Active Engagement Pathfinder
Hardin Intermediate Library
An ECOSYSTEM is a naturally
occurring assemblage of
organisms – plants, animals, and
other living organisms – living
together within their
environment, functioning as a
loose unit.
Duncanville ISD
Organisms and Their Environment
5th Grade Science
Duncanville ISD Resources
Mr. Hood. Librarian.
Survival in the Ecosystem
Swamp Ecosystem: Ecology and Survival
Forest Survival – Smithsonian
Ecosystems - BrainPOP – School
Username/Password
Ecosystems with Study Jams
Interactive Ecosystem Components
Interactive Antarctic Web Game
Rainforest Biodiversity
Kids do Ecology – World Biomes
Ecosystems – California Science Center
Ecosystems – Nature Works
Biomes Pictures - USGS
Texas
Bracken Cave San Antonio (You Tube 8 Minutes)
Mesh Weaver Spider San Antonio (You Tube 1.5
Minutes)
Flow of Energy in Food Webs and Food Chains
Coral Reefs Energy Flow – N OVA
NOVA Decomposers – Video
Energy Flow and Feeding Relationships
Interactive Ecosystem Components
Energy in Ecosystems - BBC
February 2015.
Changes in the Ecosystem
Impacts to the Ecosystem – Great Basin
Invasive Burmese Pythons – Florida Everglades
Invasive Snakes threaten biodiversity in Florida
Great Basin and Invasive Weeds
Overgrazing – Encyclopedia of Earth
Red Crab Crossing
School Internet Resources
Carbon Dioxide - Oxygen Cycle
Living in the Greenhouse
NASA Earth Observatory
NOAA Carbon Cycle
Tribal Energy and Environmental Information
BrainPOP Carbon Cycle
Ducksters Carbon Cycle
Carbon Cycle Animation – www.wvu.edu
Science Learning Carbon Cycle
General Science Links.
Chem4Kids – All Science. Great for Learning Science Concepts.
Time for Kids Science – From the publishers of TIME Magazine.
Study Jams Scientific Method - Cool Video
Buzzle Scientific Method - Excellent Layout
Scientific Method from Science Bob - Excellent Layout and Descriptions
Cookie Monster teaches Scientific Method - Helpful to find Student Voice!
TEKS Science.
5.9. Organisms and environments. The student knows that there are relationships, systems, and
cycles within environments.
5.9.a. observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the
living and non-living elements.
5.9.b. describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their
own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers.
5.9.c. predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including
humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways.
5.9.d identify the significance of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle to the survival of plants and
animals.
Reference.
Macmillan Dictionary
Your Dictionary
Fact Monster
Citation Help.
Citation Machine MLA Format