Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict …
Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict a producer, the second link a herbivore, and the third link an omnivore / carnivore? Students must correctly determine whether a species is a producer or consumer, and what type of consumer; herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore. Students are provided with a list of Sonoran Desert species and asked to construct, within their groups, several food chains. These food chains are then be used to construct a food web. In order to complete this activity, students must first research the individual species to understand their feeding habits.
Illustrated instructions for constructing and planting in the Fast Plants deli-container growing …
Illustrated instructions for constructing and planting in the Fast Plants deli-container growing system. This is a stable growing system that is easy to construct for all age learners, and works well for growing Wisconsin Fast Plants. Made from recycled deli-containers, these growing systems can be cleaned and reused for multiple years.
This online quiz on sustainable development can be used in French language …
This online quiz on sustainable development can be used in French language classes to prepare intermediate-level students for discussions on environmental topics. The resource is excellent for immersion and content-based instruction.
This activity uses the reading, A Cool Connection (as a short story …
This activity uses the reading, A Cool Connection (as a short story or one act play), to increase student understanding of how electrical power gets to their home and to introduce the connections between environmental problems and personal consumption. The storyline revolves around a group of high school students seeking relief from a heatwave while planning activities for their Ecology Club.
Topics introduced and assessed: • The steps needed to move electrical power from where it is produced to where it is consumed • The environmental costs of energy production • The social costs of not meeting electrical demand
Students learn the meaning of preservation and conservation and identify themselves and …
Students learn the meaning of preservation and conservation and identify themselves and others as preservationists or conservationists in relation to specific environmental issues. They use Venn diagrams to clarify the similarities and differences in viewpoints. They see how an environmental point-of-view affects the approach to an engineering problem.
Cornell's Lab of Ornithology provides a series of downloadable lessons which explore …
Cornell's Lab of Ornithology provides a series of downloadable lessons which explore the topics of science process, natural and sexual selection, behaviors and heritability through hands-on activities and lively discussions. The lessons are companions to their "Bird's-of-Paradise Project" video series. This set of lessons is part of a larger set of curricular and lesson resources available and through downloads.
In this activity, students examine how to grow plants the most efficiently. …
In this activity, students examine how to grow plants the most efficiently. They imagine that they are designing a biofuels production facility and need to know how to efficiently grow plants to use in this facility. As a means of solving this design problem, they plan a scientific experiment in which they investigate how a given variable (of their choice) affects plant growth. They then make predictions about the outcomes and record their observations after two weeks regarding the condition of the plants' stem, leaves and roots. They use these observations to guide their solution to the engineering design problem. The biological processes of photosynthesis and transpiration are briefly explained to help students make informed decisions about planning and interpreting their investigation and its results.
In this video excerpt from NOVA, find out how whole genome sequencing …
In this video excerpt from NOVA, find out how whole genome sequencing saved the life of Alexis, a fraternal twin who was originally diagnosed with cerebral palsy but, in fact, had an even rarer genetic condition.
In this lesson, students learn what plants need to grow and survive: …
In this lesson, students learn what plants need to grow and survive: water and sunlight. Students will conduct an experiment to grow seeds in different environments and light conditions. One seed will be in sunlight while the other will be in complete darkness. Seeds will be placed in small cups of dirt and placed in the appropriate lighting condition. For the next couple of days students will compare their sunlight seed to their partners darkness seed and watch what happens. Students will discuss their findings as a class.
In this lesson, students find their location on a map using Latitude …
In this lesson, students find their location on a map using Latitude and Longitudinal coordinates. They determine where they should go to be rescued and how best to get there.
Why do some crashes produce only minor injuries? How can a single …
Why do some crashes produce only minor injuries? How can a single crash of a car into a wall involve three separate collisions? Award-winning science teacher Griff Jones returns to the Institute's Vehicle Research Center to answer these questions and to examine the laws of nature that determine what happens to the human body in a crash. Jones reviews levels of organization in the body and explains how body cavities house and protect major internal organs. Through creative experiments, he explores how the third collision can cause injuries to organs, demonstrates how shockwaves can damage tissue and describes what happens at the cellular level.
Great 24 minute video with 37 page Teachers guide with a video worksheet and extension activities https://education.ufl.edu/gjones/files/2012/09/teachers_guideBioPhysics.pdf
A twist on the classic crayon leaf rubbing science project. What happens …
A twist on the classic crayon leaf rubbing science project. What happens if you sprinkle sand or dirt on top of the leaves? What does this have to do with ho...
Students will enter this lesson knowing that materials get warm in the …
Students will enter this lesson knowing that materials get warm in the sun. In this fun follow-up activity, your students will get creative with craft materials. They will figure out how to protect an "animal" and its territory from getting too hot in the sun. What will they build to keep their animals cool?
In this hands-on activity, students will identify producers and consumers their own …
In this hands-on activity, students will identify producers and consumers their own state of Wisconsin. Using a set of “Snapshot cards,” they will then create a food chain to show the flow of energy in that system, introduce an ecological force or disturbance (e.g., flooding), and predict how that force would impact energy flow. Lastly, students will construct a more complex model of the flow of energy by depicting multiple relationships in a food web and again make a prediction about the impact of introducing an ecological force.
This article provides an overview of Teaching Tolerance, a project of the …
This article provides an overview of Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that provides educators with free resources around the areas of equity, justice, and tolerance.
This activity is a field investigation of the biodiversity in a given …
This activity is a field investigation of the biodiversity in a given area. The exercise will give students experience making scientific observations and creating a dichotomous key.
To many, Anurida maritima are the clusters of blue specks in rocky …
To many, Anurida maritima are the clusters of blue specks in rocky tide pools. Upon closer inspection, these specks are intertidal arthropods, with the ability to survive periods of high-tide submersion thanks to their hydrophobic hair and cuticle.
Here in the Dunn lab, siphonophores are our favorite animal and the …
Here in the Dunn lab, siphonophores are our favorite animal and the focus of much of our research. Dr. Phil Pugh is a good friend of the lab, and he also happens to have described more new species of siphonophores than anyone who has ever lived. In the video below, he describes what it’s like to come across a siphonophore in the deep sea with a submarine. What looks like one long body in this video is actually a free-swimming colony of clones — many genetically identical bodies that are all attached. But each body in the group isn’t just like its neighbor. They each do a specific job for the colony. Some individuals will swim, some will catch food, and some will reproduce.
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