Grade+5+-+Ecosystems

Intro to Biomes Biomes of the World  Biomes Around the World calendar for Grade 5 teachers  Big Understanding, Essential Question, Standards and Vocabulary

Activiites and Journal Entries for the Biome Calendar  Enrichment activities for understanding Ecosystems & Food Chains (from EPA site) 

Great information for the introduction to EcoInvestigators. This is a grade 3-5 unit for Ecosytems. (Cornelius) [|PBS EcoInvestigators] - //for reference.//

**[|Polar Bears and Ecotourism Research Unit]**A comprehensive lesson series that incorporates science, social studies and mathematics standards by using current polar bear research as an integrating context for learning. (T.Wong)

For person assigned to Tundra... this might be of interest (also from Polar Bear site)...
 * **Rolling on the Tundra** is an interdisciplinary unit of study that focuses on polar bear information and facts. It includes resources and lesson ideas that integrate technology.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Polar Bears in a Changing Climate** is an integrated unit that focuses on the effects of climate change on polar bears and their habitat as well as the topic of climate change, in general.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem: Grassland/Savanna <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Life in the African Savanna activity and printables from Scholastic

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem: Temperate <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem: Rainforest <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Endangered Species Scholastic materials connected to IMAX film Born to be wild (elephants and orangutans)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem: Ocean <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem: Desert <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Food Chains and Food Webs
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Food Chains Movie] Introduces consumers, producers, food chains/webs (the voiceover is robotic but it has great graphics) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Energy Pyramid <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Food Chains and Food Webs <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecosystem PowerPoints
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Homework Activity Sheets
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