This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about …
This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about biomes and ecosystems. It also includes suggestions for formative assessment and teaching for conceptual change.
This resource provides a lesson plan over 3 class periods centered around …
This resource provides a lesson plan over 3 class periods centered around food chains and food webs in an ecosystem. Students will participate in a variety of digital and non-digital activities to master content such as parts of food chains and food webs, types of producers and consumers, and the interdependency of organisms in an ecosystem.
This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about the tundra and …
This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about the tundra and ecosystem concepts. Science lessons are paired with suggested literacy lesson plans. All lessons are aligned to national standards.
This article assembles free resources from the Tundra: Life in the Polar …
This article assembles free resources from the Tundra: Life in the Polar Extremes issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.
This encyclopedia entry is for the term "autotroph." An autotroph is an …
This encyclopedia entry is for the term "autotroph." An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.
This encyclopedia entry is for the term "food chain." A food chain …
This encyclopedia entry is for the term "food chain." A food chain describes who eats whom in the wild. Text for this entry is appropriate for the upper elementary, middle and high school grade levels.
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "herbivore." An herbivore is …
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "herbivore." An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plants. Text for this entry is appropriate for the upper elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "omnivore." An omnivore is …
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "omnivore." An omnivore is an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi. Text for this entry is appropriate for upper elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.
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