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A prezi that compares structures of plants and animals.  You can use this with a simple two column comparison chart.

Article about dangerous chemicals in poultry plants. 

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.

Video review of photosynthesis

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The Great Plant Escape is different "cases" , this particle case is called "Soiled Again." It's basically a web quest that students use to learn about the parts of soil, the importance of soil, and how soil is made.

Shows plant cells with cell wall and chloroplasts.

Go through cases to discover information about soil...looks pretty interesting! This would be especially great if kids had their own laptop or other device with internet access.