Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
Scholastic
Scholastic Explorers: Endangered Ecosystems
A great site with something for all grades. Do research on rainforests, follow field research on animals in Latin America, and show what you know through interactive assessments. Lots to see on this site which is a collaboration of...
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Other
Manitoba Model Forest Network: Interaction Within Forest Ecosystems [Pdf]
This comprehensive Grade 7 Science unit has three chapters on forest ecosystems, natural cycles in a forest, and human interactions with a forest. Each chapter has experiments, activities and questions complete with answers. There are...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to ecosystems and other ecological concepts.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology:dynamics of Ecosystems
See what you know about the dynamics of ecosystems by taking this interactive pretest.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Ecosystems: Food Chain Pyramid
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive you will need to design a food chain that corresponds with the correct ecosystem. You will need a sign-in to access the media but it will be well worth your time!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Ecosystems: Where Do the Items Belong?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive you will need to organize the labels according to where they belong in the biosphere. You will need a sign-in to access this media, but it will be well worth your time!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 3: Oh What a Tangled Web: Ecosystem Based Management
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that looks at fisheries. In this particular lab, students use tools like Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking to learn about the management of fisheries through an ecosystem-based approach. During this...
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.
Other
Puget Soundkeeper: Interactive Water Quality Map
With this interactive map, students can explore the water quality of the Puget Sound region. This map indicate areas where water quality is a concern, and where the ecosystem is at its healthiest.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Community Interactions in Ecosystems
An illustrated article which provides a overview of ecology including several important interactions affecting ecosystems.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Ecosystems Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over ecology and ecosystems. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activities: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
An activity for students to document biodiversity and observe ecological interactions in their own backyard.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Carbon Cycle
An engaging interactive enhancing studies of the carbon cycle. Check out a short video, sing karaoke about chlorophyll, take a quiz, and review vocabulary words.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: How Do Earth and Life Interact?
Explore the biosphere, zoom in on some unique ecosystems, and learn how activity in the Solar System and plate tectonics can affect the climate and life on the planet.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of ecosystems. That is, ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with the nonliving part of their environment....
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Ecology, the Study of Ecosystems
Get the dirt on ecology! Look at how different ecosystems interact with one another, what alters ecosystems, and the cycles they experience.
Other
Hub Pages: Abiotic Factors: A Component of Ecosystem
In the environment, there are external factors that really affect organisms living within it. One of these factors is the set of abiotic factors, or nonliving variables, such as wind, ocean, day length, rainfall, temperature, and ocean...
US Geological Survey
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Ecosystems in Delicate Balance
Learning activities to investigate how organisms interact in a functioning ecosystem. Students will explore the role organisms play in food chains and preserving biodiversity in ecosystems. Lake Pontchartrain Basin ecosystem is featured...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Environmental Interactions: Connectedness of a Natural System
A field experience where students undergo an exploration in a natural environment. They are introduced to the concepts of species, population, community, ecosystem, niche, and biosphere.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Food Chains and Food Webs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about food chains and food webs in an ecosystem.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Understanding Ecosystems: Humans Part 4 of 4
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to understand how humans affect and interact with different ecosystems (such as pollution, habitat restoration). There are opportunities to link to the web to explore this further.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Computer Simulation of the Sonoran Desert Community
The computer program's simulation of a Sonoran desert community should ultimately strengthen the student's comprehension of what is required for a natural ecosystem to sustain itself (remain in balance). This computer simulation program...