Food Chains (Ecology)

What do you know about food chains and food webs?

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Presents information about food chains and food webs in a question-and-answer format. Questions cover kinds of animals that eat only plants and predators that set traps for their prey.

What do you know about food chains and food webs?

The Magic School Bus Complete Series Disc 1

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Welcome Aboard The Magic School Bus! Are you ready for a wild ride? Grab a seat and hang on for the Emmy® award-winning animated science-adventure series based on the best-selling books.

Author:

Joanna Cole

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

02:41

Energy in Ecosystems (2002)

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Any ecosystem needs energy to sustain it, and the organisms within it. This energy comes in massive quantities from the Sun, although only a tiny fraction of the solar energy hitting the Earth goes towards sustaining life. The flow of energy through an ecosystem is complex, and vital to sustaining all life within it.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:25

Earth's Ecology (2005)

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Oceans provide habitats for millions of marine species and cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Segments detail seafloor maps, the role of water in our planet's life cycles, three states of matter, and the crucial balance among all life-forms.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:24

Feeding time

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Oh no! The zoo keeper is sick today! Who will feed the animals?
Good thing you’re here - grab a feeding bucket and let’s get cracking!
But which animal gets which food? Does the penguin get a nut and the squirrel get a fish? And in where exactly does the lion live?

Grade Level:

Primary

Play Time:

20 min.

Max

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Players work cooperatively to help get a bird, chipmunk and mouse back home before Max, the cat, catches them.
Players take turns rolling the dice and discussing which creatures to move to in an effort to foil Max's attempt at catching them.

Grade Level:

Primary

Content Area:

Special Education

Play Time:

10 min.