| Elementary
- "Organisms interact in various ways including
providing food and shelter to one another."
- 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
- 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.
- 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!
- Gulf
of Maine Aquarium
This site contains illustrated information as
well as classroom activities (including math word
problems for some activites). The site is organized
by habitat or species and also contains links
to other resources.
- 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.
- 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.
- Under
the Sea
An interactive game for elementary students. This
site covers a complete unit on marine biology
and habitats.
- 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.
- "When the environment changes, some plants and
animals survive to reproduce; others die or move to
new locations."
- 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.
- 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 (FLOW) 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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