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- L.EC.E.1 Interactions"Organisms interact in various
ways including providing food and shelter to one another.
Some interactions are helpful: others are harmful
to the organism and other organisms."
- A Walk in the Woods New
Sudents go on
a virtual walk through a forest. Walk in the
Woods is designed for third through fifth grade
students to gain an appreciation of nature. Sometimes
students are not able to go to a forest preserve
or woods, so this brings the woods to them.
- BBC
Science: Interdependence and Adaptation
On this site children will seach for living things
in a forestland habitat, and then construct a
food web. A quiz is included.
- BBC
Science: Habitats
On this site children will seach for living things
in a woodland environment, and then construct
two food chains (woodland life and pond life).
A quiz is included.
- BBC
Science: Plants and Animals in the Local Environment
This is an interactive site for preK/K/1 students
that allow them to investigate the living things
they might find in a backyard or playground environment.
An online quiz is included
- Create
a Foodweb
This website has students create foodchains and
foodwebs. It provides arrows and organisms to
drag and create their personal foodweb. Students
can also print the results of their foodweb and
turn in for an assignment.
- Crowding
in Ecosystems
What happens when a plant population is too dense?
Simple experiment for students to learn about
mature ecosystems.
- Dinosaur
Anatomy and Behavior
Describes the dinosaur's food chain. This
site is for general information and is not interactive.
- Ecological
Education Through Primary School Science
Descriptions, activities, worksheets covering
many different aspects of the Ecosystem. This
site contains lesson plans for teachers. The entire
lesson plan can be downloaded.
- Environmental
Biology
Descriptions of: Roles of organisms, Food
Chains, Food Webs, Human vs. Natural Food Chains,
Water Cycle, and more information. This site is
for general information.
- Food
Chains
Outstanding
unit on Energy Transfer / Food Chains /Food Webs
.
- Fun
with Food Webs
Outstanding
- Elementary students click and drag objects
on the computer to create a food web. They can
choose from artic, meadow or pond food webs. This
is an wonderful activity!
- Gould
League Food Webs
Students choose from 4 types of foodwebs and begin
to play by dragging the organism into correct
heading (scavenger, decomposer, carnivore, producer,
so on). If you are correct the organism stays
if incorrect picture will not stay. There is a
hint space that will provide a clue if you click
on the picture. After students complete putting
the organisms in the correct category the computer
creates the food chain.
- Habitat Maker
This activity allows a student
to choose an ecosystem. The students attempts
to identify the organisms that live in that particular
ecosystem. Then the students can manipulate the
ecosystem and observe behaviors of the organisms
living there.
- Harcourt
School Publisher Fun With Food Webs
Students choose foodweb and begin to play by dragging
the organism into correct square on the food chain.
If you are correct the organism stays and if incorrect
picture will not stay. One food web will take
approximately 2 minutes and there are 3 to choose
from.
- Monterey Bay
Aquarium
This interactive site has pictures, facts, games
and activities for elementary students to learn
more about our environment/habitats.
- Planet
ARKive
This interactive site has facts, games and activities
for elementary students to learn more about their
environment/habitats.
- Planet
Pals
Listed below are the vocabulary words contained
in the text of this site: herbivores, carnivores,
omnivores, decomposers, producers, and food chain.
- Botany:
Plants
Several experiments for students to complete to
understand all aspects of plants.
- ReviseWise
Science: Food Chains
This is a great site that allows the students
to click through animated information windows
that teach the basics of food chains. Tests and
worksheets for the activity as also available.
- Secrets
@ Sea
Teachers and students are invited to log on to
the world's firsts online ocean adventure learning
game. Ace on the Case: Secrets is a curriculum-based
adventure story for grade 4 - 7. It complements
ocean-theme units of study in the classroom and
enhances students learning experiences using the
internet. The knowledge gained from completing
these activities leads the student to the solution
of the case.
- The
Wolf and the Moose
This site is an lesson plan activity for students
to role play the relationship between a predator
and prey. It would be more appropriate for 5th
or 6th grade. The site has suggestions for assessment.
- What's
it Like Where you Live?
Oustanding:
This site is very user frendly. It contains the
different biomes of the world, freshwater resources,
and marine ecosystems. It also has great resources
and links to other related sites.
- Worm
World
This site provides information on the ways
worms interrelate in the ecosystem. Emphasis is
on worms as "recyclers" - movie clips of birth
of worm & heart beat; novel sound bytes and
graphics.
- L.EC.E.2 Changed Environmental Effects -"When
the environment changes, some plants and animals survive
to reproduce; others die or move to new locations."
- Animal Adaptations
This is a Power Point
presentation that gives examples of examples
os characteristics that animals have developed
to help them survive in their environment.
- Build
An Online Habitat
Student interact building different habitats online.
Grades 2 - 5
- Brine
Shrimp Survival
This site helps sutents develop an understanding
of how growth and survival of an organism depends
on physical conditions; student design an artificial
environment in which brine shrimp can thrive.
- EcoKids
Chain reaction
Students
read through a short tutorial and are asked to
create their own food chain. After completing
the food chain, they ask what would happen if
one organism was removed and then shows a brief
animation of what would happen.
- Ecology
Native Species
This site provides a study that reintroduces a
species and students analyze data (given to you)
making graphs and answering questions about how
it impacted the population of other organisms.
This would be best done in groups at 4th-5th grade
level. A 6 page investigation and handout provided.
- Great
Plant Escape
The student will need to read one of six
mysteries to help find clues, do experiments,
and solve problems as they explore the world of
plants. The "green link" tab is loaded with
resources, sites, and ideas for teaching plant
units.
- Hatching
Brine Shrimp
This site helps develop
an understanding of how the growth and survival
of an organism (brine shrimp) depend on physical
conditions. This is accomplished by designing
an experiement to determine the optimum salinity
of water needed to hatch brine shrimp.
- Michigan
Sea Grant
Fisheries Learning on the Web a comprehensive
curriculum about the Great Lakes ecosystem. Lessons
are greared toward educators who teach upper elementary
and middle school students. Each lesson is aligned
with national and state curriculum standards for
science and social studies and features a hands-on
classroom activity.
- Seeing
Through Camouflage
This site is a nice
interactive site after discussing how animals
survive in their environment. The site has the
learner dragging an animal picture up and deciding
out of four possible answers which answer fits
how the animal uses it's camouflage to survive.
Great for 3rd and 4th grade levels.
- Smokey
the Bear
This site uses Smokey the Bear to help teach students
the importance of forest and how to prevent forest
fires. Online activities, facts and games for
the students to learn.
- The
Great Habitat Match-up - Magic School Bus
Students will match
animals to their correct habitat. The game is
very simple to play and is appropriate for students
in grades K-2.
- The
Circle of Life
Gives general information on the requirements
for all living things - food, air, water, minerals,
sunlight, and habitat.
- USGS
- The Learning Web - Global Change
Much of the change that takes place on Earth
is part of a natural cycle. Human activity,
however, can also cause environmental changes.
This site is a collection of educational resources
that can be used in the classroom on global change.
- Welcome
to Recycle City
Description of how city deteriorated and a
game to help clean it up. Grades 4-6. The graphics
and description is appealing. Many activities
to see how garbage and recycling help the habitat.
Need Shockwave to run this site. This is a student
activity. Excellent site, students must be able
to read or have assistance.
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