During this instructional activity, students will explore biomes, ecosystems, and habitats by navigating the Internet. They will research biomes, ecosystems, and habitats in order to create a newsletter. They will have the opportunity to...

This is a quiz game on biomes. Questions are presented as its corresponding bee is swatted.

During this lesson, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation to...

Students investigate the Biology topic of biomes. The tutorial consists of definitions, pictures, and examples of different terrestrial biomes.

This lesson plan allows students to study and learn the names and characteristics of Earth's six major biomes. The biomes are introduced with a slideshow presentation. A paper-folding poster activity gives students the opportunity to...

Find out what you know about the dynamics of ecosystems by taking this post test.

See what you know about the dynamics of ecosystems by taking this interactive pretest.

In this biology field lab, students will observe a square foot area of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. The students will keep a journal to record the physical elements of the ecosystem which they will visit monthtly. The...

This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.

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

In this activity young scholars will observe a square foot of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. They will keep a journal to record the physical elements of their area. It will include both written details and drawings. They...

In this lesson plan, the students will learn what a terrarium is, the layers of a terrarium, and the function of these layers. They will see how these components work together to create an ecosystem. This lesson plan was created as a...

Take a close-up look at the world of lakes and ponds and discover what lives and grows there through pictures, news, descriptions, and external links.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how climate affects the biome.

Find the answers to the ecosystem activity about function.

Write about animal contributions to their environment.

Describes the characteristics of the marine biome, the plants and animals that live in each of the four ocean zones, coral reefs and estuaries, the climate of the marine biome, and the marine food web.

On this virtual field trip, teachers will help their students travel to the lush, rain-soaked splendor of the Olympic Peninsula and explore the urban watershed of Seattle. Next, they will head to Arizona's dry, desert landscape and take...

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...

In this lesson, students compare various types of relationships among organisms (i.e., biotic interactions). Students will: explain the roles of producers and consumers, and predators and prey in an ecosystem. Explain the levels of order...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a Life Science lesson for students in grades 7-8. It was specifically designed to assist ESL students read, pronounce, and understand the meanings of key concepts presented in...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...

Using worksheets, images, videos, and internet resources, students will be able to learn the names and locations of the seven major global biomes in the correct order from polar regions to the equator.

Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors of lakes and ponds as well as learning how lakes form through reading and video clips.