Science 3.9
Organisms and environments. The student knows and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. The student is expected to:
- (1) observe and describe the physical characteristics
of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and
animals within an ecosystem;
- (A) identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field; and
- (B) describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.
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Desert Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create a desert food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Ocean Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create an ocean food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Arctic Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create an Arctic food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Rainforest Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create a rainforest food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Plant Adaptations Slide Deck
Explore different plants' behavioral, structural, and physiological adaptations with an interactive slide deck.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Vocabulary Worksheets
Review key vocabulary associated with plant and animal adaptations with a pair of vocabulary worksheets.
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Exploring Plants - Teaching Slides
Explore the characteristics of plants in our environment with an interactive teaching slide presentation.
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Deciduous Forest Biome Slide Deck
An 11-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about deciduous forests.
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Characteristics of an Environment – Worksheet
Enhance your students’ comprehension and science skills by learning about the physical characteristics of different environments and how they support populations within an ecosystem.
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Science Pattern Match Cards
A set of 89 task cards to help students learn about patterns in nature.
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Biodiversity Poster
A poster to help your students explore the topic of biodiversity.
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What is a Wetland? Poster
A poster with information about the plant life, climate, and annual rainfall that characterize a wetland environment.
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Adjectives All Around - Outdoor Observation Activity
Two engaging activities for students to observe and describe their outdoor environment.
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Rainforest Layers - Poster
A poster that explains the layers of a rainforest.
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Tundra PowerPoint
An 11-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about tundras.
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Basic Food Chain Worksheet
A basic food chain worksheet for your students to complete.