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Climate change is a highly integrated process that is regulated by both positive and negative feedback loops. This worksheet provides detailed explanations of seven phenomena and will allow students to determine how feedback loops impact climate change. At the beginning of the worksheet, students are introduced to the topic of feedback loops through illustrations and explanations of both positive and negative feedback loops. This resource helps students work towards achieving the NGSS-HS-ESS2

This game about intraspecific competition allows students to explore the need for territory and how intraspecific competition influences predators. Without space, or territory, a predator will not be able to obtain the resources it needs. The game is to be played before any notes or readings are given about competition or resource partitioning. Students are to use the “data” they obtained from the game to arrive at possible conclusions. Their conclusions and questions are then a basis for fur

Have your students measured their ecological footprint? Have you challenged them to reduce their ecological footprint? Empower with knowledge about how to reduce their ecological footprint through this engaging this gallery walk scavenger. In this gallery walk scavenger hunt, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden phrase. The hidden phrase puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to fin

Ecotourism is gaining popularity among tourists. Your students can learn the advantages and disadvantages of ecotourism through this engaging activity and the summary graphic organizer at the end of the activity. In this gallery walk scavenger hunt, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden word. The hidden word puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to find the answer. Ten short reading

This energy pyramid study allows your students to calculate the flow of energy through the energy pyramid. This fun example provides a cross-curricular mathematical application and meets NGSS-HS-LS2-4. While we are often concerned about the Calorie intake of our food, the activity asks students to also think about the Calorie intake that went into growing our food. Background Information: In order to complete this activity, students should understand: Law of Conservation of Energy Law of Ent

Waste management and its influence on groundwater and soil pollution are vital concepts for our students to understand. This STEM design challenge asks students to explore landfill composition and consider ways to improve their efficiency in order to reduce human impact on the environment. This activity may help you teach the way to reduce human impact on the ecosystem, as a part of NGSS-MS-ESS3-3 or NGSS-HS-ESS3-4. Suggested time for this activity is about 3 hours, divided over multiple clas

Encourage your students to explore how each biome adds richness and benefits to humans through this ecosystem services project. This resource includes: - Powerpoint lesson with definitions and examples of ecosystem services - Doodle diagram notes in 2 versions - Poster guidelines - Editable rubric - Bulletin board letters in 4 color formats (GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT NATURE DOES FOR US) - Bulletin board board- in green tree and fall leaves versions Other Biome Resources by Make Them Think:⭐

Encourage students to create connections between concepts while study primary productivity through the energy pyramid. This concept map allows student to trace energy to explore how it passes from gross primary productivity to net primary productivity onto secondary productivity. There are three version of this concept map included: for print in PDF format. for digital use in PowerPoint, and for digital use with Google Slides. Looking for a hands on way to teach energy flow through an ecosyste

Engage your students in exploring environmental science topics through a student-centered activity. In these gallery walk scavenger hunts, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden word. The hidden word puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to find the answer. Ten short reading passages correspond to ten questions help solve a puzzle to find the hidden word. Differentiated for you, with 3

Engage your students in learning about the multiple positive and negative environmental and social impacts of Christmas tree farms. This is the perfect Christmas activity for any environmental science, agriculture, or biology class. In this gallery walk scavenger hunt, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden word. The hidden word puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to find the ans

This graphic organizer, that can be used to review concepts related to NGSS-HS-LS2-5 and NGSS-HS-ESS2-6, allows students to demonstrate their understanding of how matter transfers through the ecosystem or biogeochemical cycles. Answer key included. It is available in print (PDF) form and also in Google Slides and PowerPoint forms for digital use. As well, a PowerPoint and Google Slides slideshow is included with the vocabulary terms used in the graphic organizer. Need more concept maps and

This project has been design to integrate the ideas of biomes and the food webs within them. It is important for your students to be aware that the abiotic and biotic components of a biome have a delicate interaction, shaping one another. This project will help the students make connections between the abiotic factors, such as climate and soil type or salinity, to the biotic factors in the food web. As well, the project is designed to reinforce the vocabulary, applying it in their use of the

Engage your students in exploring climate change through a student-centered activity. In these gallery walk scavenger hunts, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden word. The hidden word puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to find the answer. Ten short reading passages correspond to ten questions help solve a puzzle to find the hidden word. Differentiated for you, with 3 levels of cha

Air pollution control measures are improving air quality worldwide, but do your students know how? This fun, engaging, and low prep activity will teach them how. In this gallery walk scavenger hunt, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden word. The hidden word puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention and get them to read and reread passages to find the answer. Ten short reading passages correspond to ten questions help solve a p

This debate, formatted to occur in a real-time or virtual, online format, will encourage students to think through the opinions of various stakeholders in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). With an ever increasing need for oil resources, multiple oil companies have proposed to harvest in the ANWR. However, how this land and others like it are managed is a multi-faceted issue that must be explored from numerous points of view. This debate will encourage students to think through the op

This cross-curricular unit project involves students developing an understanding of the resources available in a biome and how that shapes the lives of the people who live there. Are you looking for more resources for teaching ecology or environmental science topics? Check out these other great resources by Make Them Think. Related Products ⭐ Climate Change Writing- A Persuasive Essay Rubric ⭐ Ecological Community Relationships- Territory Game- NGSS-HS-LS2-1, NGSS-HS-LS2-2 ⭐ Ecosystem (

Here's what's included in this environmental science clipart selection. 15 different images in 43 versions: - Wildfire (Color & BW) - Big Tree (Color & BW) - Deforestation (3 Color Versions & BW) - Faucet (Running and Dripping - Color & WB) - Leaf (3 Color Versions & BW) - Dead Tree (3 Color Versions & BW) - Penguin (2 Color Versions & BW) - Glacier (3 Color Versions & BW) - Earth (2 Color Versions & BW) - Leaf with Drip Tip (3 Color Versions & BW) - Polar Bear on Sea Ice (2

Bees play an invaluable role as pollinators in our ecosystem. Additionally, they supply food and health products that produces billions in revenue each year. Use this resource to celebrate World Bee Day, May 20th, or any day you wish to help your students understand the value of a bee. In this gallery walk scavenger hunt, students move from card to card, searching for answers to find the hidden phrase. The hidden phrase puzzle provides the perfect motivation to capture the students' attention

The Plant Classification Digital Picture Book is an authentic assessment of a student’s understand of the classification of plants. Armed with a camera, students head out into an environment (around the school, home, a park…) and take pictures and/or make sketches of various features of plants environment- stems, leaves, fruit, cones, flowers, fronds, spores, seeds, etc. Pictures and observations are placed into a digital slide format and used to explain their classification of the plant as

Encourage students to explore relationships among the factors that explain exponential growth, logistic growth, overshoot and dieback, and carrying capacity. Concept maps allow students to create connections between the topics that will be used to teach the NGSS HS-LS2. Teaching ecology? Consider these other resources by Make Them Think: Related Products ⭐ Ecological Community Relationships- Territory Game- NGSS-HS-LS2-1, NGSS-HS-LS2-2 ⭐ Ecosystem (Biogeochemical) Cycles Graphic Organi