Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
The Mangroves ActivityThe Mangroves Activity
Publisher
New South Wales Department of Education
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
2 more...
Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audiences
For Teacher Use
1 more...
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Usage Permissions
Fine Print
Activity

The Mangroves

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This The Mangroves activity also includes:
  • Mangroves (Doc)
  • Worksheet
  • Join to access all included materials

Mangroves are a nursery for a variety salt-water organisms. Learners explore the mangrove ecosystem through audio, video, and/or images, to see the organisms that live in this environment and make food chains pertaining to this environment. 

22 Views 16 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

food chains, producers, consumers

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Find a short video on mangroves to use in this activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes learners know about mangroves; discuss their location and environment before beginning
  • Part 10 in a series of 20

Pros

  • Includes photos of organisms and the ecosystem of mangroves
  • Includes pupil worksheet for the exercise portion

Cons

  • Uses files from a CD ROM, which is not included

Common Core

RST.6-8.1

See similar resources:

Handout

Levels of Organization within an Ecosystem

Kentucky School for the Deaf
From tiny organisms to entire biomes, young scientists examine the interdependent relationships tying all living and non-living things together with this collection of ecology resources.
5th - 10th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Human Impact on Ecosystems

Henry Ford Museum
An environmenta science unit includes three lessons plus a cumulative project covering the ecosystem. Scholars follow the history of the Ford Rouge Factory from its construction on wetlands and how it destroyed the...
6th - 8th Science
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Build Your Own Ocean Ecosystem

NOAA
Hold the sea in the palm of your hand! Amateur oceanographers work together to create models of an ocean ecosystem in the sixth and final installment in a series. Raise awareness of global ocean health issues through guided research,...
5th - 6th Science
Lesson Plan

Go Eco! Ecosystems

EduGAINs
How is a movie theater like a desert biome? Compare systems to ecosystems with a set of activities that focuses on accessing multiple intelligences and building upon knowledge. As learners discuss the ways elements of an ecosystem depend...
7th - 10th Science
Lesson Plan

Deep-Sea Ecosystems – Life is Weird!

NOAA
A pool of brine in the deep sea can be up to four times as salty as the surrounding sea water. The deep sea ecosystem relies on chemosynthesis and the organisms that live there are often strange to us. The lesson focuses on researching...
7th - 8th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
PPT

The Influence of Human Activity on the Environment

Curated OER
The surge in human population in the last 2,000 years, due in large part to better health care, has brought a surge in the demand for resources and in pollution. The graphics, photographs, and real-life examples in a thought-provoking...
4th - 8th Science
Instructional Video

Tell Me Why - Environment and Ecosystems

Curated OER
All of the species in our world are part of what is called a trophic level. Basically, it determines an organism's position in the food chain. Introduce your learners to the basic levels and have them identify more organisms that could...
2 mins 3rd - 8th Science
Lesson Plan

Mangrove Ecosystem

Curated OER
Eager ecologists explore ecosystems through video and photographs of a Mangrove. They discuss the animals in this habitat and how they interact with each other after reading and discussing "The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle."...
4th - 6th Science
Interactive

Study Jams! Aquatic Ecosystems

Scholastic
Mia's friends are fish-sitting while she is away on vacation. Zoe divulges to Sam that different animals need different habitats, and that there are both freshwater and saltwater ecosystems. Examples of the kinds of organisms found in...
4 mins 5th - 9th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Let It Grow: An Inquiry-Based Organic Gardening Research Project

ReadWriteThink
How does your garden grow? An inquiry-based, organic gardening unit asks young scientists to research a vegetable or flower, create an environment for it, and then plant and tend to the seedling. Gardeners develop their own research...
6th - 8th Science
CCSS: Designed
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use