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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Food Chain Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the food chain in a storybook format. The chain is described as a cycle and both herbivores and carnivores are discussed.
Handout
Other

Food Chains and Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative site that discusses food chains and webs in detail. Not too complicated and fairly easy to understand, it also includes some pictures.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Food Chain and Web

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kids learn about the food chain and food web. How energy cycles and transfers through living organisms.
Handout
PBS

Pbs: The Living Edens: The Food Chain

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site provides some basic information on the food chain.
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Other

My Science Box: Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews various food chains.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chains

For Teachers 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to identify and manipulate food chains.
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Other

Explore Learning: Food Chain Gizmo

For Students 5th - 9th
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...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this flipchart students will be able to summarize and organize simple food chains.
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Marietta College: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete illustrated discussion of energy flow within ecosystems, including discussions of trophic levels, ecological pyramids, food chains and webs, biological magnification, and cycles.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organization in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on food chains in ecosystems, including levels of consumers, decomposers, and a list of common words used with food chains and their definitions. It also provides a link to an assessment.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Life Science: The Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem

For Students 4th - 6th
A module that explains what an ecosystem is and how energy and matter move through them. Students will look at the different roles of plants and animals and at ecological relationships in food chains and food webs.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organization of an Ecosystem Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the organization of an ecosystem. The feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem can be seen in food chains. Sampling allows us to measure the abundance and distribution of these species. It provides...
Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science bob.com: Food Web and Food Chains

For Students 4th - 8th
The difference between food chains and food webs is explained.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Life in Extreme Environments: Who Is on Top in the Food Chain?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will design experiments to gain some understanding of the feeding rates of Rotifers and/or Tardigrades. They will use organisms collected locally or provided by the teacher to explore differences between their...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Food Webs Moving Matter in an Ecosystem(day 2)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Coral Reef Food Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the food web in a coral reef with these illustration. Identify the consumers, producers, and decomposers that are located within this ecosystem. Site includes illustration exploring the different food chains as well as questions...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organisms and Environments: Organisms Interactions

For Students 7th - 9th
Learn about food webs, food chains, and organisms interactions in this interactive tutorial.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Bio Build Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity allows students to make a simple model food chain and observe how toxic chemicals can become concentrated in the bodies of consumers at the top of the chain.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Welcome to Dzanga Sangha

For Students 6th - 8th
Connect the dots to investigate three different habitats either the forest, bai or river of the rain forest. By connecting the dots students make a food chain to see how organisms in each habitat depend on each other.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dive Into Worlds Within the Sea

For Students 6th - 8th
Think and Link to investigate three different ecosystem either the deep sea, coral reef or continental shelf. By connecting the dots students make a food chain to see how organisms in each habitat depend on each other.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Energy in Food

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A video workshop examining how the Sun provides energy for all living things beginning with the process of photosynthesis. Presents current scientific thinking about energy transfer through the food chain as well as ways to deal with...
Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of three lessons where students learn about abiotic factors in marine ecosystems, about marine food chains and biodiversity, and about marine food webs and trophic levels. Includes handouts, website links, and a vocabulary...
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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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