OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis
This unit on matter cycling and photosynthesis has students investigating the idea that all food comes from plants.
Other
Kidwings: Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
A complete lesson on owl pellets. Students can read information, watch a tutorial, and use their computer mouse to complete a dissection simulation right there on the screen.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ecosystems
This module offers an in depth study of the fundamental components of ecosystems. Activities include mini-lessons with videos and student assignments.
Tramline
Virtual Field Trip: Temperate Forest Biome
Travel with your students on a Virtual Field Trip to learn about Temperate Forest Biomes. You will also discover many informative and interactive websites.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecosystems: Energy Flow Through
Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Food Chains and Food Webs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how food chains and webs represent feeding relationships.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Bird's Eye View of the Desert Food Chain
Describes how a food chain works in a desert and how the Mojave desert food chain works in particular.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Role of Plants in the Food Chain: Lesson 2
This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Role of Plants in the Food Chain: Lesson 3
This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."
Science Struck
Science Struck: Food Chain in the Tundra Region
Describes the characteristics of a tundra biome, how a tundra food chain compares to a tropical food chain, and what the different trophic levels look like.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Examples of Primary Consumers in the Food Chain
Explains what a primary consumer's role in a food chain is and provides examples.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tropical Rainforest Food Web
Explains what a food web is, the complexity of one in a rainforest, and how energy flows through a food web.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Food Webs
A short lesson explaining the "web of interactions" that occur in a food web. Understand how the energy flows between autotrophs and consumers. [0:35]
Science Struck
Science Struck: Rainforest Food Web
Explains the characteristics of tropical and temperate rainforests and what rainforest food webs look like.
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: Producers
This colorful site examines the food chain and delves into an explanation of what producers are and where they fit in an overall ecosystem.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science bob.com: Food Web and Food Chains
The difference between food chains and food webs is explained.
Other
Marietta College: Biology: Energy Flow Through the Ecosystem
Read to understand how energy and inorganic nutrients flow through a food chain in an ecosystem.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Ecosystems in Action [Pdf]
In this activity, 4th graders explore animals and plants that inhabit ecosystems by using movement to deepen the retention of vocabulary. After reviewing the ecosystem players, students will play a call and response game by responding...
Teachers TryScience
Teachers Try Science: Breathing Yeasties
See how combining yeast, sugar, and water can demonstrate the carbon cycle and show how microorganisms work in the food chain.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing the Ecosystem [Pdf]
"Changing the Ecosystem" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the disruption in the food chain due to habitat loss and pollution and the results of that disruption. It is followed by questions which require students to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs: Lesson 2
This lesson will review the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs."
PBS
Pbs: Nature: The Fascinating World of Jellies
Learn about the mysterious jellyfish blooms that have occurred in the world's oceans. Because the resulting alteration to the marine food web has had devastating effects, researchers grow and study jellyfish at the Monterey aquarium....
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Predator Protector Game Lesson
Describe the habitat, food web and ecosystem of shark species. Identify threats to sharks and explore how top predators help to maintain the balance of nature within ecosystems. This lesson plan also contains an interactive game.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Diversity of Birds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] About 10,000 bird species belong to 29 different orders within the class Aves. The diversity among birds is striking. Birds can vary greatly in size and color. Some...