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Montana Natural History Center

Studying Grassland Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
At first glance, grassland ecosystems might seem dull and uninteresting, but once you start to explore it's amazing the things you'll find! Through this series of engaging lessons, activities, and experiments, elementary students examine...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers K Standards
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...
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Curated OER

Anthropogenic Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If you teach a man to fish, he will never go hungry—or he will overfish and permanently damage the ecosystem? Address the traditional biomes as well as the human-included ecosystems and contrasts the biotic and abiotic factors in each....
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Temperate Grasslands Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the Temperate Grasslands biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Temperate Grasslands

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this short podcast explaining the characteristics of the temperate grassland ecosystem. [0:45]
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource explores all of the biomes found on planet Earth! A side menu indicates the world's biomes and provides details on each. Colorful interactive maps, video clips, lesson plans, species profiles, and so much more...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's So Great About the Great Lakes?

For Students 9th - 10th
The North American Great Lakes- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior- are so big that they border 8 states and contain 23 quadrillion liters of water. They span forest, grassland, and wetland habitats, supporting a region that's...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the River Crossing Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left bank of a crocodile-infested river. Can you help them figure out how to get across...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Savannas

For Students 4th - 8th
A quick overview of the Savanna biome, including a description of the wildlife and climate there.
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Tropical Savanna Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the Tropical Savanna biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Next.cc

Next: Prairie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Complete these three activities to learn about prairies and where they are located. Includes links to explore related material.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Biomes

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of biomes, and the six different types that are found on Earth.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Prairie Project [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"The Prairie Project" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students who learn about the prairie, take a field trip to see one, and then plant one on the school grounds. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Savannas: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of the savanna, and its effect on living things. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Savannas."

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