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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

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

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