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Students determine which biome would be best for planting specific plants through this online "mission." Students are able to search details about the plants on the same NASA site.
Scope and Sequence connection: 6:3 Diversity of Life or 6:4 Interdependence.
This NASA site includes satellite images of current scientific events happening on earth. The images can be used as launching phenomena in various grades and units. For example, blooming phytoplankton growth or the wildfire smoke images can be used to elicit questions from 6th grade students before teaching them about the interdependence between organisms in an ecosystem. The images related to invasive species could be used for 8th grade students learning about the relationship between humans and their environment.
Scope and Sequence connection: 6:2 Weather and the Atmosphere; 6:4 Interdependence; 8:4 Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.
Teach students about the carbon cycle and how human energy use impacts this cycle. Fossil fuels – petroleum, coal, natural gas – make up the largest share of energy production and consumption in the U.S. They’re also part of the carbon cycle. Use the carbon cycle game in this lesson to model the flow of carbon and explain how fossil fuels fit into the cycle. The video in the lesson will help teachers connect the concepts to everyday life. Advanced students will be primed to discuss the associated public policy issues. Shared by PBS Learning Media.
Scope and Sequence connection: 6:1 Energy and Simple Machines; 6:4 Interdependence; 7:2 Energy and Matter; and 8:4 Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.
This simulation shows the changing trends of the moose and wolf populations on the Isle Royale with an accompanying text description. Shared by Pearson Prentice Hall. Adobe Flash is required.
Scope and Sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence; 8:4 Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.
A variety of short videos about animals and how they live and adapt to their habitats in the face of environmental changes. Created by the United States Geological Survey.
A database of teaching tools on food chains. Use the filter to find resources for your grade level. Provided by PBS.
Scope and sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence.In this lesson, students will learn about how food webs are constructed and trophic levels in an ecological community. They will identify animals to construct food chains and food webs, and study the impacts of disturbances. This lesson is part of a course that introduces ecological concepts and the process of science through ongoing research at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. It is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Scope and sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence.Build a food web--a complex model that shows how various food chains in an ecosystem are connected--using this interactive game adapted from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Players must position the names of producers and consumers in the correct places in a diagram. The completed diagram reveals how energy flows through an Antarctic ecosystem and the relationships between predators and prey. Shared by PBS Learning Media.
Scope and sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence.Please note Flash is required for this activity.
Take a virtual expedition deep under the Arctic ice along with a research team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in this interactive activity adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Through two collections of photos and video footage, learn about the obstacles the team faced at the frozen sea surface, as well as the geological and biological discoveries deep down near the Gakkel Ridge, an 1,100-mile-long section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. There, volcanic activity generates new ocean crust, and the combination of chemical reactions and lack of sunlight supports a web of unusual life forms.
Scope and sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence.
This document shares an overview of the WeTeachNYC collection for middle school earth science students students learning about interdependence.
Exploring the arctic seafloor
Take a virtual expedition deep under the Arctic ice along with a research team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in this interactive activity adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Through two collections of photos and video footage, learn about the obstacles the team faced at the frozen sea surface, as well as the geological and biological discoveries deep down near the Gakkel Ridge, an 1,100-mile-long section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. There, volcanic activity generates new ocean crust, and the combination of chemical reactions and lack of sunlight supports a web of unusual life forms.
Scope and sequence connection: 6:4 Interdependence.
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