Lesson plan to construct and explain a food chain. Includes games and activities to teach and reinforce concepts.

PBS site provides some basic information on the food chain.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews various food chains.

Students will use a card sorting activity to construct a food chain and identify the role of organisms within that chain. The cards represent different individuals in an ecosystem and will help students begin to understand the concepts...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to identify and manipulate food chains.

In this ecosystem consisting of hawks, snakes, rabbits and grass, the population of each species can be studied as part of a food chain. Disease can be introduced for any species, and the number of animals can be increased or decreased...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this flipchart students will be able to summarize and organize simple food chains.

Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.

Explains what is meant by a tertiary consumer in a food chain and provides examples.

See how combining yeast, sugar, and water can demonstrate the carbon cycle and show how microorganisms work in the food chain.

How are animals and plants linked? What is the difference between a producer and consumer? How is a predator different from prey? Take this food chain quiz to find out the answers to these questions and more. Links allow you to convert...

Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...

Describes five different types of decomposers that feed on decaying organic matter in the oceans and that are at the bottom of the ocean food chain.

This colorful site examines the food chain and delves into an explanation of what producers are and where they fit in an overall ecosystem.

A complete lesson on owl pellets. Students can read information, watch a tutorial, and use their computer mouse to complete a dissection simulation right there on the screen.

Travel with your students on a Virtual Field Trip to learn about Temperate Forest Biomes. You will also discover many informative and interactive websites.

Learn about ecosystems, how they work, codependency, and food chains.

In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to catch planeria, small carnivorous worms that live in ponds. In addition, he explains their role in the environment.

This resource provides information about ecology.

Join Ellen on her trip to the Kaap De Goede Hoop in South Africa, and learn more about plants, animals, and energy.

For this activity, students will learn how changes in nature can be beneficial or harmful to animals. At the end, students will be able to conclude information according to the evidence collected.

A colorful tutorial about ecological pyramids. Read the information, and then check your understanding with some questions and answers about the topic.

Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining who eats what. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along with your...