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This is a pretty slick little game that addresses both structure AND function of typical cells and single-celled organisms...

A short (2:30ish) video on asexual reproduction.  Comes with a background essay and discussion questions.   tiny url is http://tinyurl.com/gwhwb56.

Short description of the fish. Gives students an example of an adaptation helping an organism survive in it's environment (4.3.C.a).

These are absolutely amazing. Until my students first watched a school of these "pooping clouds of sand" over the reef, I don't think they truly believed that a significant percentage of the white sand on coral beaches originated in the digestive tract of a parrotfish.

Good visual to show the levels (teacher could display if students don't have access). Could be used for absent kiddos.

Use visualization activity and drawing to help students with the ecosystem organization

Reading that can be used to expand students knowledge about the variety of adaptations organisms can possess. Check out the other articles on this page under the heading "other people are reading". Aligns with 4.3.C.a and 4.3.C.b

There are a couple of things about this one that I think need some careful attention. For one: "A [food]chain will always start with a plant (a primary producer)." That isn't really true for the largest ecosystem on the planet, for example: the oceans. Not only are most algae not considered plants, a large number of these are unicellular and prokaryotic... the "blue green algae/bacteria" or cyanophytes. In fact, there are even deep sea hydrothermal ecosystems, for instance, that do not even rely upon photosynthetic organisms at all. These primary producers are chemosynthetic in the blackness that is the sea floor. So yes, "primary producer" is accurate... but not so for "plant." I'm also anxious to see what kids will place in between the snail and the bird (as pictured) on food chain "B" to complete the "missing link." I honestly had to work the Google to find out that spider-eating snails do exist. I feel like that is pretty obscure.

Good visuals for what is in biome. 

I could see me using parts of this article to assist in discussing different living things 'role' in their ecosystem.

This is just a test to see if I can tag from youtube...