Students explore the forest. In this ecosystems lesson, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.

Students explore forest ecological systems. In this ecology activity, students classify forest plants and animals according to their ecological roles. Students play a related vocabulary guessing game.  Students choose a card on...

Learners investigate temperate forest ecosystems. In this environmental lesson, students discover different forms of decomposition and its effect on the environment.

Students take a field trip and explore a temperate rainforest. In this rainforest lesson plan, students discuss many items they see on their journey and experiment with different tree leaves.

Young scholars explore rain forests.  In this rain forest ecosystems lesson plan, students identify and describe the layers of the rain forest. Young scholars paint and decorate a large rain forest mural. Students write riddles...

Fourth graders go on a virtual field trip to five ecosystems. They investigate and videotape a temperate forest in the school's backyard.

Students explore the distribution of two ecosystems on a global scale; and map the distribution of tropical and temperate rain forests throughout the world. They use a Venn Diagram to describe these ecosystems and the differences between...

Junior ecologists relate how food chains and food webs route matter and energy through an ecosystem. They trace feeding levels of a food chain or food web through a pyramid of energy. As a reinforcement activity, learners construct three...

Young scholars work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...

Students explore the environment by building a mock ecosystem. In this rainforest analysis instructional activity, students define many environmental and rainforest related vocabulary terms and discuss the current status of our planet's...

Students visit the Greenheart Canopy Walkway. In this environmental lesson, students experience a coastal rain forest ecosystem. Students interact and explore the different layers of the rain forest.

Students explore the Earth's various biomes and ecosystems using Internet research. They create a multimedia poem using the photos, sounds, and vocabulary from their research.

Students describe the different types of biomes. In this biology lesson, students create a map of assigned biome with descriptive paragraphs. They share their findings to class.