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= = =[|Cell Scavenger Hunt]= = = = = = = = Animal Cell Game = = [|Animal Cell Game] =

=**[|Plant Cell Game]**= =[|Practice Quizes for ASA]= =**[|Science kids Review experiments]**= =**[|Science Review Skills]**=

http://questgarden.com/169/28/5/140325092511/ http://questgarden.com/169/28/5/140325092511/ =[|Scholastic Science Videos]=

[|Body Systems Webquest]

=**Cool Science Sites:**= =**Science Kids** **Steve Spangler Science Experiments** **Science Made Simple** **Education.com** **PBS Kids**=

=**Mr. Wizard** **Cool Science** **Science for Kids** **Science Buddies** **Steve Spangler Science** **Science Made Simple**= = Life Science = __**Ecosystem Scavenger Hunt**__


 * Use these links to find the correct answers; write them on your paper:**

__**Questions: 1-9**__ @http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html


 * 1) An ­­ __is a living community which depends on each member and its surrounding environment.__
 * 2) __The living part of an ecosystem is sometimes called a__ __.__
 * 3) are living things which take the non living matter from the environment, such as minerals and gases and uses them to support life.
 * 4) are considered producers, and they are at the beginning of the food chain.
 * 5) __are living things that need the producers to be their food.__
 * 6) __Animals who eat plants are called__ __.__
 * 7) __Animals who eat other animals are called__ _.
 * 8) Animals and people who eat both animals and plants are called _.
 * 9) ___are the living things which feed off dead plants and animals and reduce their remains to minerals and gases again.__

@http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html
 * Questions: 10-24**__


 * 1) A _ is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects, and people live in a certain type of climate
 * 2) The ­ __­­­­__ is a cold, vast, treeless area of low, swampy plains in the far north around the Arctic Ocean.
 * 3) List three animals that thrive in the coniferous forest.
 * 4) The __is a lively place, where oak, beech, ash, and maple trees are typical, and wildflowers, berries, and many types of insect and animal life abound.__
 * 5) __A__ ___ is an area where little or no life exists because of a lack of water.__
 * 6) __The lack of water and intense heat or cold makes this biome__ _ to most life forms.
 * 7) _ are places with hot, dry climates that are perfect for growing food.
 * 8) ___ are usually found in groups called chains or ranges.__
 * 9) __A mountain biome is very__ ___ and__.
 * 10) _ __receive at least 70 inches of rain each year and have more species of plants and animals than any other biome.__
 * 11) __List the three levels of a rain forest.__
 * 12) __What are some things people have done to make the rainforest an endangered biome?__
 * 13) __Every minute, approximately__ _ _ _ ___ of rainforest are destroyed.__
 * 14) __List three animals that live in the rain forest.__
 * 15) __List three plant species that grow in the rain forest.__


 * Questions: 25**__

@http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm


 * 1) An ecosystem is much ­­­­­ __than a biome.__

@http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm
 * Questions: 26**__


 * 1) What ecosystem is a self-containing world with a complex food chain and many organisms that have adapted to extreme and unusual conditions?

__**Questions: 27-30**__

@http://www.epa.gov/espp/poster/


 * 1) TRUE OR FALSE Loss of a single species from its ecosystem does not affect others that rely on it.
 * 2) Over different species in the United States are listed as endangered or threatened.
 * Click on the picture of the ferret**
 * 1) Why did ferrets vanish when prairie dogs disappeared from the Great Plains?
 * Click on the picture of the crane.**


 * __Questions: 30__**
 * 1) Why has the whooping crane lost its winter nesting area?

@http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/divein/game.html


 * Hurray! You finished the scavenger hunt. **

=__** ACOS 9.0 Describe the relationship of populations of a habitat to various communities and ecosystems. **__= Essential Questions
 * 1) **What is an ecosystem?**
 * 2) **What are populations?**
 * 3) **What is a habitat? What are communities?**
 * 4) **How are these things related?**
 * 5) **How are food chains and food webs related?**
 * 6) **What is symbiosis?**

An ecosystem is made up of living things and non-living things that interact with one another in a certain place. The living parts of an ecosystem are called biotic factors. Biotic factors include plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. The non-living parts of the ecosystem are its abiotic factors. They include light, temperature, weather, soil, water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and minerals. __**Vocabulary**__
 * 1) __** population **__
 * 2) __** habitat **__
 * 3) __** communities **__
 * 4) __** ecosystem **__

[|Habitats and Ecosystems] activities/info [|Biomes and Ecosystems] Info [|Ecosystems] Brain Pop Movie/Quiz
 * __Web Resources:__**

All organisms in an environment need energy to live. Organisms interact with each other in systems called food chains and food webs in order to meet their energy needs. Food chains and food webs show the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next. If an organism is removed from either system, it affects all the other organisms in that system. =__**FACT: The arrows in a food chain/food web diagram show the flow of energy, not food consumption.**__=
 * 9.1 Describing the relationship between food chains and food webs.**

__**Vocabulary:**__
 * 1) __** food chain **__
 * 2) __** food web **__

[|Food Web] interactive [|Food chains] -National Geographic movie & quiz
 * __Web Resources:__**

=__**9.2 Describing symbiotic relationships**__= A symbiotic relationship is a close relationship between two different organisms within a community in which at least one organism benefits. Mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are three types of symbiotic relationships. Predation is the relationship in which animals feed on other animals (predator/prey). It is not a symbiotic relationship. __**Vocabulary:**__
 * 1) ** symbiotic, symbiosis **
 * 2) ** mutualism **
 * 3) ** parasitism **
 * 4) ** commensalism **

__**Web Resources:**__ [|Alex] link to web sites and lesson plans [|Symbiosis] info with examples [|Symbiosis] United Streaming: Science of the Sea: Communities in the Sea

= ACOS 10.0 __** Identify spheres of the Earth, including the geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. **__=

=__** [|Spheres of the Earth Video] **__=

__**FACT: All spheres are interacting and in a constant state of change.**__

__**Essential Questions:**__


 * 1) **What is the geosphere?**
 * 2) **What is the rock cycle?**
 * 3) **What is the atmosphere?**
 * 4) **What are the layers of the atmosphere?**
 * 5) **What is the hydrosphere?**
 * 6) **What are some tools for investigating the three spheres?**

Earth can be thought of as being made up of three interacting systems, or //spheres:// the geosphere, or solid portion of the Earth; the hydrosphere, the Earth’s water; and the atmosphere, the layers of air that surround the Earth. __**Vocabulary:**__
 * 1) ** geosphere **
 * 2) ** hydrosphere **
 * 3) ** atmosphere **
 * 4) ** troposphere **
 * 5) ** weather **
 * 6) ** water cycle **

[|Atmosphere] activity [|Earth] interactive diagrams, activities, information
 * __Web Resources:__**

=**[|spheres Art Activity]**= = = =[|Picture of the Spheres to Create]=



=** 10.01 Describe technology used to investigate the Earth. **=

**__ [|Connect The Spheres- Nature Walk] __**

 * [|Sp] __ [|heres Games and Learning Activities] __**

Scientists use instruments to help them learn about the Earth’s spheres. Students should be familiar with the technology that is used to investigate each sphere.

__**Vocabulary:**__
 * 1) ** seismograph **
 * 2) ** sonar **
 * 3) ** radar **
 * 4) ** weather satellites **


 * __Web Resources:__**

=** 10.02 Describe the rock cycle. **=

Earth’s rocks are always changing. Each of the three types of rock can change into the other. Igneous rock is formed from magma, sedimentary rock forms from layers of sediment over a period of time, and metamorphic rock forms when igneous or sedimentary rock undergo a change from heat, pressure, and time.


 * Vocabulary:**
 * 1) ** geosphere **
 * 2) ** rock cycle **
 * 3) ** igneous rock **
 * 4) ** metamorphic rock **
 * 5) ** sedimentary rock **
 * 6) ** crust **
 * 7) ** core **
 * 8) ** mantle **


 * Web Resources:**

[|Rock Cycle] activity and explanations with chart [|Rock Cycle] teacher made game and info [|Rock Cycle] textbook website [|Rock Cycle Video]

Web Sites
The following Web sites are some of the many that contain great links for both you and your child, in addition to the [|federal Web sites]. Most of these listings provide information about how to search for specific information and links to other age-appropriate sites for children. =**Light**= = [|Exploring energy] video= = = =[|Interactive Science Activities]= [|Body Systems Webquest] =**[|Inclined Plane Video]**= = = =**[|The Scientific Method]**= = = [|Chemical/Physical] [|change] (practice for quiz)
 * [|What Inventions Help People See In the Dark?]**
 * American Association for the Advancement of Science: [|www.scienceeverywhere.org]
 * Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project: [|www.learner.org/]
 * Educational REALMS: [|www.stemworks.org]
 * Family Education Network: [|http://fen.com]
 * The Franklin Institute Science Museum: []
 * Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Cool Science for Curious Kids): [|www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html]
 * Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley: [|www.lhs.berkeley.edu/]
 * Miami Museum of Science: [|www.miamitaxi.net/attractions/miamimuseumofscience.htm]
 * National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [|www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html]
 * National Geographic Society: [|www.nationalgeographic.com]
 * National Science Education Standards: www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/
 * National Science Teachers Association: www.nsta.org/parents
 * National Wildlife Federation: [|www.nwf.org/kids/]
 * Science for Families: http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/
 * A Science Odyssey: [|www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/]
 * Smithsonian Institution: [|www.si.edu/kids/]
 * U.S. Department of Agriculture for Kids Science Links and Resources www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html
 * U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web: []
 * ACOS 1.0**
 * Identify evidence of chemical changes through color, gas formation, solid formation, and temperature change.**
 * [|Chemical Reactions]**