Sophia Learning
Sophia: Terrestrial Biomes: Lesson 1
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of terrestrial biomes, and its effect on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Terrestrial Biomes."
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy Pyramids in Different Biome Locations
A research activity where students research the various biotic and abiotic factors that combine to make up a biome. The end product will be the creation of a PowerPoint presentation that identifies these factors and the creation of an...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Abc Book of Fauna
This lesson is to provide students the opportunity to explore the various types of fauna (animals) found in the various biomes throughout the world.
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: From America's Rainforest to America's Desert
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...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Habitats of the World
This site has a lesson plan to use to start a unit on biomes and animal habitats. This plan incorporates grasslands, temperate forests, tropical rainforests, deserts, polar ice regions, and tidepools.
Other
My Science Box: Ecosystem Organization
In this instructional activity, students will learn about the different levels in the hierarchy of ecology and explain the relationships: organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere. They will also discover why...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Los Seres Vivos Y El Medio Ambiente
What is ecology? What is a biome? You will find the answers to these questions in this unit and also learn about the organization of the Biosphere, major Biomes of the earth and the adaptations of living things to limiting factors. It...
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Forest, Deserts and Grasslands
Biomes and Ecosystems unit will increase the interest of the ELL learners. Lessons are based on the TESOL, ESL standards.
Michigan Reach Out
Bottle Habitat
Students create and observe an aquatic habitat. After recording observation students graph the changes.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Deserts: Lesson 3
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of deserts, and its effect on living things. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Deserts."
Other
Adopt a Pond Wetland Curriculum Resource
The Adopt-A-Pond Program was created by the Toronto Zoo for teachers looking for a guide to wetland issues and resources.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess2 2: World Climates
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS2-2: world climates.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Stories of the Land
In this biology field investigation, students will use observation skills to describe different types of terrestrial landscapes and compare them with one another. They will utilize these data in order to begin to put together the stories...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigative Case: Living in an Alkaline Environment
Explore living in an alkaline environment with this three-part interactive activity. During these activity students will complete web quests and activities to investigate the ecology and diversity of life in this environments.
Other
Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms
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...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Natural Resources, Environment, and Ecosystems
A collection of lesson plans for specific age levels to help students gain a better understanding of animals, plants, and people, and how they affect each other in ecosystems. Many of the activities provide discussion questions and...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Climate Change and Michigan Forests
A comprehensive 10-lesson unit on how climate change affects the forests of Michigan. Covers many of the NGSS life science standards for middle school. Includes teacher's guide, PowerPoints, video links, student handouts, standards...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Kind of Animals Live on Farms?
A lesson on sustainability of urban farms in particular in New York City. Learners learn how to apply sustainability principles to environmental problems. Students will look at the need for sustainable farming practices that maximize...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Animals in the Ecosystems
Write about animal contributions to their environment.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Mini Ecosystems
Third graders will make small-scale environments and will describe interactions between living and nonliving things in their environments.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 1 Wetlands, Forests & Deserts
Learn about surface terrain and how plants and animals are affected by the temperatures and precipitation.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Where Do Animals Live?
In this lesson plan young scholars listen and participate by filling in missing words as the teacher reads a silly poem about places where animals might live. Students are required to draw pictures representing both their favorite...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Introduction to Habitat Alteration
Introduction to the concepts of habitat and habitat change.
PBS
Pbs: River Rewilding: Grand River Restoration and Revitalization Project
A unit for students to look at the economic opportunities associated with a river. Students will explore the Grand River Revitalization & Restoration Project. In this unit, they will also learn about two species impacted by the...
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