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Wetlands - Food Web Relationships

For Students 6th - 10th
In this food web relationships learning exercise, students click on the links to learn about the food web relationships in the wetlands and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 8 questions total.
Worksheet
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Fungus Among Us- Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fungus non-fiction reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 3 page selection that describes the characteristics and life of fungi. They answer 10 questions based on the reading which include true or false, multiple...
Lesson Plan
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The Three Worm Phyla

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the three worm phyla. In this classification instructional activity, 9th graders observe, compare and contrast the planarian, tapeworm, and fluke.
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Worm Interviews

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students identify types of worms. In this organisms lesson, students are shown slides of the different types of worms and take notes on each worm. Students answer questions about each worm.
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Supermarkets, Sustenance and Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  For this sustainability lesson, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students create a group...
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Ecosystems II

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is about the concepts related to the careful balance of an ecosystem. They identify the beneficial and harmful relationships that can exist with diverse populations in an ecosystem. The lesson...
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How Do You Do?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research organisms in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. They create a picture book demonstrating their understanding of relationships.
Lesson Plan
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Household Pests

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the various habitat requirements for assorted household pests from ants to wasps. They conduct various activities including researching the life cycles moths, cockroaches, and mosquitoes
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Flow of Energy: Balancing Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan outlining activities for a science unit where middle schoolers can learn about the relationships and the flow of energy within an ecosystem. These include predator and prey, hosts and parasites, and consumers, producers,...