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Interactive
Curated OER

Birds Nesting and Rearing

For Students 5th - 10th
In this birds worksheet, students watch videos and click on the links to learn about birds nesting and rearing. Students then answer 8 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tropical Deforestation

For Students 8th - 12th
In this natural resources worksheet, students read a 1-page article about tropical deforestation and then respond to 11 short answer questions. Students then write a memo on deforestation and select 1 of 3 assessment activities to complete.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prey or Pray? Could YOU Escape a Cheetah?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders estimate the size of an adult cheetah by research and measurement of a picture. They determine the approximate distance and speed of the cheetah from a filmed chase and compare that to their own running speed.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maintaining Strong Fisheries

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners play a game about the life cycle of a blue crab in order to witness the causes of changes in the crab population and discuss what a resource manager could do to keep a stable crab population. Students then create a game titled...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion 13

For Teachers 6th - 11th
For this sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence from five possible choices.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion: 14

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sentence completion worksheet, middle schoolers fill in the blank for the correct word for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ecology: Why Are Rice Fields Suitable Habitats for Birds?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover the uses for rice by reading about the habitats of certain birds.  In this agriculture instructional activity, 5th graders research birds from the Gulf Coast and California and their reasons for living in rice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biology: Natural Selection

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore evolutionary processes and theories using the spotted fish applet. They observe what happens to fish in a closed environment with both food and predators. Students run the model several times and answer questions about...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's For the Birds

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine how anatomical adaptations make it possible for a bird to survive in various habitats. They discuss and list birds and their unique characteristics, and create an imaginary bird, illustrating the environmental...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shelter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study shelter and how plants, animals, and people must have shelter to survive. In this shelter lesson, students read paragraphs about various shelters and their necessity with plants, animals, and people.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 11 - Utah Fish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine a particular Utah fish and then create a poster that shares what they learned. They access websites imbedded in this plan to aide them in their research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Amphipod Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners count amphipods under kelp wracks of varying ages to explain how long it takes for them to find their food source. They collect and represent the data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Household Pests

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the various habitat requirements for assorted household pests from ants to wasps. They conduct various activities including researching the life cycles moths, cockroaches, and mosquitoes
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Science Works: Natural Selection

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students are introduced to the topic of adaptation and discuss how various animals adapt to their environment. In groups, they participate in a simulation in which they are selected based on criteria. They discuss the results and relate...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Sentence Completion 11

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sentence completion activity, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentences. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Death of the Dinosaur

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider theories of dinosaur extinction. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read an article about dinosaur extinction theories. Students may also complete the suggested activities. The article is not included.
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Article
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-written article explains what competition in an ecosystem is and the different ways it can manifest itself. It also looks at how organisms avoid competition, some disadvantages and outcomes of competition, the impact of a...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Interspecific Competition: Definition, Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Interspecific competition in an ecosystem is explained, along with the different ways it can manifest itself. Includes examples in different types of biomes.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive activity where students study how two species of producers are affected by a consumer. By completing several virtual experiments and collecting data, students will be able to summarize what plants can do to defend...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how interspecific competition affects extinction and specialization.
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Handout
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Competition

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out about what types of resources different species will compete to obtain. Answer competition questions by mousing over different pictures of animal and plants.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Competitive Exclusion Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of competitive exclusion, explained here, states that two species cannot co-exist when needing the same, limited resources to survive. The different types are described and examples are provided.
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Handout
NC State University

Nc State University: Population Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will understand the ecological concepts behind population dynamics of wildlife species.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Limiting Factors in the Desert Ecosystem

For Students 3rd - 7th
Describes conditions in a desert that limit how large populations of species can grow.

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