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- 4th - 6th
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Students, in groups, research two biomes. They create a Venn diagram and include the characteristics of each biome, placing similar features in the overlapping area of the circles. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students go on a virtual field trip to five ecosystems. They investigate and videotape a temperate forest in the school's backyard. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use the internet to locate and gather information on the world's biomes. They compare and contrast biomes to ecosystems and describe the human effects on ecosystems. They answer questions to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the difference between ecosystems and biomes. They complete a variety of practice activities to help them discover the different biomes and, as a final project, they create a shoebox scene of their favorite biome that includes individual ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use the scientific inquiry method to examine the ecosystems and biomes in Illinois. Using the characteristics of a local habitat, they identify the best conditions for an ecosystem to survive and how a slight change can damage the area. They report their findings to the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label the major biomes of the Earth and discover their characteristics. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students listen to a teacher read aloud of the story, "Where the Wild Things Are." They discuss where the creatures lived and then research ecosytems and habitats on the Internet. They create and distrubute a newsletter to the teacher and other students describing their findings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students investigate the habitats of local plants and animals. They explore some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other. Students observe living organisms in a local ecosystem and create detailed drawings and descriptions of them. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore ecosystems and habitats. Using the internet, students take a virtual field trip to five ecosystems. They investigate and videotape a temperate forest in the school's backyard. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students research ecosystems. They define the reasons for differences in ecosystems. Students list the parts of an ecosystem and describe the role of the parts of an ecosystem. Full Review »

