DSM Food Chains and Webs
Websites for Food Chains and Webs
Preview websites ahead of time to determine whether they are appropriate for your students’ needs. You may also wish to research other related websites. A good place to start is the National Science Teachers Association website.
The following website are included in the Planning Guide for extra practice and/or homework:
Lesson 14: Helping Plants Grow Well
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
Choose ages 7 & 8, Helping Plants Grow Well
Lesson 14: Great Plant Escape
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu
Click on: Just for Kids; then click: Great Plant Escape;
Lesson 22: Herman the Worm
www.urbanext.ujuc.edu
Click on Just for Kids; then Herman the Worm
Lesson 23: Owl Pellet Dissection
www.froguts.com
click on demo; choose owl pellet; click begin
Lesson 25: Interdependence and Adapation
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
Select ages 10-11. Click on Interdependence and Adaptation to begin food chain activity.
The Bell Museum of Natural History
http://www.bellmuseum.org/ecogames.html
Boston Museum of Science The Living Sea: Predators and Prey
http://www.mos.org/oceans/life/webs.html
http://www.mos.org/oceans/life/game.html
Environmental Protection Agency Kids Page
http://www.epa.gov/kids
The Global Habitat Project
http://www.greenscreen.org
Kids Do Ecology
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
National Wildlife Federation Kidzone
http://www.nwf.org/kids
Population Growth and Balance Tool
http://www.arcytech.org/java/population
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/edu_resources.html
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
http://www.natzoo.si.edu/Education/ClassroomResources
U.S. Department of Agriculture for Kids
http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/
The World’s Biomes
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html