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PHENOMENA: Introduction to ecosystems

 

What do plants eat?

https://mysteryscience.com/ecosystems/mystery-2/matter-cycle-food-chain/94?r=967122#slide-id-1674

 

 

ECOSYSTEM GAMES

 

Legends of Learning Game

https://teachers.legendsoflearning.com/games

 

 

WATERLIFE GAMES

Estuary - Where Rivers Meet the Sea Game  **** A GREAT GAME

 http://games.noaa.gov/oscar/

 

 

 

 

PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS & DECOMPOSERS  LESSON -

CLASSIFICATION/SORTING GAMES

 Plant & Animal Sorting Game: 

 http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

Producer/Consumer/Decomposer Game:  

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm

 

 

 

 

FOOD CHAIN GAMES - PART 1 & PART 2

Food Chain Game #1

 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

Food Chain Game #2

http://cashmancuneo.net/flash/fchns.swf

Chain Reaction Game

https://ecokids.ca/swf-files/gamesPage/chain_reaction.swf

Science World Food Chain Game

http://lessons.e-learningforkids.org/efk/Courses/EN/Scienceworld/S6304/player_A.swf

Atalantic Ocean Food Chain

http://lessons.e-learningforkids.org/efk/Courses/EN/Scienceworld/S6304/player_A.swf

 

 

 

 PLANTS & PHOTOSYNTHESIS GAMES

 

Magic School Bus Photosynthesis Video

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6e6yge

Magic School Bus Photosysnthesis Game

https://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sciencenews/loader_2.swf

 Magic School Bus Video - Invasive Species

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8E_O1Z_Kuc

 

 

 

POPULATIONS & VARIATIONS OF SPECIES GAMES

 Cornucopia Game - Farm Simulation Game

http://www.calacademy.org/cornucopia

 

FOOD WEBS

How to play FOOD FIGHT GAME on Brainpop.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKSHCKakhls

Food Fight Game:  

https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/

 Marine Food Web Game:

http://coolclassroom.org/cool_windows/home.html

Food Web Coding

https://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=544059c984aafa563f000002&newIde=true

 

 

 

Variation Game:

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/variation_fs.shtml

Biodiverstiy Games

https://students.ga.desire2learn.com/d2l/lor/viewer/viewFile.d2lfile/1798/8118,-1/lsps07_int_biodiversity.swf

 

 

BIOME GAMES

 Build a Zoo Biome Game

 http://switchzoo.com/games/buildabiome.htm

 

 

WATERLIFE GAMES

Estuary - Where Rivers Meet the Sea Game  **** A GREAT GAME

 http://games.noaa.gov/oscar/

 

 

INVASIVE SPECIES

Ted Ed Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTWwqVP_2s

 

 

 

OTHER ECOSYSTEM GAMES

Poptropica Game

http://www.poptropica.com/base.php

Ecological Pyramid Coding Game

https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/ecological-pyramid

 Ecosystem Game

***http://www.strangeloopgames.com/eco/

 

10 Ecosystem games

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-environmental-games-teach-kids-earth-ecology-conservation/

 

 

 

 

 

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS AND VIDEOS

 

 

 

ECOSYSTEM VIDEOS

 

 Modern Marvels - Mushrooms/Fungi

http://safeyoutube.net/w/llB

 

 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-scGWyfyimM

 

 

Virtual Field Tri[ Peru -

 http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/search/label/ecosystem?&cuid=0617915261a6c97cd8b87e9188a0f25d

 

 Biome of the World:  

http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/

 Ecosystem Challenge:

 http://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/plum14.sci.life.lpecochal/ecosystem-challenge/

 PBS Ecosystem:

 http://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=ecosystem&selected_facets=&selected_facets=

 Exploring Ecosystems  - Coral Reef, Rainforest Diversity, Coastal Fod Webs

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/exploring-ecosystems-coral-reef-symbiosis

 

 

 

ECOSYSTEM TEST  REVIEW GAMES**

Mr. Close's PAC-MAN review game

http://www.classtools.net/arcade/201808_M9G8Rm

Quizlet

https://quizlet.com/_5bro2s 

 

Review Game

http://www.ecosystemforkids.com/games/5th-grade/ecosystems/activity.html

 

 

 

 

PROJECT RESOURCES - Food Chains Project

 

Flipbook website

http://flipanim.com

 

 

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EARTH SYSTEMS 

 

 

Earth Systems Interact Video (Intro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpF0ndXk-8

 

Geo & Bio Video (Day 2-3) of Poster Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxjzWHbyFM

 

Hydro & Atmo Video (Day 4-5) of Poster Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXh_7wbnS3A&t=1s

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ecosystems Extra

 

VIDEOS

 

Vegatation Transformation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EstPeBt9CyU

Plant Cells - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvlqAVCoqY

 

 

 

Lessons

 

http://www.mccracken.kyschools.us/NGSS.aspx

 

 

 

NGSS Nerd

Plant Experiment Set-up: 

http://www.ngssnerd.com/blog/2016/11/5/ngss-5-ls1-1-video-tutorial-what-does-a-plant-need-to-grow

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRA RESOURCES

 

 

 

 

****Biosphere Lesson Plans

 https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/lesson-plans/connect-spheres-earth-systems-interactions

 

 

 

STEM Ecosystems - http://stemecosystems.org/resources/?resource-category=key-resources

 

 

Bottle Biology - TerrAqua Column - http://www.bottlebiology.org/investigations/terraqua_main.html

Eco-column Lab - https://sites.google.com/site/theecoproj/ecocolumn

 

Nitrogen Cycle - http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/teach_nitrogen.html

 

Ecosystem Project Idea:  

http://pages.duneland.k12.in.us/pbarth/biome-project

http://www.mensaforkids.org/MFK2/assets/File/Teach/LessonPlans/Lesson_Ecosystems.pdf

 

 Ecosystem Worksheets:  http://science-class.net/archive/science-class/Ecology/ecosystems_biomes.htm

 

 

 

Scienceclass.net - Ecosystems and Biomes

http://science-class.net/archive/science-class/Ecology/ecosystems_biomes.htm

 

Mr. Nussbaum Biomes

http://mrnussbaum.com/biomes/