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\nGrades 6-8 Ecology\n

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\nWhy are our national parks important? Scholars research the national parks and explore the basic ecology of these areas in a differentiated instruction unit on ecology. They learn about ecosystems, food chains, symbiosis, and biomes. The...\n
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\n\"Mammals\n\n
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\nMammals and Ecosystems\n

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\nMammals have unique interactions with their ecosystems. Using a multi-part lesson, learners research local mammals using recommended websites and use their findings to create their own paper ecosystems including appropriate mammals. They...\n
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\nAnole Lizards: An Example of Speciation\n

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\nWhat happens to a species when members become separated by changes in their environment? Present young biologists with the ultimate example species—the anole lizard. A brief video describes the origins of the multitude of anole species...\n
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\nFAQs From Our First Year\n

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\nAfter a year of PBS Eons videos, viewers raised some excellent points and questions. The hosts highlight the most common including classification of animals, when a new eon starts, how to pronounce scientific terms, and many other...\n
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\nEcological Succession: Change is Good\n

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\nDiscuss how communities and the ecosystem of the earth deal with change. An informative video includes primary succession, secondary succession, climax community model, and intermediate disturbance hypothesis. \n
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\nMountain Pine Beetles\n

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\nLearners research and develop power point presentations that answer the question, \"What is changing our forests?\" In this ecology lesson, students research the niche of Pine Beetles and their increased effect on the forests in...\n
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\nThe Portable Niche\n

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\nThird graders, in groups, research animals, plants, and conditions found in ecosystems.\n
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\nHow Do Living Things Form Communities?\n

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\nIn this communities worksheet, students will write down 1 main idea about communities formed by living things. Then students will brainstorm 3 details to support their main idea. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.\n
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\nScience: Where the Worms Live\n

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\nStudents build mine-earthworm habitats to discover their niche in them. They make predictions about what the niche looks like in a week and draw a picture of it. Students notice the tunnels in the soil and how the sand and dirt are now...\n
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\nIn Your Own Backyard\n

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\nStudents identify entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in their own community. From this information they determine possible market niches and identify potential businesses that could be started to meet the demands of these niches...\n
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\nBackyard Wildlife Conservation\n

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\nStudents survey local wildlife. They distinguish between permanent and migrating or seasonal species. Students identify species and describe the ecological niche. Students research the food chain and food web for the backyard...\n
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\nRoly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth\n

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\nRoly polies or pill bugs? No matter what you call them, these organisms are unique. Biology scholars discover a true evolutionary success story in a video about tiny, land-dwelling crustaceans. The narrator describes their journey from...\n
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\nFrom the Store to the Shopper\n

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\nStudents explore the marketing process that companies use, including their advertising campaigns. As a class, they discuss how supermarkets develop new brands, determine how to package their goods, price them, and select the products....\n
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\nPositioning Your Firm\n

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\nIn this vocational worksheet, students write position statements about products they could market including a description of the niches their firms could fill.\n
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\nThe Principles of Ecology\n

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\nFor this ecology worksheet, students complete a word search by finding 21 terms associated with habitat, ecology, biosphere, and niche.\n
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\nIn the Scheme of Things\n

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\nFifth graders examine the food webs of different animals. They discuss the characteristics of those animals as well. They work together to develop their own definition for the word niche.\n
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\nThe Physiological Tolerance of Two Species of Protozoans\n

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\nPupils examine the differences in pH tolerance between the two species and relate these differences to their respective niches.\n
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\nWh0-o-o-o's Out There?\n

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\nFifth graders describe the physical features of an owl and identify survival adaptations. They Investigate an owl's niche in an ecosystem. The students participate in an interactive puzzle on the internet that helps for motivation.\n
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\nStudying Fossils\n

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\nHigh schoolers hypothesize dinosaur size and speed by looking at dinosaur track way or by measuring a dinosaur models water displacement. In addition, techniques to help students become familiar with the ways paleontologists study...\n
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\nUsing DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny\n

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\nIn a fun and interactive two-day lesson, learners sort anole lizard pictures by appearance. Next, they watch a video about the anoles and re-sort based on the information in the video. In addition to physical characteristics, budding...\n
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\nNocturnal Navigators\n

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\nYoung biologists take a look at some of the unique ways that nocturnal animals survive in the dark. After reading a terrific student handout which is embedded in the plan, learners work together to answer questions about what they have...\n
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\nComic Book Presentations: Unleashing the Power of the Visual Learner\n

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\nProjects and resources for communication in a visual medium without compromising rigor.\n
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\nSing a Song of Science\n

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\nUsing parodies of popular music to introduce and reinforce concepts in secondary classrooms.\n
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\nArctic Smorgasbord\n

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\nThough the walrus spends roughly one third of its time on land, it eats organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean. The first in a series of five, the lesson uses a variety of plant and animal cards to have scholars build an arctic...\n
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