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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Leaders and Followers: What Tango Teaches

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson illustrates the symbiotic relationship that exists between leaders and followers. So much time and emphasis is spent building leadership muscles that sometimes we forget followership skills are as equally important to...
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Handout
Earth Life

Earth Life Web: What Is a Lichen?

For Students 9th - 10th
A Lichen is made up of two parts: a fungus and an algae or cyanobacteria. To find out more read about their morphology and who benefits from this symbiotic relationship.
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Article
Science Daily

Science Daily: Algal Heat Damage and Coral Bleaching

For Students 9th - 10th
Article identifies elevated water temperature as a cause of coral bleaching due to loss of photosynthetic ability in symbiotic algae.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of symbiotic relationships.
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Other

Marine Studies: Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
View graphics of a mimic octopus, frog fish, snake eel, hermit crab and clown fish. Discover how they form symbiotic relationships.
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Handout
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Evolution of the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the endosymbiotic theory. This theory explains the evolution of cells from a mitochondria and chloroplast working together in a symbiotic relationship to the current cell structure.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat and Niche

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Are you on the basketball team? Are you a cheerleader? Do you play an instrument in the band? Your niche would be your role or place in the school. Organisms also...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Historic Relationships Between Dogs and Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, learn the history of the world's first domesticated animal, the dog. [7:34]
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Designing Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
Biologists are busy developing and testing insects that are "homemade" for a variety of reasons, but an example would be genetically modifying a mosquito to not carry a particular strain of malaria. There are pros and cons to these...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Parasite Tales: The Jewel Wasp's Zombie Slave

For Students 9th - 10th
This is stranger than science fiction. The jewel wasp and the cockroach have a disgusting and fascinating parasitic relationship. The jewel wasp stuns the cockroach, and months later, a jewel wasp hatches out of the cockroach. At...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Evolution of Eukaryotes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how eukaryotes evolved.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Can't We All Just Get Along?" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Earth is full of a variety of living things that interact with one another in many different ways. This informational text explains the various different types of relationships they can have with one another. It also offers guided...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Examples of Commensalism

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes examples of commensal relationships in the natural world.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Ant Farming

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about ants and their living environment.
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Handout
Australian National Botanic Gardens

Australian Government: Fungi and Invertebrates

For Students 9th - 10th
You will explore the symbiotic relationship that exist between different fungi and a variety of insects in this interesting site.
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Interactive
University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska State Museum: Parasite Sleuth: Where Parasites Live

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights 10 parasites, including worms, insects, ticks and microorganisms. For each organism you can get information concerning their life cycle and geographic distribution.
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Article
Oswego City School District

Regents Prep: Ecosystems/communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Abiotic factors vary in the environment and determining the types and numbers of organisms that exist in that environment. Factors which determine the types and numbers of organisms of a species in an ecosystem are called limiting...
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff: The Great Kapok Tree (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help your young scholars develop an understanding of a rain forest ecosystem and the environment through this social studies lesson.
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Other

Voyage to the Deep: Tubeworm

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a very brief overview of tubeworms, a hydrothermal vent marine animal.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Champion Chompers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the weightlifting abilities of ants and humans and graph the results, and investigate the roles ants and fungi play in the forest ecology.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Clownfish

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Clownfish, orange and white famous coral reef fish from Finding Nemo.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marine Studies: Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
View graphics of a mimic octopus, frog fish, snake eel, hermit crab and clown fish. Discover how they form symbiotic relationships.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marine Studies: Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
View graphics of a mimic octopus, frog fish, snake eel, hermit crab and clown fish. Discover how they form symbiotic relationships.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marine Studies: Symbiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
View graphics of a mimic octopus, frog fish, snake eel, hermit crab and clown fish. Discover how they form symbiotic relationships.

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