6th Grade Biology Resources

Ecosystem Risk Ecology Decision Challenge | Wetland, Coral Reef Restoration

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TWFScience

This Ecosystem Risk Decision Challenge will help your students understand how biodiversity, habitat loss, climate change sensitivity, human impact, ecosystem services, and conservation trade-offs can affect environmental decision-making. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have stud

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Trophic Levels Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Energy Pyramids, Food Webs

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on trophic levels, consumer types, food chains, energy pyramids, and energy transfer.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct trophic level, consumer type, or energy flow term. Th

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Producer, Consumer, and Decomposer Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, scavengers, detritivores, and consumer levels.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by classifying each organism by its role in th

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Predator, Prey, and Symbiosis Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Interactions

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on predator-prey relationships, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, cooperation, hosts, and parasites.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct relationshi

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

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TWFScience

Engage your students with these NO PREP, interactive ecology ciphers filled with engaging activities focused on energy flow, ecosystems, animal interactions, human impact on the environment, and more.In this GROWING bundle, students solve clues by identifying ecology terms, analyzing food webs and c

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Invasive Species and Food Webs Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Ecosystems

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on invasive species, native species, food web disruption, competition, predators, prey, habitat loss, biodiversity, resource decrease, and ecosystem imbalance.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by ide

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Introductory Photosynthesis Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Chlorophyll

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive photosynthesis cipher activity focused on sunlight, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, water, glucose, oxygen, stomata, chloroplasts, leaves, roots, and producers.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct photosynthesi

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Overfishing Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Population, Sustainability

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TWFScience

This Overfishing Decision Challenge will help your students understand how overfishing, population decline, reproduction, carrying capacity, food webs, sustainability, and fisheries management are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology data, com

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Pollinator Habitat Decision Ecology Challenge | Plant Reproduction, Pollination

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TWFScience

This Pollinator Habitat Decision Challenge will help your students understand how pollinators, plant diversity, native plants, habitat features, biodiversity, and human impact are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology data, compare schoolyard h

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Road Construction Ecology Decision Challenge | Habitat Fragmentation & Movement

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TWFScience

This Road Construction Decision Challenge will help your students understand how habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, animal movement, migration routes, wetland corridors, wildlife crossings, and human development are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students anal

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Species Protection Ecology Decision Challenge | Biodiversity, Keystone Species

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TWFScience

This Species Protection Decision Challenge will help your students understand how biodiversity, habitat loss, keystone species, pollination, food webs, ecosystem stability, and conservation trade-offs are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology d

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Created by
TWFScience

This Real-World Ecology Decision Challenge Bundle will help your students analyze real-world environmental problems, compare possible solutions, and make evidence-based decisions using science. Each activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to build data analysis, critical thinking, and science r

6th - 10th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Hydroponic Food-Growing System STEM Investigation - Soil-free food-growing

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TWFScience

Students will investigate hydroponics, plant growth, and sustainable food production by designing and building their own soil-free food-growing system. Using a simple reservoir, nutrient solution, growing medium, and fast-growing plant, students explore how plants can receive the water and nutrients

6th - 11th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-3

Also included in: STEM Investigations Growing Bundle — Scientific Method, Design, Data & CER

Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

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TWFScience

Help your students understand food chains, food webs, energy flow, trophic levels, and species interactions with this comprehensive middle school ecology worksheet bundle. These 12 resources combine direct instruction, informational readings, video worksheets, digital learning, and engaging cipher p

6th - 10th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+16

Characteristics of Life - I Was Today Years Old When I Learned | Living Things

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TWFScience

Characteristics of Life Research ActivityTurn the popular phrase “I was today years old when I learned…” into an engaging science research and discovery activity about the Characteristics of Life! Perfect as an icebreaker activity for the beginning of the unit or as a fun activity during. This activ

6th - 11th Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Reading | What is Life? | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This Grade 6–8 reading comprehension article and questions introduces students to the characteristics shared by living things and how scientists determine whether something is alive. Students explore why showing one life-like feature—such as growing, moving, responding, or releasing energy—is not en

6th - 8th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Lesson | Living vs Nonliving | 6, 7, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This 7 Characteristics of Living Things lesson introduces students to the major characteristics shared by living organisms in a clear, student-friendly way This middle school life science lesson builds understanding without overwhelming learners. Students examine familiar examples—including plants r

6th - 8th Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

These three characteristics of living things data graphing activities will help your students understand how organisms grow and develop, obtain and use energy, respond to environmental changes, and maintain stable internal conditions—all while building strong graphing and data-analysis skills. This

6th - 9th Graphing, Biology, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4+3

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Ecosystem Health & Biodiversity Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

These three ecosystem health and biodiversity data graphing activities will help your students understand how habitat loss, invasive species, environmental conditions, and pollinator changes affect populations, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecosystem balance—all while building strong graphin

6th - 9th Graphing, Biology, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4+3

Also included in: Middle School Science Graphing & Data Analysis Bundle | Real-World Data 6, 7, 8

What Makes Something Alive? Reading | Living, Once-Living, Nonliving | 6, 7, 8th

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TWFScience

This Grade 6–8 reading comprehension article and questions helps students determine what makes something alive by comparing living, once-living, and nonliving objects at the appropriate reading level. Students learn that movement, growth, or appearance alone cannot prove that something is alive. Ins

6th - 8th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5

Also included in: Reading Comprehension Article & Question Mega Bundle | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

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TWFScience

Help your students understand what makes something alive with this growing Characteristics of Living Things Bundle for middle school science. Students explore the differences between living, once-living, and nonliving things while learning how organisms are organized, use energy, grow, respond to st

6th - 9th Biology, General Science, Marine Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Prescribed Burns Decision Challenge | Forest Management, Forest Fire Management

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TWFScience

This Prescribed Burns Decision Challenge will help your students understand how fire ecology, fuel buildup, wildfire risk, succession, biodiversity, forest recovery, and human impact are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology data, compare fores

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity