
Curated OER
Understanding Ecosystems: Erosion and Flooding
Students study the balance in the environment needed for ecosystems. They discuss what can lead to erosion and flooding.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Competition of Abiotic and Biotic Factors
This tutorial explores abiotic and biotic factors with videos and interactive activities.
Other
Baltimore County Public Schools: Biomes: Now and When (Online Research Model)
Biomes lesson designed to answer the question, how do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome? integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Includes directed questions, assessment guides, project...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Abiotic and Biotic Factors in an Ecosystem
Do you know the difference between abiotic and biotic factors? This tutorial explores both these factors and their importance in the ecosystem.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Growth of Plants
How do environmental factors affect the growth, development, and health of organisms? Students explore the effect of environmental factors on traits by investigating factors that affect the growth of plants.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems
Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems, ranging from those near the equator to the poles, to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Kids Do Ecology: Learn About Ecology
This resource provides information about ecology.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Survival of a Species
Given scenarios, illustrations or descriptions, the student will describe how long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited.
Other
Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Seasonal Upwelling
A suite of lessons focusing on the process of upwelling. Inquiry-based exploration of seasonal upwelling includes marine food webs, food production in the ocean, wind-driven ocean currents, and seasonal changes in biotic and abiotic...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Ecosystems
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: What Are Biomes?
[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.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition Aqa
The abundance and distribution of organisms in an ecosystem is determined by biotic and abiotic factors. Animals and plants have adaptations to allow them to compete for resources.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Limits to Population Growth
Explore biotic and abiotic factors that can influence the growth of populations of organisms in this interactive tutorial.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: River Rewilding: Advanced Water Quality
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...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Global Patterns in Green Up and Green Down
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes of species diversity in an ecosystem, why it is important for an ecosystem to have stable biodiversity, what happens if it becomes unstable, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to ecosystems and other ecological concepts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to ecosystems and other ecological concepts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to ecosystems and other ecological concepts.