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Handout
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Ammonia Nh3

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the chemical compound ammonia and learn how it is part of the Nitrogen Cycle.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Go With the Energy Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will explore the nitrogren cycle and photosynthsis of plants. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis: Lesson 1

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will explore the nitrogren cycle and photosynthsis of plants. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis."
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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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Moebius Strips

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment. They will explore the natural cycles (water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen) within the environment.
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Handout
Other

Marietta College: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete illustrated discussion of energy flow within ecosystems, including discussions of trophic levels, ecological pyramids, food chains and webs, biological magnification, and cycles.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Concepts of Plant Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
An advanced discussion of plant interactions and relationships. Energy flow, nutrient cycling and succession are discussed. Try the quiz to check your understanding.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: What Is an Ecosystem?

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about all the different levels of ecosystems, from the living things under a rock, up to a rainforest biome. Explains the levels of organization within an ecosystem, the different types of biomes, food chains and trophic levels,...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biodomes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Angry Aliens: Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
Teach aliens about ecology as you play this game, and review your own understanding in the process. Topics covered include levels of organization, ecological relationships, nutrition and energy, cycles (water, carbon, and nitrogen), and...
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Handout
Other

University of Delaware: Chemosynthesis.

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of how in the deep sea, where the sun's rays never reach, organisms make food from chemicals, a process called chemosynthesis.
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Nutrients in an Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An overload of nutrients, called eutrophication (Greek for "good-nutrition"), can be harmful to estuaries. This phenomenon is also referred to as "over-enrichment," or "nutrient pollution". Students will investigate the range of...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Science, Matter, Energy, Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive activities, reading exercises, and lab activities, students study how science, matter, energy, and systems are interrelated.
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BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Ecology Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Three multiple-choice quizzes on topics and vocabulary in ecology.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Living Systems

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the conservation of mass and energy as it applies to different living systems.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Control a Haber Bosch Ammonia Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity where students try to optimize profits by producing the largest daily output of ammonia by simulating the Haber-Bosch process. Students will use their knowledge of equilibrium reactions and the effects of variables like...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Haber Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Though it has increased food supply worldwide, the Haber process has taken an unforeseen toll on the environment. Daniel D. Dulek delves into the chemistry and consequences of this. [5:19]
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
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Article
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Energy and Ecosystems Use Some Lose Some

For Students 4th - 5th
Life on Earth is possible because energy flows one way through ecosystems, while matter cycles endlessly. Water and elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur are examples of matter that cycles through ecosystems.

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