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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can Animals Be Deceptive?

For Students 9th - 10th
Eldridge Adams details the surprising complexity of how animals manipulate predators, prey and their rivals.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Ambush Bug

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ambush bugs are predators which normally lie in wait for prey. They have front legs fitted for grasping, much like that of a praying mantis. They commonly sit on a flower waiting for insects attracted to flowers. Goldenrod is a favorite...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Mangroovin'

For Students K - 1st
In this game, players take on the role of baby groupers, fish who grow up in the shelter of mangrove roots. They need to swim into open water to find food without falling prey to hungry predators.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Antlion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you ever heard of a "doodlebug"? Well, you're looking at one right up above! It is actually an insect called an antlion. The antlion gets its name because it is a voracious predator of ants and other insects. Actually, it's only the...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Predators and Prey

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you ever want to be a hawk? In this virtual ecosystem, students will take on the role of a hawk and try to catch rabbits on a snowy field. Students will see which rabbits have adaptations that allow them to blend into the environment...
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Raptors

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the characteristics of birds of prey, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with these birds by integrating a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper...
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Other

Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Food Chains: Nature's Restaurant

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students begin this lesson by making observations and recording evidence of the variety of living things in local nature site. Students use reference materials to research predators and food of the animals they observed, then illustrate...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: M&m Survival Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In the wild, there are two types of animals: the hunters and the hunted. A good predator is always on the prowl for fresh prey. What can an animal do to stay off of the menu? Find out how some animals use camouflage, and why sometimes it...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Eagle Eye

For Students 1st - 3rd
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring crested hawk eagle in the jungle. Using the online tools, students will draw a crested hawk eagle swooping down to grab its prey.
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Other

Ohio Dept. Of Education: Our Grasslands

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This excellent unit of study for Grade Two has students examining what makes up a grasslands environment, growing their own grass, playing a predator-prey game, and looking at how grasslands are impacted by human activities.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:mammals of Namib: Who's in Charge?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Identify mammals of the Namib Desert, categorize which are predators and which are prey and discuss the balance of nature in Namib.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:night Creatures of the Kalahari: Life in a Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand that an ecosystem such as the Kalahari has a system of checks and balances to ensure that no species overpopulates and threatens the survival of other species. Chart a food chain and explore the balance between predator and prey.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Population Growth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students control the environments in four different scenarios to discover how any changes might affect populations. The different simulations include microorganisms, rabbits, foxes, and other organisms.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anglerfish

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NOVA: "Animal Imposters" shows the lightning-fast strike of the anglerfish. [1:30]
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Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Peppered Moths Simulation

For Students 6th - 8th
This simulation allows students to take on the role of a bird and eat different types of peppered moths. Students analyze which types of peppered moths do better in various environments.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shark Attack! The Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive module from the NOVA: "Shark Attack!" web site details the six senses that sharks use to find and capture their prey.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bottle Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity book explores science and the environment through soda bottles and other recyclable materials. Sections include bottle basics, decomposition column, kimchee (fermentation), soil meditations, predator-prey column, TerrAqua...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Siberian Tiger (Panthera Tigris Altaica)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and facts about the Siberian tiger. Discusses where they are found, predator-prey relationships, threats from humans, reproduction, and conservation status.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Foxes and Rabbits

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this problem about the predator-prey relationship between the fox and rabbit populations, 8th graders are asked to identify and explain any functions that they see. Aligns with 8.F.A.1.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Coral Reef Food Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the food web in a coral reef with these illustration. Identify the consumers, producers, and decomposers that are located within this ecosystem. Site includes illustration exploring the different food chains as well as questions...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecology Lab

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...
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Other

Kidwings: Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

For Students 4th - 8th
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.

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