Ecology
Ecology covers the interactions between plants and animals and their environment.
Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of living vs non-living things.
Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of invertebrates vs vertebrates.
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Desert
Students will determine which desert bird is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Penguins
Students will determine which type of penguin is not like the others.
Plant Adaptation Tournament
Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?
Not Like The Others: Ants of the World!
Students will determine which type of ant is not like the others.
Animal Adaptation Tournament
Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?
Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest
Students will determine which snake of the rainforest is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Deserts
Which of these deserts is not like the others?
Not Like The Others: Rainforests
Which of these rainforests is not like the others?
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest
Which of these four birds is not like the others?
What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of nocturnal vs diurnal animals.
The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers
Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer's opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?
Not Like The Others: Creatures of the Tundra
Students will determine which creature of the tundra is not like the others.
The Tournament of Biomes
Want to move beyond memorizing the characteristics of biomes? In this lesson, students work through a Tournament of Biomes, explaining which biome wins in each round (based on criteria you choose). In the end, they crown a 👑 Champion Biome!
Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator
Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.
Create A Creature
Move the typical biome study way up Bloom's Taxonomy and have students create their own extinct creature featuring realistic adaptations based on plants and animals that actually live in the biome. Bonus task? Classify it into the appropriate kingdom, phylum, class, and so on!