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Hacienda Baru Lodge
This site provides information about the ecosystem, wildlife, and conservation of Costa Rica.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Another Link in the Food Chain
Understand how the food chain works within ecosystems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Island Fox: A Population in Trouble
Examine the relationship between the island fox and golden eagle populations on Santa Cruz Island over a twelve-year period using the TI-73 Explorer to graph and analyze the values.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Go With the Energy Flow
Learners learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and...
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: The Food Chain
Omnivores, herbivores and carnivores are waiting for you. The food chain comes to life at this friendly site.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Issues in Environment
This site from American Institute of Biological Sciences provides a collection of articles on current issues in environmental science and human impacts on the environment. Several articles available in Spanish.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Food Chains
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on food chains that explains how energy flows through the chain, beginning with plants.
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Other
Itc: Ecological Evaluation for Environmental Impact Assessment [Pdf]
Find out how environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources induced by human activities have attracted steadily growing concerns in the last decades.
Other
Cisa: The Impact on Drought on Coastal Ecosystems in the Carolinas [Pdf]
This State of Knowledge Report provides a synthesis and analysis of the peer-reviewed literature regarding drought impacts on coastal ecosystems in the Carolinas. Its objective is to expand current, limited understanding of drought...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: From Observation to Inference [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plants from three different ecosystems and make inferences about plant structures and their environments. Includes discussion questions, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
Other
Us Epa: Buzzards Bay Project
Home page of the Buzzards Bay Project National Estuary Program. Contains links to mission statement, events/updates, bay & basin info, references to documents related to the organization, links to related sites, legislation, and...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition Aqa
The abundance and distribution of organisms in an ecosystem is determined by biotic and abiotic factors. Animals and plants have adaptations to allow them to compete for resources.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Web of Life Game
Fun, interactive game that helps students identify interrelationships in an ecosystem. For six or more players.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Competition
An interactive activity where students study how two species of producers are affected by a consumer. By completing several virtual experiments and collecting data, students will be able to summarize what plants can do to defend...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Dam Building: How Changes in Environment Affect Population
In this simulation, students build a dam in the middle of a field, dividing an ecosystem in half to illustrate the effects of environmental changes. They watch and collect data as the grass and then the rabbit populations in that region...
That Quiz
That Quiz: Biotic or Abiotic? Living or Non Living?
This fun quiz has you choose between different images to decide whether it is biotic or abiotic. It also gives examples through illustrations of abiotic and biotic things.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Teacher's Guides
A wealth of resources connected to individual nature-related state standards can be found here. Information in a newsletter-type format is located under particular grade levels and is accompanied by teacher guides and short quizzes to...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Can We Clean the Sea?
Oil spills are real disasters that plague our oceans every day. This lesson will offer students a chance to work in teams to develop possible solutions to ways to clean up oil spills.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Marine Communities
Explore saltwater ecosystems around Earth. Learn about oceans, estuaries, shores, and more.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Food Chains Quiz
Brush up on food chain vocabulary before taking this interactive quiz. Check the box for the correct answers throughout the assessment.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Nova Zembla: How Does Temperature Affect Plant Growth?
Viktor brought his pet plant on his trip to Nova Zembla. Help him figure out what to do to take care of the plant.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Human Impact on the Cloud Forest
A study discovering and exploring the cloud forest canopy and how humans have influenced the ecosystem's biodiversity.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Mountain Scramble
Build a mountain ecosystem by adding appropriate plants and animals, and by keeping the ecosystem in balance. Be sure every species has enough to eat to survive.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Limits to Population Growth
Explore biotic and abiotic factors that can influence the growth of populations of organisms in this interactive tutorial.