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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy Pyramid and Food Chains

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated guide to food chains and ecological pyramids will help clarify how energy flows through an ecosystem.
Unit Plan
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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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: An Analogy: Biomass Pyramid vs. Energy Pyramid

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what biomass and energy pyramids are and provides a table highlighting their differences.
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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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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: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the flow of energy through ecosystems with this study guide.
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: The Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the different ecological roles of organisms in the ecosystem, and find out how the energy flows through them.
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Other

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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The College Board

The College Board: Ap Biology 2007 Scoring Guidelines [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This scoring guide can be used as a study guide, provding examples and exemplary student responses. The topic covered is energy flow in ecosystems.
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Other

S Cool: Engery Flow and Nutrient Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lever an Obelisk

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the mechanical advantage of the lever in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A Bird's Eye View of the Desert Food Chain

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes how a food chain works in a desert and how the Mojave desert food chain works in particular.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Eating for Sports

For Students 3rd - 5th
Know what foods you need to eat in order to stay competitive. This website offers suggestion for kids who are active in sports and includes hints for eating healthy and staying hydrated.

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