Students review the concepts of food chains and the roles of organisms in a food chain through a simple card sorting activity. Cards representing different individuals in a California ecosystem ...
In this 2-3 day activity, students choose an organism and research its life cycle, food chain, and habitat. The student research is assembled in 2 ways. First, the classroom is ...
Ecosystem Pyramid student work The study of ecology has many layers, ranging from the individual organism, to the population, to the ecosystem, to the planet. It is important for students ...
Once students understand the concept of populations, it is important to introduce the idea of population change. There are many reasons for population change – limited resources, predator-prey cycles, human ...
The management of the world’s fisheries is a controversial current issue that involves individuals from many different viewpoints – fishermen and women, environmentalists, park rangers, politicians, and shoppers at the ...
Based on a “Carbon Adventures” lesson plan developed by the GK-12 Project at Arizona State University. For details on the original activity, go to (http//gk12.asu.edu/curriculum/life_science/CarbonAdventures/carb_ad.htm). There is excellent background information ...
Based on the website http//www.bigelow.org/edhab OverviewThis discussion begins with a review of how energy transfers through food webs and then engages students in assembling a food web with a small set ...
