Provided by: The Wonder of Science |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
This video shows teachers how to teach about the cycles of matter and energy transfer in ecosystems at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
The video explains how photosynthesis and cellular respiration facilitate the cycling of energy and matter through organisms and the environment.
Teachers will learn about models, such as food webs and ecological pyramids, that can help students conceptualize the flow of matter throughout ecosystems.
This video gives helpful examples for teaching each concept.
This video could be used as a review for a high school ecology unit.
Additional Prerequisites
The video mentions photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and energy transfer in an ecosystem, but it does not explain the concepts.
Differentiation
Lower elementary science teachers could review the concepts of organisms and their environments by having students draw an ecosystem with the organisms in one color and the environment in a different color.
Middle school students could choose an animal and research how that animal fits into a food web.
Other resources on this topic include this video on using nature to restore ecosystems, this Hot Mess video on the importance of soil, and this lesson plan and activity on climate change and biodiversity.
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