| b. Food - Energy - Photosynthesis |
| Photosynthesis |
| | PBS - Photosynthesis
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| | From NOVA, a great interactive guide to photosynthesis - including a fabulous Flash Animation! This feature takes a look at the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle and at the process of photosynthesis. Also included are a few puzzlers with answers that may surprise you. |
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| | Photosynthesis - Natureworks
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| | Learn about plants and photosynthesis here! |
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| | BBC Education - Photosynthesis
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| | From the BBC, a great overview of the process of photosynthesis - with illustrations and step-by-step explanations. |
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| | Photosynthesis - Pittsford
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| | Photosynthesis is the making of food by plants. The essential ingredients in making this food are sunlight, the chlorophyll that is present in green plants, water and carbon dioxide in the air. Photosynthesis is necessary not just for plants to make food for themselves, but for animals, including us eventually. |
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| | Exploring Photosynthesis
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| | These pages are photosynthesis - made interesting! Photosynthesis is important to you. It keeps you, everybody, and everything else alive |
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| | How Does a Tree Eat?
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| | Find out about how trees nourish themselves through photosynthesis! |
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| Food Chains and Food Webs |
| | Food Chains - BBC
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| | A great animated site from the BBC that introduces students to food chains! |
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| | The Food Chain
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| | "All living things depend on each other to live. The food chain shows how some animals eat other animals to survive. While being food for animals higher in the food chain, these animals may eat other animals or plants to survive. The food chain is a complex balance of life." |
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| | The Food Chain
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| | This helpful article discusses producers, consumers, and decomposers in the food chain! |
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| | Chain Reaction!
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| | A great online game where students can learn about food chains, and assemble a simple on-screen food chain. You will need FLASH to use this site! |
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| | Decomposers
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| | From the site: "When plants and animals die, they become food for decomposers like bacteria, fungi, and earthworms. Decomposers or saprotrophs recycle dead plants and animals into chemical nutrients like carbon and nitrogen that are released back into the soil, air and water." Learn more about decomposers at this site!
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| | Food Chains - Planet Pals
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| | A great introduction to food chains for elementary students! An ecosystem is a living community which depends on each member and its surrounding environment. The living part of an ecosystem is sometimes called a food chain. Great illustrations and definitions of key terms! |
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| | Scavengers and Decomposers
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| | Some animals eat dead animals or carrion. They are called scavengers. They help break down or reduce organic material into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are then eaten by decomposers. Learn more at this site! |
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| | Fun With Food Webs
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| | From Harcourt, neat interactive exercises that help younger students understand the basics of food webs. |
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| | Food Chains and Webs
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| | A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Learn here how food chains and webs pass energy between living things. |
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| | Create A Food Web
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| | A unique online activity! Click and drag the pictures to create your own printable food web. |
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| | Fun with Food Webs
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| | Great online activities that explore food webs in ponds, meadows, and the arctic! |
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| | Food Chains and Living Things
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| | A fun, animated site that explains food chains to younger students! |
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| | Kids Food Webs
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| | Some fun online activities on the Australian Grasslands
Foodweb, African Grasslands Foodweb, and Antarctic Foodweb. |
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| | What Eats What?
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| | A nice introduction to consumers, decomposers, and producers. |
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