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Lesson 1: Review

Lesson 6: Do Seeds Need Light to Grow?

Lesson 7: Cotyledons

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants/main.html Great introduction and description of what plants do for themselves and other organisms.

Lesson 8: A Habitat for Plants and Animals

Lesson 10: Plant Eaters

Lesson 11: How Much Food Do Crickets Eat?

Lesson 12: Animal-Eaters

Lesson 13: More Plant-Eaters

Lesson 14: What Happens to Dead Organisms?

http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/decompos.htm Check this out to see how these decomposers decompose a rabbit.

Lesson 17: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/PlantsMain.html Explains the importance of plants and how they affect other organisms.

http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/schools/S090/AtkinsGateBio/Organisms/earth3.htm Gives roles of the plant-eaters, animal eaters, plants, and decomposers.

Lesson 18: Communities of Organisms

http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm Explains food chains and food webs and allows users to build their own food chains.

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html Explains the role of each of the four groups of organisms in a community.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/biology/training/index.html Interactive program that shows students the effects populations have on one another and the effects of unbalanced populations.

Lesson 19: Communities Game

Lesson 20: Humans in the Community

Microscope Extras:

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/micro_main.html Information about single celled organisms with more links to further understanding.

http://www.microscope-microscope.org/microscope-home.htm Overview of unicellular and multicellular organisms with images and activities for microscope use.

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html Quality description of what cells are, what they do, and links to further understanding of cells.

http://www.microbe.org/index.html Explore the world of microbes.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/olympusmicd/galleries/moviegallery/pondscum/annelida/aquaticearthworm/index.html Short movies showing aquatic earthworms.

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html The Microbe Zoo provides images of various micro organisms.

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