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Websites


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Kids Geo – Geography for Kids
Student friendly site with explanations of the various topics concerning earth science

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Environmental Kids Club
Website designed for kids with fact sheets, interactive games and more information about the environment

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Radar’s Geography for Kids
Information about ecosystems and biomes

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Glossopedia
Resource for students to use for research

Reading Connections

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Food Chains and Webs
Delta Reader

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Pass the Energy, Please! McKinney, Barbara Shaw
ISBN: 1-58469-002-X

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Everybody’s Somebody’s Lunch – Mason, Cherie
ISBN: 0884481980

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What Are Food Chains and Food Webs – Kalman, Bobbie
ISBN: 0865058881

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How do Animals Adapt? - Kalman, Bobbie
ISBN: 0865059578

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Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs – Lauber, Patricia
ISBN: 0064451305

Vocabulary


Adaptations: Every species of living organisms has characteristics that help them survive in their
environment. These characteristics are called adaptations.

Ecosystem: All the living organisms and nonliving things interacting in an environment form an
ecosystem.

Habitat: A habitat is the specific environment in which organisms can meet their basic needs. Most organisms need water, nutrients (food), air, sunlight, space and shelter.

Instinctive Behavior : An instinctive behavior is a behavior that is inherited from the parents.
(i.e. A colt being born and standing and walking right away).

Inherited Traits: Inherited traits are characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring. (i.e. hair color, eye color, fur color, size, etc.)

Niche: Only one species can occupy a niche in an ecosystem. A niche is what a species does
in its habitat. A niche describes how the species meets its needs and how it affects
other organisms.


Databases

World Book Online is an online encyclopedia and reference resource for both students and adults. It is also available in Spanish.

Thomson Gale Database provides researchers with online journals and periodicals and other collections.

EBSCO - search for various topics using this database.

Facts on File - diagrams, reference materials, maps, etc.

Britannica- encyclopedia, images, web links, etc.
Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol (de Britannica)

TeachingBooks.net - authors and books

Awesome Stories - a gathering place of primary-source information. It's purpose is to help individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, and government web sites.

Webcat - Northside ISD's Library Catalog

If you are searching these databases from home, you will need a password.
See Mrs. Park for the passwords.



Resources


How the Water Cycle affects the ______ Ecosystem PPT

Adaptations and Niches PPT

Comparison Venn Diagram PPT

Food Webs and Chains PPT

Description of Ecosystem Location (.doc)

Ecosystem Map PPT

Ecosystems Flap Book (.doc)

Graphic Organizer for Presentation Notes (.doc)

Credits

Thank you to Rhodes CIT Pam Albrecht for sharing these wonderful resources.



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