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Environment Common Core RST.9-10.5 resources
Food Chains and Food Webs Activity Worksheets
In this 9-page activity, students will explore food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, trophic levels, energy flow, producers, consumers, decomposers, autotrophs, heterotrophs, and all the vocabulary terms associated with these concepts. I have included this activity in a traditional printable format as well as a paperless digital format for use in Google Drive, Google Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive.This resource includes:Editable and Printable 9-Page Student Handout (50 Questions)Colorfu
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Grades:
8th - 10th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-4
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Human Impact on the Environment PowerPoint and Notes
What is the ecological impact that humans have upon our fragile environment? This PowerPoint lesson is designed to teach students about the human behaviors that have consequences for our planet, such as the burning of fossil fuels, ozone depletion, overfishing, the clear cutting of forest areas and more. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Our students are the decision makers of tomorrow. It is imperative that we give them the ecolog
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Grades:
7th - 11th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Predator Prey Relationships Reading and Graphing Activity - Community Ecology
Students will dive into a reading activity on predator prey relationships, followed by a graphing activity that uses historical data from the Hudson Bay Company on lynx and rabbit populations over a 90 year period. Perfect for population ecology or community ecology units, this activity reinforces graphing skills and uses analysis questions to get students using their critical thinking skills. Students will gain practice analyzing data and using graphs to make predictions. Choose to use the trad
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Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-8
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Introduction to Ecology PowerPoint and Notes
This colorful and engaging PowerPoint presentation, "Introduction to Ecology", will provide your students with interactive lessons on the fundamental principles of ecology. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Ecology is one of the "must-teach" topics for any biology or life science class. The ecological inter-relationships that occur in nature are essential to an understanding of our world and how life interacts with the physical envi
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Introduction to Ecology Bundle
Genetic Engineering and Bacterial Transformation Lab Activity
The process of genetic engineering and bacterial transformation are so common in the standards but can be abstract and hard to understand. This lab makes it more UNDERSTANDABLE AND CONCRETE. I couldn't find what I wanted, so I wrote it myself. MATERIALS NEEDED: paper, scissors, tape. INCLUDES: background information, extension ideas, hands-on READY TO GO lab, summary assessment questions.This product includes:Background information on the process of genetic engineering, both in the form of a
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-1
, HS-LS3-2
Also included in: Biology: Buy The Store Lifetime Money-Saving Bundle
Community Ecology Unit - Habitats and Communities, Ecological Relationships
This printable, editable, and digital bundle of resources on Community Ecology covers community interactions, such as competition, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships, ecological disturbances and succession. Please complete list of topics below. This bundle includes everything you need to teach a unit on community ecology to your life science or biology students. Resources include a Powerpoint presentation packed with colorful and interesting photographs, homework/study guide, 2 labs, a set
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, HS-LS2-1
High School Life Science Biology- FULL YEAR Bundle!!!
These lessons are compatible with ALL of the High School Next Generation Life Science Standards* These lessons include a design challenge. It is compatible with HS-ETS1-1,3These lessons include a lab report and a research report on climate change. It is therefore also compatible with the following Common Core English Language Arts-Literacy Standards.Writing, History, Science, and Technical Subjects.9-10.1(A-E), 9-10.2(A-F), 6,7,8,9Reading Science and Technical Subjects.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-LS3-3
, HS-LS3-1
...
Lichens Reading Passage and Lab Activity
This resource includes two separate activities on lichens that can be used in your units on Fungi or Community Ecology. The first activity is an informational text and critical reading activity, and the second activity is a lab involving lichens. The reading includes facts about the mutualistic nature of lichens, the structure of lichens, and the important role that lichens play in the environment. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. B
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Biogeochemical Cycles: The Carbon Cycle Dice Simulation Journey of a Carbon Atom
A journey though the Global Carbon Cycle like you have never experienced before!With a roll of the dice, students will travel around the classroom visiting nine of Earth’s carbon reservoirs: atmosphere, terrestrial plants, terrestrial animals, soil, rock, marine plants, marine animals, surface ocean, & deep ocean.In the process, they will learn a whopping amount of information that will link to many other scientific units of study. Examples include: weather, circulation of air in the tropos
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
...
Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Science and Engineering Practices: Watersheds
Tired of the same old Watershed activities you've seen for the last 25 years? Here are 8 brand new ideas you can use ☺!Based on the NGSS's Science and Engineering Practices, this product includes lots of practice with concepts relating to ☔Watersheds☔!------------------------------------------Included in this product:✨One activity for each S.E.P. (285-minutes total!) -- Topics include analyzing a variety of maps to determine watershed information, types of soil and how they affect watersheds, us
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Population Genetics Hardy Weinberg Speciation Mechanisms of Evolution Homework
Use this set of 3 printable or digital homework assignments or study guides on "The Evolution of Populations" to provide your students with quality homework assignments for your evolution units. This resource contains 15 student pages consisting of 144 questions. As I teach my unit on "Population Genetics", I assign a portion of these questions for homework each night. The completed homework assignments provide a thorough study guide for the unit test. You can also use a few questions duri
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-3
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Ecology Unit Project- Create Your Own Ecosystem
This is a project for a full ecology unit. This is designed to be a project based learning unit or a student led project. Each part has resources for students to use to answer questions and learn the material. After they learn they apply their new knowledge to an ecosystem of their creation.This is a fun way for you and your students to go through an ecology unit! While this is laid out you still have the ability to change how to teach it and have parts to grade as they learn. Topics covered inc
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
...
Science and Engineering Practices: Feedback Loops (Earth Science)
Based on the NGSS's Science and Engineering Practices , this product includes lots of practice with concepts relating to ↺ Earth Science Feedback Loops ↻ as outlined in the NGSS High School Earth and Space Science DCI 2-2 (HS-ESS-2-2)!------------------------------------------Included in this product:✨One activity for each S.E.P. (180-minutes total!) -- Topics include Albedo, Deforestation, Dams and Beach Erosion, Elk and Wolf Populations, Wetland Acrage and Humidity, Soil Moisture-Precipitation
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Science and Engineering Practices GROWING BUNDLE!
High School Life Science Biology- Ecology
This lesson is compatible with the High School Next Generation Science Standards* HS-LS2-3, HS-LS2-4, HS-LS2-5, HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6, HS-LS2-7, and HS-LS4-6. The standards ask that the students, “[c]onstruct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, [u]se mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem, [d]evelop a model to illus
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-LS2-4
...
Also included in: High School Life Science Biology- Ecology and Evolution Bundle!!!
High School Life Science Biology- Ecology and Evolution Bundle!!!
These ecology lessons are compatible with the High School Next Generation Science Standards* HS-LS2-3, HS-LS2-4, HS-LS2-5, HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6, HS-LS2-7, and HS-LS4-6. The standards ask that the students, “[c]onstruct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, [u]se mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem, [d]evelop a mod
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-LS4-2
...
Phylum Mollusca Anatomy Diagrams: Classes Gastropoda and Bivalvia
This pack of reproducible worksheets features detailed, hand illustrated diagrams designed specifically for Marine Science Students. These diagrams are ideal for quizzes, homework, review work, supplemental lesson material or test preparation. Answer keys are included.Mollusca Anatomy Diagrams included in the listing:-Class Gastropoda: Internal and External Anatomy of a Florida Horse Conch Shell-Class Gastropoda: Internal Anatomy of a Sea Snail-Class Bivalvia: Internal and External Anatomy of th
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-2
, HS-LS4-1
Parts of a Plant & Plant Tissue Types: Student Note Organizer
Comprehensive note organizer for students to use as they research and learn about the different parts of a plant and plant tissues. *Now a fillable pdf document.Extremely beneficial when conducting online research! These sheets will help consolidate the wealth of information in an organized, easy to visualize, format.Completed chart may be taped together to form a wall chart of plant parts, from shoot to root.The four types of plant tissue (meristematic, dermal, ground, and vascular) and the p
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Grades:
6th - 11th
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-2
Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Environmental Awareness Case Study and Lesson Plan - Earth Day, Too
This Earth Day Case Study and Lesson Plan can be used any time of the year. It includes a 2-page student handout and a 1-page lesson plan. It could be a great project for the beginning of the year or the end of the year in environmental science, conservation science, or other science classes. The lesson will inform students about the environmental movement and allow them to understand the importance and reasons behind creating the first Earth Day. Students complete independent research about an
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Grades:
Not Grade Specific
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-1
Aquatic Biomes LinkLesson® - Online Blended Distance Remote Learning
Description: Students learn about aquatic biomes, including coral reefs, open ocean, ocean zones, freshwater lakes and rivers, estuaries, and water pollution. Students view videos and answer formative questions, then create a stacked shark attack area-below-the-line graph, before completing a short written reflection.See an overview video for this LinkLesson: This LinkLesson Video.See a general overview for LinkLessons: LinkLesson Overview Video.Please download my free samples to be sure you und
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-1
, HS-ESS2-4
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-ESS3-3
...
Interdependence in Ecosystems Case Study | Impacts of Human Activities
Students will apply their concept knowledge on ecosystems as they work through this engaging case study on the ecology of the golden-shouldered parrot. Using their science literacy and critical thinking skills over multiple lessons, students will read through informative texts and work through a set of activities incorporating the following ecology concepts; biotic and abiotic factors; adaptations; symbiotic and non-symbiotic ecological interactions (from predation to parasitism); energy transfe
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
Ecology Adaptation Lab
This is an outdoor lab where students will be running and hunting pasta. The pasta used is tricolored, which will be used to represent prey in the simulation. The pasta usually comes in green, yellow, and red, so the natural rules of being outside and in the grass will provide camouflage, a natural adaptation, for the pasta.
There are two sets of worksheets that both involve recording data, assessing the data, and defending their thoughts. One set is used for small group and it requires taking
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Grades:
7th - 10th
CCSS:
pH Scale PhET - Google Form Worksheet (distance learning)
This pH Scale PhET - Google Form Worksheet is used to guide and assess students as they learn about solutions. Students will experiment with the PhET simulation and see the relationship between acids, bases, and pH. Students experiment with common household substances to understand the basics of the pH scale. Then, they learn about hydronium and hydroxide ions at the micro-level. Finally, they learn simple pH calculations.The pH Scale PhET - Google Form Worksheet includes 26 multiple-choice ques
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS Travel as Carbon through the Carbon Cycle Activity
This is a highly engaging activity where students will use a die to travel the carbon cycle. The travels will depend on the roll of the die. Students will create their own carbon cycle based on their travels. Students will analyze the carbon cycle and discover the effects of human influence. Finally, students will alter their created carbon cycle based on research. This activity includes everything needed from pre-activity direct instruction to post-activity analysis. Inquiry Based Learning.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, HS-LS2-6
The Love Canal Environmental Catastrophe Causes Impacts Lessons
In this case study, students learn that about a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, that was built on top of a toxic waste dump (Love Canal). The chemicals buried in the dump eventually seeped into the groundwater and caused health problems for the residents, including birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses. Students develop their understanding about the importance of environmental protection and the consequences of neglecting it. The case study also highlights the power of activism in
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
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