Environments Links

Lesson 1: Reviewing Population

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.

Lesson 2: The Growth Race

Lesson 3: Environmental Factors

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats This site offers a description of the six major habitats found on Earth. Each description offers information about how these habitats are affected by certain environmental factors.

Lesson 4: Responses of Organisms

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Environments/index.html Click on the Virtual Aquarium to let students manipulate the variables with in an aquarium and see how these variables affect the organisms within the aquarium.

Lesson 5: Recording Changes in Environments

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/baybio.htm Animals and plants of the Chesapeake Bay are described, as well as their impact on the bay. Includes a section on invasive species which can affect the environment.

Lesson 6: Observing Changes in Organisms

http://library.thinkquest.org/11234 Use this site to retrieve a list of animals from given habitats. Information for each animal tells how it has adapted to survive within it's habitat.

Lesson 7: Soil Moisture

Lesson 8: Light and Plant Growth

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants/seed.html Explanation of seed dispersal.

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants/pollination.html Explanation of pollination.

Lesson 9: Temperature and Plant Growth

Lesson 10: Plant Responses to Water

Lesson 11: Plant Responses to Chemicals

Lesson 12: A Place to Live

Lesson 13: Temperature and Isopods

Lesson 14: The Best Environment for Isopods

Lesson 15: The Environment of Hermit Crabs

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pal/hermit.htm This site gives basic information about the hermit crab and explains some of its adaptations.

Lesson 16: The Environment of Beetles

Lesson 17: Building the "Perfect" Habitat

Lesson 18: The Human Environment

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/environment.html Current news that addresses the environment and how humans are impacting it.

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