Ecology unit
link to Quizlet vocab cards: http://quizlet.com/23584665/ecology-flash-cards/
Ecology unit vocabulary, with pictures
Ask Nature website: (answers to any question you might have about nature) http://www.asknature.org/
eNature: America’s Wildlife Resource http://enature.com/home/
MassAudubon http://www.massaudubon.org/
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Characteristics of Living Things powerpoint
Introduction to Ecology powerpoint
Roles & Relationships powerpoint
Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids powerpoint
Food Chain Song
Food Webs & Energy Pyramids video- Amoeba Sisters
Food Webs video- Crash Course Kids
Coastal Food Web
Trophic Cascades- Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades video
GAMES
Antarctic Food Web game:
NeoK12 games: http://NeoK12.com/user/msshea Guest Password: 338008
Ecosystems & Food Chains online quiz game http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Ecosystems-01.htm
Forest Food Chain game: http://www.neok12.com/flowchart/Ecosystems-04.htm
Producers & Consumers game http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS01
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Succession powerpoint
video: Life Returns to Mt. St. Helens (7 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sUFP9zrbg
video: Ecological Succession of the Climax Forest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k03vxRYsJ4Y
video: Ecological Succession: Primary vs. Secondary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49IovRSJDs
video: Crash Course: Succession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8
video: Mt. St. Helens part 3- The Eruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0KvOq1J90k
video: Mt. St. Helens part 5- The Recovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Njq_xl6NcY
video: Mt. St. Helens part 6- Building Back the Mountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H27pMYZcnCs
Succession Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzE6BNNLew0
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Planet Earth videos
From Pole to Pole
Mountains
Fresh Water
Caves
Deserts
Ice Worlds
Great Plains
Jungles
Shallow Seas
Seasonal Forests
Ocean Deep
The Arctic: Wild Russia
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Cycles in Nature
Cycles in Nature powerpoint
Carbon Cycle game: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
another Carbon Cycle Game http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Carbon-Cycle-01.htm
Water & the Water Cycle
Detailed Pictures of Everything Water http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/
Water Cycle- Simpler than the others http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleplacemat.html
Water Cycle games
http://www.discoverwater.org/water-cycle/
http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/wwe/
http://www.neok12.com/quiz/WATCYC01.htm
http://www.neok12.com/vocabulary/Water-Cycle-01.htm
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BIOMES
Biomes powerpoint
Biomes in Disney movies
Biomes quiz game http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS05
BIOME PROJECT INFO SOURCES
Kids Do Ecology: World Biomes http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html
World Builders- Land Biomes http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
Interactive Biome website http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/text/biomes/biomes.tempforest.animals.html
Biome Info From Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes
Website about biomes for students by students http://blueplanetbiomes.org/
Biomes of the World http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Biomes… in one place http://www.mbgnet.net/
Enchanted Learning website on Biomes http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
Biomes and Ecozones http://www.aresearchguide.com/biomes.html
Major World Biomes https://prezi.com/iscuynbsa_zm/major-world-biomes/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Needham's Biomes
https://drive.google.com/a/needham.k12.ma.us/file/d/0B3wCuQVoHuNwWkNfWUUxbjdVcjQ/view?usp=sharing
PBS Biomes videos http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=biomes&selected_facets=grades_exact%3A7&display=biomes
MARINE (OCEAN) ECOSYSTEMS
Marine Biomes http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php
Marine Ecosystems http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/index.htm
Brainpop video on Oceans http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=oceans
World Builders- Aquatic Biomes http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/aquatic.html
Saving the Ocean
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Blue World videos with Jonathan Bird https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFH-Qa1s6rQRTrQjFg8N84Q
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
Freshwater Ecosystems http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/index.htm
WETLANDS
Types of Wetlands_EPA.pdf
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wetlands.html
http://www.untamedscience.com/biology/world-biomes/wetlands-biome
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/wetlands.html
Wetlands: Minnesota DNR index.html
Stewardship Network: Wetlands Types_of_Natural_Areas.htm
US EPA: Wetlands type
ESTUARIES
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/estuaries.html
http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/estuaries/index.cfm
http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/doee.htm
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Ecology unit vocabulary, with pictures
Ask Nature website: (answers to any question you might have about nature) http://www.asknature.org/
eNature: America’s Wildlife Resource http://enature.com/home/
MassAudubon http://www.massaudubon.org/
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Characteristics of Living Things powerpoint
Introduction to Ecology powerpoint
Roles & Relationships powerpoint
Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids powerpoint
Food Chain Song
Food Webs & Energy Pyramids video- Amoeba Sisters
Food Webs video- Crash Course Kids
Coastal Food Web
Trophic Cascades- Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades video
GAMES
Antarctic Food Web game:
NeoK12 games: http://NeoK12.com/user/msshea Guest Password: 338008
Ecosystems & Food Chains online quiz game http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Ecosystems-01.htm
Forest Food Chain game: http://www.neok12.com/flowchart/Ecosystems-04.htm
Producers & Consumers game http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS01
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Succession
Succession powerpoint
video: Life Returns to Mt. St. Helens (7 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sUFP9zrbg
video: Ecological Succession of the Climax Forest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k03vxRYsJ4Y
video: Ecological Succession: Primary vs. Secondary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49IovRSJDs
video: Crash Course: Succession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8
video: Mt. St. Helens part 3- The Eruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0KvOq1J90k
video: Mt. St. Helens part 5- The Recovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Njq_xl6NcY
video: Mt. St. Helens part 6- Building Back the Mountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H27pMYZcnCs
Succession Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzE6BNNLew0
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Planet Earth videos
From Pole to Pole
Mountains
Fresh Water
Caves
Deserts
Ice Worlds
Great Plains
Jungles
Shallow Seas
Seasonal Forests
Ocean Deep
The Arctic: Wild Russia
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Cycles in Nature
Cycles in Nature powerpoint
Carbon Cycle game: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
another Carbon Cycle Game http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Carbon-Cycle-01.htm
Water & the Water Cycle
Detailed Pictures of Everything Water http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/
Water Cycle- Simpler than the others http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleplacemat.html
Water Cycle games
http://www.discoverwater.org/water-cycle/
http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/wwe/
http://www.neok12.com/quiz/WATCYC01.htm
http://www.neok12.com/vocabulary/Water-Cycle-01.htm
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BIOMES
Biomes powerpoint
Biomes in Disney movies
Biomes quiz game http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS05
BIOME PROJECT INFO SOURCES
Kids Do Ecology: World Biomes http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html
World Builders- Land Biomes http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
Interactive Biome website http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/text/biomes/biomes.tempforest.animals.html
Biome Info From Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes
Website about biomes for students by students http://blueplanetbiomes.org/
Biomes of the World http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Biomes… in one place http://www.mbgnet.net/
Enchanted Learning website on Biomes http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
Biomes and Ecozones http://www.aresearchguide.com/biomes.html
Major World Biomes https://prezi.com/iscuynbsa_zm/major-world-biomes/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Needham's Biomes
https://drive.google.com/a/needham.k12.ma.us/file/d/0B3wCuQVoHuNwWkNfWUUxbjdVcjQ/view?usp=sharing
PBS Biomes videos http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=biomes&selected_facets=grades_exact%3A7&display=biomes
MARINE (OCEAN) ECOSYSTEMS
Marine Biomes http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php
Marine Ecosystems http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/index.htm
Brainpop video on Oceans http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=oceans
World Builders- Aquatic Biomes http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/aquatic.html
Saving the Ocean
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Blue World videos with Jonathan Bird https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFH-Qa1s6rQRTrQjFg8N84Q
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
Freshwater Ecosystems http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/index.htm
WETLANDS
Types of Wetlands_EPA.pdf
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wetlands.html
http://www.untamedscience.com/biology/world-biomes/wetlands-biome
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/wetlands.html
Wetlands: Minnesota DNR index.html
Stewardship Network: Wetlands Types_of_Natural_Areas.htm
US EPA: Wetlands type
ESTUARIES
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/estuaries.html
http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/estuaries/index.cfm
http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/doee.htm
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