Students use the Internet and other resources to find insect common names that begin with each letter of the alphabet. They write a brief description of each insect, focusing on what the insect eats and where the insect lives.

Fifth graders examine animal adaptations and how they meet their needs in a variety of environments. They discuss how they might adapt to their own environment before discussing how an animal could adapt. Next, they complete an...

Students use their personal knowledge and the Internet to discover where and how spiders live. In groups, they discuss their experiences with spiders and how their lives differ from other insects. They use new vocabulary to discuss their...

Learners identify and discuss the adaptive characteristics and behaviors of fish. They view slides of fish, and design and create a model of a fish of the future, listing the ways their fish adapt to survive.

Students explore DNA structure using materials such as Twizzlers, small colored gumdrops and/or toothpicks.

Students participate in a virtual field trip to Lake Superior. In groups, they perform experiments in which test the level of toxins and bacteria in the water. They also watch video segments life in the lake and discuss their observations.

Students will create a food chain model and use it to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Resources include a detailed lesson plan, student handouts, pictures of a completed chain,...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about food chains and food webs in an ecosystem.

This tutorial review over food chains and how energy is transferred through them.

Omnivores, herbivores and carnivores are waiting for you. The food chain comes to life at this friendly site.

This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.

Trace the energy transfer through food chains and food webs. Check your understanding by hovering your mouse over questions to reveal the answers.

Learn how scientists classify different types of organisms in an ecosystem or in a food chain by their role and function as either a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. Then play a game that tests your understanding of these important...

Explains the characteristics of food chains and food web; the different levels of producers, consumers, and decomposers; and the differences between food chains and food webs. Includes charts and a Venn diagram comparing the two.

Read about the different predators, consumers, and producers that make up an ocean food chain.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on food chains that explains how energy flows through the chain, beginning with plants.

Learn how energy is transferred through the food chain.

Learn how energy is passed along through living things in a food chain and web.

Understand how the food chain works within ecosystems.

Take an interactive quiz over food chains. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

Brush up on food chain vocabulary before taking this interactive quiz. Check the box for the correct answers throughout the assessment.

Young scholars begin this lesson by making observations and recording evidence of the variety of living things in local nature site. Students use reference materials to research predators and food of the animals they observed, then...

Students will build a food web diagram and illustrate the movement of matter through a series of food chains. Resources include detailed plans, examples of student work, videos of the lesson in action, and sample food webs.

Starts with living and non living and works through producers, consumers, food chains and food webs.