In this Mystery, students develop their thinking about the predator/prey relationships between living things.

In this Mystery, students investigate the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

In many parts of Arizona, rivers and lakes are rare. Small changes to these areas can be devastating to the
plants and animals.

We’ve talked about food chains and how energy moves through an ecosystem, but let’s take a step back and see how everything starts… and ends.

Everyone eats, right? But how does that food get the energy to power you?

How would a Polar Bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can’t anything live anywhere?

Last time we put a Polar Bear in the desert and we still feel bad about that, but there’s a lot more going on in ecosystems than just temperature.

Students will understand the anatomy of sharks and their importance in the ocean’s food chain, highlighting shark conservation.

Your students will design and use a simple model to test cause and effect relationships or interactions concerning the functioning of a marine food web, ranking their hypothetical ecosystems according to their stability when faced with a natural or man-made disturbance.

Food chain resources including games, videos, articles, and worksheets.

Download this week’s coloring sheets featuring the Food Chain

This activity is a great way to show students how complex food webs are.