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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecosystems: Energy Flow Through

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy is transfered from one organism to another.
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls2 3: Matter Cycling and Energy Flow in Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-LS2-3: matter cycling and energy flow in ecosystems.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Most Important Question

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about some animals who have to learn to share their space around the pond. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Planaria Fishing

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to catch planeria, small carnivorous worms that live in ponds. In addition, he explains their role in the environment.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy is transfered from one organism to another.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Producers

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Energy is the ability to do work. In organisms, this can be physical work, like walking or jumping, or it can be the work used to carry out the chemical processes in...
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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: South Africa: How Do Organisms Get Their Energy?

For Students 5th - 7th
Join Ellen on her trip to the Kaap De Goede Hoop in South Africa, and learn more about plants, animals, and energy.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Animals: Interdependence of Life in a Habitat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will learn how changes in nature can be beneficial or harmful to animals. At the end, students will be able to conclude information according to the evidence collected.
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Handout
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (Organochlorines) Ddt

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief history of the use of DDT in the United States, its effect on wildlife, and the banning of the toxin in 1972 by the EPA.
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Handout
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Ecological Pyramids

For Students 5th - 8th
A colorful tutorial about ecological pyramids. Read the information, and then check your understanding with some questions and answers about the topic.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Roles in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different roles in an ecosystem.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Roles in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different roles in an ecosystem.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how autotrophs and heterotrophs obtain energy.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mammal Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the function of various structures in mammals.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Hazardous Waste

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes various types of hazardous waste.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Flow of Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When an herbivore eats a plant, the energy in the plant tissues is used by the herbivore. Every time energy is transferred from one organism to another, there is a...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy is transferred from one organism to another.
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Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Dinamica De Los Ecosistemas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit shows how ecosystems change over time and how matter and energy, which are essential to its operation, are transformed and passed from one living thing to another forming, in some cases, authentic cycles. It contains 19...
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Unit Plan
Other

Hub Pages: Biotic Factors of Ecosystem: Producers, Consumers and Decomposers

For Students 6th - 8th
An ecosystem is composed of biotic factors of a community of living organisms interacting with one another which we can see in food chains/webs. These diverse organisms stay together because of the need of food. Population is referred to...
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Moon Crater Ecosystems Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a teacher's guide to a lesson on ecosystems. The objective is for the students to set up their own ecosystem and define the roles of producers, consumers and scavengers.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Ecology I

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive ecology learning module where students assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.

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