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This file includes activities that can be used to assess students’ understanding of biotic and abiotic factors and the levels of organization in the environment. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Biotic or Abiotic? Students will answer questions about seven different items to determine if they should be classified as biotic factors (living) or abiotic factors (non-living). Who Belongs Where? Students will illustrate their own representations of

Students will learn about ecosystem organization. Students will be able to identify biotic and abiotic factors in the ecosystem. Students will be able to explain the relationships between individual organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and the biosphere. Students will use resources (internet sites, textbooks, trade books, reference books) to determine the types of biotic and abiotic factors present in their organism’s environment. Students will demonstrate their understanding

Students will sort organisms into symbiotic pairs based on what each one needs and can provide. Students will categorize symbiotic relationships as mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, or predation. Students will justify their thinking by recording their ideas in a chart. This product is also available as part of the Ecosystem Interspecific Relationships (Symbiosis) Bundled Kit __________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me for more great product

Vocabulary cards include a student-friendly definition and colorful clip art related to the word. Terms Include: interspecific, intraspecific, niche, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, predation, parasite, host, predator, prey, competition, cooperation Ecosystem Interspecific Relationships (Symbiosis) Bundled Kit __________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me for more great products, discounts, updates and freebies!  Click on the gre

Learning Targets: Students will define symbiosis. Students will describe the three main types of symbiotic relationships. Students will sort organisms into symbiotic pairs based on what each one needs and can provide. Students will categorize symbiotic relationships as mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic. Students will offer examples of symbiotic relationships and classify them as mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic. This kit includes all of my Ecosystem Interspecific Relationships products.

This file includes three activities that can be used to teach, review and assess students’ understanding of interspecific relationships in an ecosystem. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Silly Symbiosis Students will develop their own set of relationships. This is a chance for students to be creative. They can make up organisms and give them abilities and survival needs that will match the other organism. If students prefer, they can do research

This bundled kit includes all of my ecosystem food webs and feeding relationships resources, including word wall vocabulary cards, a basic overview of the activities, materials for four food webs, simple teacher directions, and multiple forms of assessing student understanding. Students will learn about food webs and feeding relationships and explain the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Students will be able to categorize organisms as producers, consumers (herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, or s

Students will work in groups to construct a food web using the organisms on their cards. They will connect organisms with arrows pointing in the direction of the flow of energy. Each organism card includes the name of the organism, a picture of the organism, and information about types of food the organism consumes. Students should use the information on each card to determine how the organism obtains energy in the ecosystem. They will identify each as a producer, consumer, or decomposer. Stud

Vocabulary cards include a student-friendly definition and colorful clip art related to the word. Terms Include: Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Species, Individual, Ecology, Biotic factors, Abiotic factors, Habitat, Niche This product is also available as part of the ECOSYSTEM Organization - Levels of the Environment, Biotic vs. Abiotic, Ecology __________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me for more great products, discounts

This file includes six activities that can be used to teach, review and assess students’ understanding of biotic and abiotic factors and the levels of organization in the environment. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Living Things INB Template Students will assemble an interactive notebook template that includes what living organisms have, need, and can do. 2 versions included. Pocket Card Sort Students will classify 20 examples as either biotic

This file includes the following activities: Feeding Relationships Card Sort Students will identify each organism as a producer, consumer, or decomposer by sorting examples into a foldable or a chart. Version 1 (classwork, guided practice) Version 2 (homework, independent practice) Quick Write Journaling Prompts Students will respond to various prompts that require them to apply their knowledge of food webs and feeding relationships to answer extended written response questions. Option 1 (clas

17 vocabulary cards (cards include definitions and pictures) 2 Headers (Human Impact, Natural Disasters) Vocabulary Words Include: acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, deforestation, over harvesting, oil spill, strip mining, earthquake, hurricane, lightning, wildfire, tsunami, volcano, blizzard, flood, tornado If you like this product, you may also be interested in the following: STEM - The Engineering Design Process Visual Vocabulary Cards ECOSYSTEM Organization - Levels

Save 20% by purchasing this bundled set of visual vocabulary posters! Each vocabulary card includes a student-friendly definition and colorful clip art related to the word. BUNDLED KIT INCLUDES: Plant and Animal Cells Terms cell, cell membrane, cell wall, chlorophyll, chloroplast, cytoplasm, mitochondria, nucleus, organelle, photosynthesis, respiration, vacuole Ecosystem Organization Terms biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, individual, ecology, biotic factors, abiotic facto

Vocabulary cards include a student-friendly definitions and colorful clip art related to the word. Two sizes included. Vocabulary Words Include: adaptation, aggressive mimicry, aposematism, behavioral adaptation, camouflage, concealing coloration, defensive mimicry, disruptive coloration, hibernation, insulation, migration, mimesis, mimicry, Müllerian mimicry, physical adaptation, survival __________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me for more gre