This is a great lesson for explaining to children the effects of water/oceans on the weather. Living on the Gulf Coast kids always think of the ocean as a place that only brings in hurricanes. With the information provided it has opened their eyes to concepts that adults sometimes take for granted. I found the information about early trade routes very interesting, I never really thought about early explorers not having motors for the ships they were traveling on, they used the currents and that is why it took longer to travel from one location to another.

As a homeschooling family, we are always working on projects/resources together. Everyone in our family loved doing this. From the youngest to the oldest! I am very impressed with this. We ALL learned something from it. Thank you so much!

I was extremely impressed with this source about worm watching. My son had a blast watching the worms and learning about why we need them and the importance the roles of every creature, even worms has on our planet.

As a homeschool mom, this resource was very helpful and easy to use. My child enjoyed studying worms and the good they do for our soil. I think the more we know about how all things work together in our environment the better we will teach our children to take better care of it! This is a good resource to begin to understand how important the smaller things in life are and how they relate to us.

I thought this activity was very effective. The children enjoyed making the web and it provided the perfect forum to talk and listen to each other! We were able to do this activity outside where we could feel the grass, hear the birds, and get a true experience of nature!

As an educator at a local Audubon Center, I was able to incorporate the information and activities into our Pond Probe program. We included the terminology (omnivorous, herbivorous) into the pond lesson and added the Web of Life game as a culmination to our pond activity. As our web radiated out from the 'sun' the students were able to get a clear picture of how all creatures are dependent on each other.

This resources is an interactive, hands-on activity to engage students in learning about food webs, interdependency, needs and the sun. The activity is excellent and there is a lot of background information provide to best teach these concepts.

The interactive conservation walks are great for lower school students to learn about the world around them. Information about the ph levels of soil, seasonal changes of trees, and frogs in the woods are all topics that help young students appreciate their environment.

I used this resource (specifically the one on seasonal changes in the temperate forest) in my elementary classroom. I set up the virtual field trip on a computer and my students were able to visit it if they finished work early or during down time. They loved it! The animation is colorful and interesting and really holds their interest. I like all of the information; it is written in a way that is accessible to my young students, but still covers a ton. This resource also features a quiz, real world photos of the material covered, and outside links for the teacher. Love it!

A Walk in the Forest is a wonderful way for children and adults alike to learn practical ways of investigating and how to pay attention to details in everyday life. This interactive lesson/game teaches the basics of soil analysis and WHY certain trees grow in specific areas and types of soil. This is a wonderful tool to use as a science lab, or educational summer fun. This lesson has excited me to take advantage of walks and hikes with my own children. If we pay attention to what is around us, we can learn so much!

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Good activity that includes every student being involved and able to contribute. The only problem may be the use of popcorn since my 6th graders always want to sample any food item (despite its location on the ground).

A powerful lesson on a weather pattern changing event is directly related to changes in the marine food web and the impact of the food web change on people who live near the Pacific Ocean. Statements made are based upon data presented with hot links. Students are lead step by step through a process that transforms an intimidating data set into a meaningful graph. I can’t believe my fortune, finding this complete lesson between my environmental science unit and my weather unit!

This lesson helps illustrate the interdependence and complexity of food chains and webs. The activity gives learners concrete examples of how living organisms depend on one another and the importance of healthy ecosystems. Our learners gained a greater understanding of the complexity of food webs.

I used this lesson in my classroom and found it to be an excellent way to demonstrate the interdependence of plants and animals.

The instructions and materials provided allowed me to use the lesson easily with my group of 20 - 24 inclusion students.

I have passed on the link to this lesson to many other teachers.

This is a great activity that will really engage students. I love the idea of having the kids be the animals and have them connect themselves with yarn. It also makes a great bulletin board after you have completed the exercise. Using the pictures and the yarn, it can create a great visual that students can use as a reference.