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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2009

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Emerging ecologists need a full understanding of life, from the inner workings of a cell to the complex relationships among organisms. This examination is meant to assess high schoolers after an entire year course on the living...
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2007

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Environmental science enthusiasts show what they know at the end of the year by taking this full-fledged final exam. They answer multiple choice, graph interpretation, and essay analysys questions, 73 of them in all. Topics range from...
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This exam touches upon every topic within the typical first year biology course.. A broad variety of question styles give high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Food Chains

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Rhinozilla is Mia's bearded dragon and the focus of this lesson on energy flow in an ecosystem. She uses him to explain the energy pyramid, from producers through third level consumers, and she likens the food chain to a video game. Mia...
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PPT
Curated OER

Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Middle or high school environmental studies classes will learn much from this presentation on energy in ecosystems. It covers the foundational topics of trophic levels, food webs, and nutrient cycles using informational text and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

AP: Chapter 54: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A lot of learning is packed into these 23 questions about ecosystems. Advanced biology classes apply their knowledge of communities, productivity, biogeochemical cycles, and human impact on the environment by writing short answers for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dynamics of Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 12th
A set of guided notes walks your biology or environmental studies learners through the dynamics of ecosystems. They write short answers to questions about the energy budget, food webs, trophic levels, and biogeochemical cycles. One way...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sample Midyear Examination (Chemistry and Biology)

For Students 7th - 12th
A 12-page midterm exam sample can be given to young scientists in preparation for an exam. This particular installment is geared toward a class that delves into both ecology and chemistry concepts. There is no way to separate the 50...
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Curated OER

Animals, Soil, Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what...
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Curated OER

Ecological Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners apply the ecological pyramids of numbers and biomass with an activity using topographic maps. In this trophic level activity, students work in groups using a topographic map to determine the number of organisms that can live in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Nutrition and Energy Flow

For Students 4th - 8th
In this energy flow worksheet, students will complete 10 short answer questions based on a food web diagram. Then students will review different cycles in nature including the water cycle, carbon cycle, and energy cycle. This worksheet...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Matter and Energy

For Students 4th - 8th
In this matter and energy worksheet, students will complete 10 questions about the transfer of energy through a food chain, the steps of the water cycle, and how the nitrogen cycle works.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This module offers an in depth study of the fundamental components of ecosystems. Activities include mini-lessons with videos and student assignments.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Energy Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand how energy flows within ecosystems through the use of energy pyramids.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how organisms acquire energy and how that energy is passed from one organism to another through food webs and their constituent food chains.
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Estuary Food Pyramid

For Students 6th - 8th
Students learn about the feeding relationships in an estuary ecosystem with this interactive energy pyramid activity. A second activity involves research and a video clip to elaborate the learning.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Bermuda Triangle: How Is Energy Transferred Between Organisms?

For Students 5th - 7th
Bermuda is a mysterious place. Meet Scotty and his family and join them on their holiday to learn about energy transfer in ecosystems.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy Pyramids: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce energy pyramids, and show how energy moves from one trophic level to the next. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Pyramids."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Ecology I

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive ecology learning module where students assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Ecology Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over concepts in ecology, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Food Chains

For Students 3rd - 7th
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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners analyze food chains, webs, and pyramids to determine how energy flows and matter cycles through ecosystems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Flow of Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When an herbivore eats a plant, the energy in the plant tissues is used by the herbivore. Every time energy is transferred from one organism to another, there is a...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Ecosystems and You

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow that looks at energy flow in an ecosystem. Explains what an ecosystem is, how energy flows through it, the producers and consumers of energy, and food chains. Links to a video about plastic debris in the ocean.