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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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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
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Kids Do Ecology: Learn About Ecology

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about ecology.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Marshall Islands: How Can We Tell Living Things From Non Living Things?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Andrea lives on the Marshall Islands, and she will teach you about living and nonliving things.
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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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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Snags

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how dead trees can be beneficial to a backyard habitat.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Shelter for Reptiles and Amphibians

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why creating and conserving habitat for amphibians and reptiles is important.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Living Fences

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what living fences are, and how they increase diversity.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Snags: Nature's Apartment Complexes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why the sometimes hazardous or untidy dead trees are actually quite important to wildlife.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will learn about the cycles of nature (water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) that support the flow of nutrient matter through an...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Importance of Biodiversity

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.11 Habitat and Niche

For Students 5th - 9th
See how organisms each have their own role in the ecosystem.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.10 Ecosystems

For Students 5th - 9th
See how living and nonliving things exist together in an ecosystem.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Biological Communities Study Guide

For Students 6th - 9th
Review the relationship between populations and ecosystems.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dramatic Living and Non Living [Pdf]

For Teachers K
Students explore the differences between living and nonliving things through the lens of the nursery rhyme, "Hey Diddle Diddle." After bringing the characters to life, the students discuss the concepts of living and nonliving and act out...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Ecosystem: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the properties of ecosystems. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Ecosystem."

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