High School Biology Resources

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

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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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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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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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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

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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

High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

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TWFScience

This growing bundle of science data graphing investigations helps students explore major HIGH SCHOOL science concepts while building strong graphing and data analysis skills. Each investigation uses real-world or real-world style datasets so students can analyze patterns, identify trends, and explai

9th - 12th Biology, Earth Sciences, Physical Science

NGSS HS-PS1-2, HS-PS2-1, HS-PS2-2+27

Crash Course BIOLOGY 2024: Foundations, Ecology & Climate Bundle | Episodes 1–10

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Crash Course BIOLOGY (2024 Updated) Foundations, Ecology, Climate Change & Conservation Video Worksheet Bundle — 10 video worksheets with complete answer keys. Whether you are introducing biology, teaching ecology and climate change, reviewing important concepts, or preparing a sub plan, these C

8th - 12th Science, Biology, General Science

NGSS HS-LS1-1, HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3+21

Spring Environmental Data Analysis Graphing Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL | Seasons

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TWFScience

These three spring environmental change data graphing activities will help your students understand how seasonal climate conditions influence ecosystems while building strong graphing and data analysis skills. This bundle gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students work with real-world envi

9th - 12th Graphing, Biology, General Science

Also included in: High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

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 Comprehension | Grade 8 and Up

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Characteristics of Living Things: How Scientists Determine What Is Alive Reading Comprehension Passage and QuestionsThis reading explores how scientists determine whether something is alive by examining the shared characteristics of living organisms. Students learn why displaying a single life-like

8th - 12th Anatomy, 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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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

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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 Comprehension | Grade 8 and Up

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What Makes Something Alive? Living, Once-Living, and Nonliving Reading Comprehension Passage and QuestionsThis reading explores how scientists use evidence to classify objects as living, once-living, biologically produced but never independently living, or nonliving. Students learn that appearance,

8th - 12th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Article Mega Bundle | Grade 8 and Up

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

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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

Is Yeast Alive? STEM Investigation | What Makes Something Alive?

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TWFScience

Students will investigate yeast, cellular energy use, and the characteristics of living things by comparing yeast under four different experimental conditions. Using bottles, balloons, sugar, yeast, and warm and cold water, students explore how the presence of yeast, sugar availability, and temperat

7th - 11th Biology, Chemistry, Engineering

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

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

Genetics and Environment - Trait Distribution Data Graphing Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL

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TWFScience

These three genetics and environment data graphing activities will help your students understand how genetic probability predicts inherited traits, why observed trait ratios vary among samples, and how environmental conditions affect the distribution of expressed traits—all while building strong gra

9th - 12th Graphing, Biology

NGSS HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-3